Assistant Managing Attorney, Tort

Asst Managing Attorney - LM06DE

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Come join an exciting and inclusive work environment where your work matters, and we put the customer at the center of all we do. The Hartford looks for ways to improve and help restore lives of our insureds by providing excellent customer service to our Claims Partners and insureds. This position will be part of collaborative learning environment.

The Assistant Managing Attorney ("AMA") will join a dynamic team in support of the New Jersey Staff Legal office of The Hartford. This office represents Hartford insureds in both the workers compensation and Tort lines of business. Our office appears in State and Federal courts, arbitration forums and the NJ Workers Compensation courts. A successful candidate would have both Tort and WC experience. This AMA Hybrid position has as its focus management and oversight of the New Jersey Staff legal offices' Tort Practice including but not limited to Auto, GL, Product Liability, Property Damage, CD, PIP, Subrogation, as well as management duties, including but not limited to directly managing an attorney staff of up to nine (9) and paralegal staff up to two (2) as well as, working with the Office Team Lead (OTL) and Managing Attorney. The AMA position is exclusively management with no assigned Tort matters.

• This position provides leadership of the staff counsel office, builds and maintains partnering relationships with staff and with Claim Centers, provides oversight and guidance on case handling at the local level, and manages a personal caseload.
• This individual will lead a large and well-established team.
• Develop and execute appropriate uniform office systems concerning the receipt and timely assignment of files; the timely and meaningful communications with clients, claims, opposing counsel and the court; the identification, maintenance, and storage of open files and, the closing and storing of closed files.
• Ensure the use of uniform legal and administrative forms.
• Conduct suit analyses and frequent reviews of staff law office files.
• Develop partnership between office and claim centers.
• Develop partnership between office and other Hartford departments.
• Provide high quality service and timely information to Clients and Claims.
• Participate in roundtables and Claim file reviews.
• Conduct weekly group huddles with direct reports.
• Conduct monthly individual check ins with direct reports for coaching, development, and status checks.
• Compile and analyze data and statistics from multiple sources for preparation of monthly reports.
• Prepare and administer the office budget.
• Identify issues and trends that raise broad client, claim or corporate implications.
• Assumes an initiative-taking role in requisite staff training regarding legal issues and goals.
• Administers performance management process for professional and support staff thru on-going feedback, coaching, evaluation, development, etc.
• Oversee file inventory and activity for Staff Attorneys.
• Recruit, hire, develop and retain outstanding legal staff and support staff.
• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Promote an inclusive and collaborative work environment among all offices and remote staff.
• Provide high quality legal representation to clients.
• Participate in and lead roundtables with insureds, Claims Partnership calls and claims file reviews.
• Ensures adherence to all quality, customer service and litigation management standards; conducts local management file reviews.
• Assist with ad hoc office projects, hearings or file support as needed.

• Minimum of 7 years of New Jersey tort experience either within an in-house environment or firm. Significant GL experience on risk transfer, defense and indemnification and/or additional insured law is a plus.
• Strong preference shall be given to candidates with previous management experience (i.e., direct leadership, project oversight, training, coaching, and/or mentoring) .
• Member in good standing in New Jersey state bar and any other state or federal entities where the Attorney has been admitted to practice.
• Extensive experience with and strong working knowledge of New Jersey's Tort litigation practice which includes experience handling Tort matters at multiple levels such as State, (Superior and Appellate) and Federal Courts. Knowledge and experience handling NJ Workers Compensation litigation would be a plus but not required.
• Innovative, intellectually curious and a strategic thinker.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and/or a successful history managing a team.
• Experience analyzing data and able to derive value added business insights from this analysis.
• Ability to influence and communicate across all levels of the organization.
• Effective communication and computer skills.
• Demonstrated skills with influencing outcomes thru analytical analysis.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and adaptable to learning new software platforms.