Hello,

I am a 3rd year insurance defense attorney with product and premise liability experience. Due to long-COVID, I am likely to lose my job.

The plan is to find a government position that would involve more substantive litigation and trial work, then leverage that into the private sector a few years down the line.

Any advice would be appreciated regarding networking, where to start, etc. Thank you.

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I worked in Civil Litigation years prior to my work in legislation. Usually governments, in my case municipalities, refer their litigation to outside, usually international law firms. However, the benefits are great. The pay is not the best but benefits are well worth it.

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