<div class="x_elementToProof"> <h1 class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-section-id="1fxqb8d" data-start="553" data-end="617"><strong data-start="555" data-end="617">Big Cases. A Close Team. Room to Become a Great Litigator.</strong></h1> <p data-start="619" data-end="663"><strong data-start="619" data-end="663">Associate Attorney | Scottsdale, Arizona</strong></p> <p data-start="665" data-end="709"><em data-start="665" data-end="709">An active Arizona Bar license is required.</em></p> <p data-start="711" data-end="793">You have the fundamentals. Now you want the experience that will take you further.</p> <p data-start="795" data-end="1073">At Tyson & Mendes, our Scottsdale team is looking for an Associate Attorney with <strong data-start="876" data-end="919">3+ years of solid litigation experience</strong>, preferably in insurance defense, who is ready to take on sophisticated work, develop greater independence, and learn from highly experienced litigators.</p> <p data-start="1075" data-end="1287">Our Scottsdale office offers something increasingly difficult to find: the connection and visibility of a smaller team combined with the technology, training, clients, and resources of a national litigation firm.</p> <p data-start="1289" data-end="1333"><strong data-start="1289" data-end="1333">Remote work opportunities are available.</strong></p> <p data-start="1335" data-end="1463">If you are ready for more responsibility and want experienced leaders who will help you grow into it, we would love to meet you.</p> <h3 data-section-id="12kuv93" data-start="1465" data-end="1515"><strong data-start="1469" data-end="1515">Work That Will Make You a Better Litigator</strong></h3> <p data-start="1517" data-end="1605">This is not a practice where associates simply move files from one deadline to the next.</p> <p data-start="1607" data-end="1833">Our Scottsdale attorneys handle sophisticated matters involving <strong data-start="1671" data-end="1833">general liability, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, premises liability, professional liability, bad faith, employment, and other complex civil litigation.</strong></p> <p data-start="1835" data-end="2041">As an associate, you will have opportunities to develop practical experience with discovery, depositions, motion practice, case strategy, client communication, mediation, expert work, and trial preparation.</p> <p data-start="2043" data-end="2108">As your skills and judgment develop, so will your responsibility.</p> <h3 data-section-id="edarn6" data-start="2110" data-end="2162"><strong data-start="2114" data-end="2162">Learn From Lawyers Who Know How to Win Cases</strong></h3> <p data-start="2164" data-end="2244">One of the greatest advantages of this opportunity is the leadership around you.</p> <p data-start="2246" data-end="2669">Our Scottsdale office is led by <strong data-start="2278" data-end="2348">Sitar Bhatt, Scottsdale and Seattle Branch Office Managing Partner</strong>, an experienced Arizona litigator whose practice includes general liability, personal injury, premises liability, professional liability, employment, and bad faith litigation. Sitar also chairs Tyson & Mendes' Young Professionals Group, reflecting his investment in the development of attorneys earlier in their careers.</p> <p data-start="2671" data-end="3098">You will also have the opportunity to learn from <strong data-start="2720" data-end="2790">Lynn Allen, Equity Partner and Southwest Regional Managing Partner</strong>, who brings more than 30 years of insurance defense and trial experience. Lynn has served as lead counsel in jury trials, arbitrations, appeals, and complex litigation involving wrongful death, products liability, premises liability, insurance coverage, bad faith, employment, and other significant matters.</p> <p data-start="3100" data-end="3282">Together, they offer associates something valuable: <strong data-start="3152" data-end="3282">access to leaders with different perspectives, deep litigation experience, and a genuine understanding of how lawyers develop.</strong></p> <h3 data-section-id="14ev3c4" data-start="3284" data-end="3327"><strong data-start="3288" data-end="3327">Small Team Means Greater Visibility</strong></h3> <p data-start="3329" data-end="3387">Our Scottsdale office has the feel of a boutique practice.</p> <p data-start="3389" data-end="3637">You can know the partners you work with. They can know your strengths, your goals, and where you need more experience. Your work is visible, your contribution matters, and there are opportunities to become an important part of the team as you grow.</p> <p data-start="3639" data-end="3726">At the same time, you have the infrastructure of a national litigation firm behind you.</p> <p data-start="3728" data-end="3911">That means sophisticated clients, professional development, litigation support, training, technology, and colleagues across the country who can be tapped for knowledge and experience.</p> <p data-start="3913" data-end="3998"><strong data-start="3913" data-end="3998">You get the connection of a smaller team with the resources of a much larger one.</strong></p> <h3 data-section-id="1dxt3gd" data-start="4000" data-end="4050"><strong data-start="4004" data-end="4050">Technology That Helps You Practice Smarter</strong></h3> <p data-start="4052" data-end="4146">The practice of law is changing, and we believe the tools attorneys use should change with it.</p> <p data-start="4148" data-end="4370">T