Insurance Coverage Attorney

Job DescriptionOur Insurance Coverage practice is looking to expand with two attorneys (1-3 years and 5+ years) with experience drafting coverage opinions and litigating declaratory judgment actions in New York and/or New Jersey. Experience with commercial general liability, excess/umbrella liability, commercial auto or trucking policies is preferred. Required are strong writing and analytical abilities, and a team-oriented commitment to help build out the firm we started in June 2023. Position entails timely analysis of insurance policies to advise insurers as to rights and obligations, typically to gauge the duty to defend or indemnify, to evaluate the applicability of exclusions or conditions and the identification and management of risk-transfer opportunities.Our platform has an energy and momentum towards future growth, and we prioritize a positive and supportive culture for our high-performing team. The position is hybrid and flexible. If you have enthusiasm to counsel our clients and respect complex, challenging work, consider introducing yourself to us with a resume and, if you care to share one up front, a writing sample. Compensation will vary with what you bring to the table.Company DescriptionStrikowsky Drachman & Shapiro, PLLC is a civil litigation firm headquartered in Lower Manhattan. Our practice is primarily focused on defense litigation and insurance coverage in New York and New Jersey. We have decades-long relationships with our clients -- and with each other -- and we opened this firm two years ago to have independent control of our practice and our culture. We have been growing steadily with a "start-up" feel. We are busy but good-spirited, and we work at maintaining positivity and decency as reciprocal commitments as we collaborate to do what it takes to deliver excellent results for clients.Strikowsky Drachman & Shapiro, PLLC is a civil litigation firm headquartered in Lower Manhattan. Our practice is primarily focused on defense litigation and insurance coverage in New York and New Jersey. We have decades-long relationships with our clients -- and with each other -- and we opened this firm two years ago to have independent control of our practice and our culture. We have been growing steadily with a "start-up" feel. We are busy but good-spirited, and we work at maintaining positivity and decency as reciprocal commitments as we collaborate to do what it takes to deliver excellent results for clients.