Disease Solicitor

The role

This is a Disease Solicitor role at Weightmans in Birmingham for a solicitor with 0-3 years of PQE. The role focuses on litigation, specifically noise-induced hearing loss and asbestos-related injury claims, on behalf of insurer and corporate clients.

What you'll do

• Manage a caseload of litigated NIHL claims effectively, efficiently and with minimal supervision
• Assist the Partners and Principal Associates with their complex high value caseloads including asbestos- related injury claims
• Draft full strategy reports and advices
• Undertake legal research and investigations
• Draft pleadings
• Attend conferences, court and client meetings
• Communicate with clients, counsel and other parties
• Involvement in business development, client relationship management and profile-raising initiatives as well as alignment to relevant segment/sector groups
• Complete client and internal MI procedures
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
• Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures, SLAs and KPIs are adhered to
• Comply with relevant policies and procedures
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

What we're looking for