Associate Senior Counsel – Affirmative Litigation
The Cigna Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: St. Louis • Connecticut, Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $152,500 - $254,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Direct and manage all aspects of a varied commercial litigation portfolio, including investigation, pleadings and discovery through the pre-trial, trial, settlement and appeal processes
- Effectively direct and manage outside counsel
- Work collaboratively within the Legal Department (including Compliance, Government Affairs and Communications colleagues), as well as business stakeholders
- Evaluate financial impact and litigation funding options relevant to litigation disputes
- Provide proactive, solution-oriented advice and counseling to support and protect business goals and objectives in connection with pre-litigation disputes
- Employ highly polished and effective communication, listening, and writing skills, with a focus on interaction with and reporting to senior managers and executive leadership within a global and matrixed organization
- Participate in and contribute positively to the Cigna Legal community
Requirements
- J.D. and active state bar membership(s) is required
- Minimum of 7+years of litigation experience at a top firm, with the federal government, and/or in-house, preferably addressing plaintiff-side or affirmative litigation
- Experience representing health insurance or pharmacy benefit management companies
- Strong people skills
- Financial acumen
- Ability to present complex legal issues to non-lawyers
- Demonstrated good judgment
- Team focus
- Learning agility and intellectual curiosity
- Willingness to take on difficult projects
- Willingness to travel occasionally
Benefits
- medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs
- 401(k) with company match
- company paid life insurance
- tuition reimbursement
- a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
- paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
litigationpleadingsdiscoverytrialsettlementappeal processesfinancial impact evaluationlitigation funding optionslegal counselingplaintiff-side litigation
Soft skills
communication skillslistening skillswriting skillspeople skillsgood judgmentteam focuslearning agilityintellectual curiositysolution-orientedcollaboration
Certifications
J.D.active state bar membership