Job Overview
Location
Syracuse, NY
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Human Resources
Date Posted
July 17, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
- • Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most.
- • We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.
- • Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States.
- • When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.
- • GEICO is looking to hire an Associate Counsel to defend lawsuits filed in New York courts and other first party insurance defense.
- • The position is with GEICO Staff Counsel covering venues within Syracuse, NY.
- • Job duties and responsibilities include researching laws and preparing legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda, rendering opinions on liability, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department, and preparing and handling pleadings, motions, and discovery.
🎯 Requirements
- • 2 to 6+ years of experience in related field in litigation experience in insurance defense and/or personal injury
- • Juris Doctor degree REQUIRED
- • Admission to the New York Bar REQUIRED
- • Must be licensed in good standing to practice law in New York and meet and maintain licensing requirements including mandatory Continuing Legal Education (CLE) requirements where applicable
- • Must be able to travel as required, including but not limited, to attend trials, hearings, depositions, management meetings and conferences
- • Must be able to document files in a clear, concise, professional written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization
- • Must be able to follow complex instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/priority setting and multi-tasking skills
- • Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive pay
- • Benefits
- • Flexibility to support your well-being and future
- • Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance
- • Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success
- • Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity
- • Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance
- • Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success
- • Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future
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About Government Employees Insurance Company
Government Employees Insurance Company, operating as GEICO, is a private passenger auto insurer headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Founded in 1936 to serve federal employees, it now underwrites auto, motorcycle, ATV, RV, homeowners, renters, and other personal lines across all 50 states and D.C. A wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, GEICO sells policies primarily through direct-to-consumer channels including online, mobile apps, and call centers, and maintains a network of local offices and field representatives.
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