Litigation Reporter

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Cover state and federal courts in Florida, focusing particularly on the Florida Supreme Court and federal appellate courts.

• Report on significant court decisions, essential filings, and impactful lawsuits, translating developments into clear insights for a discerning audience.

• Identify early indicators by tracking filings, docket activity, and case patterns to spot trends, anomalies, and turning points prior to widespread recognition.

• Produce breaking news under tight deadlines for both local and national audiences.

• Utilize resources—from human intelligence and detailed case filing data to insights from our data-driven Radar team and AI—to uncover trends and shifts in the litigation landscape ahead of others.

• Balance daily news coverage with rapid-turn enterprise pieces and in-depth features that examine litigation issues, law firm strategies, and broader legal trends in Florida and beyond.

• Connect local and regional reporting with contributions from colleagues across Law.com’s global newsroom to highlight national trend stories and multi-market initiatives.

• Cultivate and maintain a robust network of litigators, judges, and legal professionals to generate exclusive insights and enhance the authority and credibility of coverage.

• Collaborate effectively with reporters and editors across various locations and platforms, contributing to social media and audience engagement efforts.

• Write with clarity and authority on litigation topics that impact legal risk, strategies, and outcomes.

• As a standard expectation, reporters should aim for at least one story per day and one enterprise story per week, consistently upholding Law.com’s high editorial standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Outstanding writing abilities, capable of producing clear, concise, and authoritative journalism under deadline pressure.

• Proven capability to establish and foster relationships with lawyers, judges, and other legal stakeholders.

• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment; adept at balancing breaking news, analysis, and enterprise reporting simultaneously.

• Willing and enthusiastic about attending and covering court hearings and trials in person.

• Ability to write two to three stories daily and consistently produce quick-turn enterprise work, including four enterprise pieces each month.

• A disciplined, ownership-oriented mindset with a strong commitment to editorial rigor and accuracy.

• Excellent communication, organizational, and time-management skills; collaborative and reliable.

• Creative, inquisitive, and passionate about utilizing social media platforms, visual storytelling, interactive data, and digital tools to enhance reporting and engage with readers.

• Ideally, two to three years of experience in a daily news setting; experience in legal or business journalism is advantageous, though strong recent graduates are encouraged to apply.

• Comfort with basic data—such as filing volumes, docket trends, and litigation patterns—to support enterprise reporting and analysis is a plus.

• Must reside in or around South Florida.

🏝️ Benefits

• 15 vacation days, 12 company holidays, three personal days, one day for volunteering at a charity of your choice, plus an additional day off for your birthday each year.

• Choice of three Cigna health insurance plans, two dental plans, and vision coverage.

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flex Spending Accounts (FSA).

• Comprehensive wellness program.

• Employer-paid life insurance.

• Employer-covered short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Accident and critical illness insurance.

• 401K and Roth retirement savings plans with employer matching.

• Employee Referral Awards.

• Tuition reimbursement after one year of service.

• Commuter Benefits.