# Research and Writing Attorney

**Company**: Parnall Law Firm
**Location**: Gary, IN
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are seeking a Research and Writing Attorney to join our team at Parnall Law Firm, the largest personal injury firm in New Mexico. As a Research and Writing Attorney, you will provide legal analysis and drafting to support our trial attorneys' mission: maximizing recovery for the value of our clients' harm and the wrong that caused it.

Responsibilities include:

- Researching New Mexico and applicable law on liability, damages, coverage, and procedural issues arising in personal injury and premises liability matters

- Monitoring and summarizing developments in New Mexico case law, statutes, and court rules relevant to the firm's practice

- Preparing motions, responses, briefs, and legal memoranda in support of pre-litigation and litigation case teams

- Collaborating with trial attorneys and Team Leads to identify legal issues, anticipate defense arguments, and strengthen case positions

Requirements:

- Active license to practice law in New Mexico, or eligibility for admission

- Strong legal research, analysis, and writing skills

- Experience drafting motions, briefs, memoranda, and other litigation documents

- Personal injury or civil litigation experience preferred; insurance defense or appellate background is a plus

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation commensurate with experience

- Sign-on bonus: $25,000 paid incrementally over the first 6 months of employment

- Comprehensive benefits: health, dental, and vision insurance; life, short and long term disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan

- Paid time off (PTO) and select paid holidays

- Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with no court appearances required

## Skills

### Required
- legal research
- analysis
- writing
- drafting motions
- briefs
- memoranda

### Nice to have
- personal injury
- civil litigation
- insurance defense
- appellate background

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