Attorney

Construction Litigation Associate | Mid-Level to Senior | Charleston, SC | $150,000–$320,000 DOE

Good construction litigators get noticed. Here, they also get the file.

I’m Clark Pollins at Distinct Recruitment, recruiting for a regional law firm in Charleston. They hire people they expect to grow, then give them the clients, cases and visibility to do it.

What changes when you move

• Promotion has a track record. The firm consistently promotes its construction lawyers to partner, and recently, too.
• Your name goes on things. You’ll handle client calls, shape expert strategy, take depositions and argue your own motions.
• You’ll know the players. The same clients and experts turn up across your files, so relationships build fast.

How the job runs

• 1,800–1,900 billable hours
• Hybrid schedule, and you choose the split

The work

• Construction defect, delay, payment and contract disputes for general contractors, owners and developers, homebuilders, design professionals and sureties
• Mechanic’s lien, bond and surety claims, in court, arbitration and mediation
• Projects ranging from large public and commercial builds to industrial facilities and residential communities
• Critical path schedules. Retainage. Differing site conditions. Change order logs that tell a very different story from the contract. If that list makes you want to open the file, you’re who they want.

About that salary range

It’s wide because the firm is hiring at two levels. Mid-level associates sit toward the lower end. Senior associates ready to run cases from intake to trial sit toward the top.

You might be the one if

• You have 2+ years of litigation experience
• You’re admitted in South Carolina, or eligible to waive in or sit for the next bar
• You can turn a 400-page spec book into three sentences a juror will remember
• Construction isn’t in your title yet. Insurance defense with construction files, real estate litigation, commercial litigation, products liability, surety or design professional work all count.

Based in Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, Daniel Island or elsewhere in the Lowcountry? Or thinking about a move from Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Savannah or Charlotte. I’d like to hear from you.

Questions first, or want to talk it through? Everything is completely confidential. If this role isn’t quite right, I’m working on other litigation opportunities across the Carolinas and can tell you about those too.