
Senior Staff Attorney, Settlement Legal Services
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Job overview
The Senior Staff Attorney will practice civil litigation and settle personal injury tort cases, including complex and high-exposure matters. The role requires analyzing cases and executing swift, effective resolution strategies, along with strong communication, organization, and attention to detail. The selected candidate will hold a System Emergency Assignment and may work nights, weekends, and holidays during emergencies.
Skills & qualifications
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Qualifications
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Required Education/Experience
- Juris Doctorate and a minimum of 7 years' experience practicing as a civil litigation attorney.
Relevant Work Experience
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A Minimum of 7 years experience and demonstrated skill with a track record of settling personal injury tort cases, required.
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Proficient at analyzing cases and executing swift and effective resolution strategies for complex and high exposure cases, required.
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Excellent written and oral communication skills, required.
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Must be organized and attentive to detail, required.
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Skilled in the use of, or capable of quickly learning, AI, case management software andother technology, required.
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Self-starter who thinks creatively and flexibly and discerns when to seek assistance and guidance, required.
Licenses and Certifications
- Driver's License Required
Additional Physical Demands
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The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
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The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
EEO Statement:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of the individual’s actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, domestic violence victim status, or any other actual or perceived status protected by law.
Technical Difficulty Statement:
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,246 open Attorney jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$93–169K/yr281 salary ranges
- US median$60–74/hr74 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 363 open Attorney jobs in New York and 2,246 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Attorney postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 1,523 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 1,299 of the 2,246 open Attorney jobs (58%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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