An active New Jersey Bar license is required.
You know New Jersey litigation. You understand the courts, the clients, the carriers, and what it takes to move a significant case from early evaluation through resolution or trial.
Now you want a practice where you can use that experience.
Tyson & Mendes is growing our New Jersey office, and we are looking for an experienced insurance defense attorney who wants sophisticated work, meaningful autonomy, and access to leadership that stays engaged without managing every decision.
Our attorneys handle complex, high exposure matters, including multimillion dollar losses, professional liability, medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and other significant civil defense litigation.
If you are a seasoned New Jersey defense attorney who likes to think ahead, take ownership, and practice with independence, we would like to meet you.
We are looking for more than someone who happens to be admitted in New Jersey.
We want an attorney who knows how to litigate in New Jersey and brings at least five years of substantive insurance defense experience.
You understand local practice and procedure. You are comfortable with discovery, depositions, experts, substantive motion practice, client and carrier communication, mediation, and trial preparation.
Most importantly, you know how to take responsibility for a case and keep it moving.
Our New Jersey attorneys handle complex matters where judgment and strategy matter.
Cases may involve significant exposure, complicated liability issues, multiple parties, expert intensive litigation, professional liability, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death.
The current practice is busy without being built around overwhelming file volume, allowing attorneys to spend meaningful time understanding their cases, developing strategy, and advising clients.
For an experienced litigator, that means the opportunity to practice law rather than simply process files.
Our New Jersey office is led by Danielle DeGeorgio, New Jersey Branch Office Managing Partner, an experienced New Jersey litigator whose practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, insurance coverage, and professional malpractice.
Danielle's leadership style is built around trust, professionalism, and collaboration.
She wants experienced attorneys to practice. You will have room to develop strategy, make decisions, and take ownership of your matters without unnecessary micromanagement.
But autonomy does not mean being left on your own.
Danielle stays connected to her attorneys and cases, is available to strategize when needed, and provides guidance before a problem becomes a problem. She believes in giving good lawyers room to work while making sure they know their leadership is there when they need it.
Tyson & Mendes has been building its New Jersey presence since 2021, and the next stage is about continuing to develop a stable, experienced, highly collaborative local team.
This is a professional environment where people are expected to communicate, take initiative, follow through, and support one another.
For Senior Counsel, joining a growing office also creates visibility. Your experience matters, your contribution is noticed, and there are opportunities to help shape the team as the practice continues to develop.
Sophisticated litigation requires more than experience. It also requires the right tools.
Tyson & Mendes continues to invest in AI enabled legal resources, advanced research technology, modern case management systems, and tools designed to help attorneys work more effectively and reduce administrative friction.
Our attorneys also have access to our APEX methodology, Trial Academy, and nationally recognized approach to Stopping Nuclear Verdicts®.
APEX provides a strategic framework for approaching litigation while allowing experienced attorneys to bring their own judgment, creativity, and perspective to each matter.
The goal is simple: give great litigators better tools to do their best work.
We are looking for an attorney with at least five years of meaningful New Jersey insurance defense experience who can independently manage complex litigation.
You are a self starter. You anticipate what comes next instead of waiting for someone to tell you. You communicate proactively with clients and colleagues. You understand the importance of deadlines, responsiveness, preparation, and professional judgment.
You are also collaborative. You enjoy exchanging ideas with other experienced attorneys, welcome another perspective when it strengthens your strategy, and contribute to the success of the people around you.
Above all, you take pride in being a New Jersey litigator and want to continue building your practice here.
Our New Jersey team values flexibility and has successfully built a collaborative practice with remote work.
At the same time, we believe there are moments when being together matters, particularly for trial preparation, witness preparation, strategy, mentoring, and team connection.
With our New Jersey presence continuing to develop, attorneys will have opportunities to connect with colleagues in person while maintaining the flexibility experienced lawyers value.
If you are already a strong New Jersey insurance defense attorney, you do not need someone telling you how to practice every day.
You need challenging cases, trusted autonomy, excellent resources, modern technology, and leaders who are available when their experience can make a difference.
That is what we are building in New Jersey.
Join Danielle DeGeorgio and the Tyson & Mendes New Jersey team and help us build the next chapter of our practice.
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Tyson & Mendes’ goal is to achieve justice for all through innovation, collaboration, and outstanding service. Founded in 2002 by principal trial attorneys Robert Tyson and Patrick Mendes, we are an AV-rated litigation firm of 250+ attorneys across the U.S. specializing in defending insurers, corporations, and insureds in civil litigation. Tyson & Mendes represents clients throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. Our attorneys also serve clients in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.
We have handled some of the most contentious cases that have helped define insurance defense litigation and have earned a reputation for targeting the threat of and stopping Nuclear Verdicts® – runaway jury verdicts exceeding $10 million.
Our trial-only subsidiary, TM HALO®, is wholly dedicated to stemming the tide of Nuclear Verdicts®. Comprised of elite Tyson & Mendes defense attorneys with decades of courtroom experience, TM HALO® lawyers parachute in to manage the thorniest, highest-stakes cases.
We ensure our attorneys have the tools to achieve exceptional results and protect clients from excessive jury awards. Through programs like TM University and the Tyson & Mendes Trial Academy, our attorneys receive deep training on proven defense methods outlined in Founding Partner Robert Tyson’s best-selling book, "Nuclear Verdicts®: Defending Justice for All."
Our newest strategy, The Apex, builds on 20+ years of courtroom success and data from 100 Nuclear Verdicts®. Launched in 2025, it is a trial-proven framework to help defense teams recognize and break patterns in high-stakes litigation. The strategy is detailed in our forthcoming book, "Nuclear Verdicts®: The Apex – Break the Pattern," by Founding Partner Robert Tyson and National Managing Partner Cayce Lynch.
