Remote Product Liability Practice Attorney

Direct Counsel is seeking a Product Liability Practice Attorney to join a nationally recognized law firm with a sophisticated product liability and toxic tort practice. This is a remote, non-partnership track position with a reduced schedule of approximately 1,400 hours annually.

The attorney will defend product manufacturers, suppliers, and resellers in product liability and toxic tort matters, including complex litigation involving cutting-edge industries such as AI and robotics, automotive and autonomous vehicles, consumer products, food and wine, connected products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, retail, cosmetics, and technology.

Remote

Additional office locations include Austin, Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Manage product liability and commercial litigation matters with a high degree of autonomy.

• Draft briefs, correspondence, and responses to written discovery.

• Manage document collection, review, and production.

• Handle causation and/or failure analysis matters.

• Work on multidistrict litigation and coordinated state proceedings.

• Provide excellent client service and maintain strong client relationships.

• Collaborate with attorneys and legal teams on complex litigation matters.

• Effectively manage cases while maintaining strong communication and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in product liability or commercial litigation.

• Strong case management skills and the ability to manage matters with a high degree of autonomy.

• Excellent client service skills.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Experience drafting briefs, correspondence, and written discovery responses.

• Experience managing document collection, review, and production.

• Experience with causation and/or failure analysis.

• Experience with multidistrict litigation and/or coordinated state proceedings.

• Active bar membership in the state where you reside and in a state where the firm has an office, or eligibility to waive into one of those jurisdictions.

• Willingness to work on West Coast time if located outside the West Coast region of the United States.

Compensation

$150,000 annual salary.

Additional Information

This is a reduced-schedule, remote, non-partnership track position offering approximately 1,400 billable hours annually. The firm provides professional development resources, mentoring and sponsorship programs, flexible time-away and reduced-schedule arrangements, and comprehensive health and retirement benefits.