[Hiring] Senior Litigation Attorney @Jimerson Birr, P.A.

Role Description

At Jimerson Birr, our team has accepted the lasting responsibility of protecting our clients’ rights, businesses, properties, investments, and finances. Our professionals are integral, trusted advisers and advocates in both established and emerging businesses, giving our clients insights into legal and business considerations that guide prudent decision-making.

Jimerson Birr is seeking a Senior Litigation Attorney for our Complex Litigation team; a decisive, fast-moving litigator who takes ownership of a matter the moment it lands and drives it to resolution. You cut through complexity, take command of strategy, and keep matters moving.

You’ll know this is the right seat if:

• You get restless when a file sits still and you do something about it without being asked.
• You would rather fix the process that caused a problem than handle the same problem again next quarter.
• You want to own the client relationship, not hand it up the chain.
• You want feedback that is direct, specific, and tied to outcomes.
• You want to build something; a team, a practice, a better way of doing the work ....not just bill a year.

Qualifications

• JD + active Florida Bar
• 5+ years of litigation experience, commercial preferred, with evidence of sound judgment under pressure
• Strong advocacy: motions, depositions, hearings, negotiation, strategy
• Ability to act independently while collaborating within a structured system
• Comfort making fast decisions without hand-holding
• Natural persuasion, strong communication, and a confident presence
• A track record of managing matters independently — budget discipline, accurate scoping, and reliable delivery without daily supervision
• Analytical rigor: you form positions from facts and evidence, and you can defend them without making it personal
• Clear, direct communication with clients, courts, opposing counsel, and your own team
• Comfort delegating real work and following up on it

Requirements

• Own your matters day to day: scope them, budget them, direct the timekeepers on them, and keep them inside the validated plan.
• Serve as the primary client contact on most of your matters, with the judgment to escalate when risk, budget, or strategy shifts.
• Draft and argue motions, take and defend depositions, manage discovery, and carry matters to hearing or trial — as a strong second chair and a developing or actual first chair.
• Mentor junior attorneys and paralegals.
• Delegate real work, then follow up with instruction and feedback that actually moves someone forward.
• Improve the machine: Bring at least one concrete improvement a week to our matter plans, templates, technology, or legal products.
• Hold the line on timekeeping, service commitments, budgets, and on-plan execution: in your own work and in what you delegate.
• Identify and document adjacent legal needs as you work; clients rarely have only one problem, and you are positioned to see the others.
• Run disciplined alignment conversations at the start of a matter and throughout, so scope, timeline, and expectations never drift.
• Stay in front of your clients with proactive outreach.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Professional development opportunities
• Supportive work environment dedicated to fostering your success
• Challenging opportunity with a company that cares about its most valuable asset: YOU!