# Research and Writing Attorney

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

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## Description

We are seeking a Research & Writing Attorney to join our team at Parnall Law Firm, the largest personal injury firm in New Mexico. As a Research & 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**

- Conduct legal research on New Mexico law and applicable law on liability, damages, coverage, and procedural issues arising in personal injury and premises liability matters.

- Monitor and summarize developments in New Mexico case law, statutes, and court rules relevant to the firm's practice.

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

- Draft discovery-related legal analysis and assist with pleadings as needed.

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

- Provide research support for settlement negotiations, mediation, and trial preparation.

- Deliver timely, well-supported written work product that meets firm quality standards.

- Collaborate effectively with attorneys and staff to ensure cases move efficiently through the process.

**Requirements**

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

- Strong legal research, analysis, and writing skills, with the ability to translate research into persuasive, well-supported drafts.

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

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

- Ability to work collaboratively with trial attorneys and Team Leads across multiple case teams and manage competing deadlines.

**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.

- Time off: paid time off (PTO) and select paid holidays.

- Work-life balance: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM , a research and writing role with no court appearances required.

## Skills

### Required
- legal research
- analysis
- writing
- litigation documents

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

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