Litigation Associate

Stark & Stark has a full-time opening for a Litigation Associate within our Nursing Home Negligence group, in our Hamilton, New Jersey office. The ideal candidate will have excellent legal research and writing skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, and be self-directed and detail oriented. Candidates must be able to organize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. The right candidate will have an extraordinary opportunity to continue their professional development in a challenging but collegial environment and learn a niche practice area. 

This position is ideal for an associate who is highly motivated, detail oriented, hardworking, and eager to develop into a trial lawyer. We are looking for someone who wants to learn, develop their skills, and is committed to mastering both the written and oral advocacy.

Responsibilities:

The position will support and assist a team in litigating nursing home negligence cases and growing the practice. Must have experience handling a high-volume caseload in a fast paced, results oriented environment with limited oversight. The role is an opportunity to evaluate the merits of individual claims, work directly with clients handling depositions, drafting and responding to pleadings and discovery, as well as writing and researching legal issues for briefs and pleadings. The position also entails reviewing medical records and discovery.

Benefits

Stark & Stark is committed to the health and well-being of its staff members. The firm offers a full range of benefits, including medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage.  The firm also provides generous paid time off, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, disability benefits and 401(k) plan with firm contributions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Stark & Stark’s policy is to make employment decisions based on merit, ability, and competence. Except where required by law, employment practices shall not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or staff member’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or any other characteristic provided by law. Qualified minorities, females, veterans, and attorneys with disabilities are encouraged to apply. It is also our policy to provide a work environment that is free of harassment of any kind, including that which is sexual, age-related, or ethnic.

Mansfield Rule

As part of its continued efforts to actively recruit and advance the recruitment, development, and promotion of diverse lawyers, Stark & Stark is participating in Diversity Lab’s Midsize Mansfield Rule initiative. The Mansfield Rule is named for Arabella Mansfield, the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States. It measures whether law firms affirmatively consider diverse lawyers for hiring, advancement, and significant leadership roles.

Under this initiative, we strive for a candidate pool consisting of at least 30% women, attorneys from underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups, lawyers with disabilities, and/or LGBTQ+ attorneys. The Mansfield Rule initiative also includes a commitment by Stark & Stark to be transparent in our internal governance, particularly with our selection guidelines and job descriptions for firm management roles and committees.

Qualifications:

• Three to Five years of litigation experience is required.
• Plaintiff’s Nursing Home or Medical Malpractice experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical, drafting, writing, research, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to work in a deadline driven practice is required.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team, with strong integrity and professionalism is required.
• Exercise judgment and the ability to work autonomously to effectively analyze the merit of a claim.
• Must have experience in and be able to effectively negotiate, settle, litigate, and try cases.
• Judicial Clerkship is a plus.
• Must be licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey.