Senior Counsel, Corporate/P&C Litigation Unit

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The Hartford is seeking an experienced litigator for a Senior Counsel role in the Corporate/P&C Litigation Unit within the Litigation Group.  The Senior Counsel will join a team managing a broad range of pre-litigation/claim advise matters and lawsuits, including policyholder actions alleging bad faith and extracontractual liability, underwriting disputes, class actions, and general commercial litigation. This Senior Counsel will provide legal advice to internal clients partners throughout the enterprise and will be expected to exercise outstanding judgment, independently handle time-sensitive disputes involving policy limit demands and other complex claim scenarios, and present strategic recommendations to senior legal, claims and business leaders.

This role will have a Hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of working in an office (Hartford, CT) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

Responsibilities:

• Deliver comprehensive legal advice and training to internal partners related to extracontractual exposures and litigation risk, with limited supervision.
• Achieve favorable, cost-effective resolutions in litigation and pre-litigation disputes, including pursuit of appropriate risk transfer and other recovery opportunities.
• Seek out opportunities to improve legal and financial outcomes, claim behaviors, and internal processes.
• Select and manage competent outside counsel and litigation vendors, and focus on efficiently managing costs and budgets.
• Develop and drive strategy in day-to-day case management, including implementation of effective litigation, settlement, mediation, arbitration, and ADR strategies; coordinate execution of such strategy with outside counsel as required. 
• Collaborate with paralegal and administrative staff on document retrieval and production, file maintenance, and day to day case management tasks.
• Communicate effectively with business partners, Law Department colleagues and managers, providing timely updates on significant case developments and changes to the broader legal environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years of litigation practice experience; experience with insurance bad faith litigation strongly preferred; experience with class action defense and other complex corporate litigation preferred.
• Litigation experience within national or regional law firm preferred; experience in a similar litigation role within a Fortune 200 company law department considered.
• Ability to build strong, strategic partnerships with business clients throughout the enterprise and colleagues throughout the Law Department.
• Superior writing, editing, and oral communication skills.
• Collaborative, team-oriented work style, with strong interpersonal skills; excellent work ethic; self-motivated.
• Strong judgment and ability to make independent decisions when appropriate.
• Strong critical thinking, growth mindset skills and a continuous learner. 
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI tools, Lexis-Nexis and other research tools, and Microsoft Office suite (MS Word, Outlook, and Excel).
• J.D. required; member of Connecticut bar or member of any state bar.
• Able and willing to travel up to 10% of the time, or as needed.
• Embrace hybrid work environment.

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

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