Legal - Liberty Mutual Careers

About working in Legal & Compliance

Advance your career at an organization that puts people first. Liberty Mutual’s legal organization—a global workforce of more than 2,000 legal professionals—provides an inclusive and equitable work environment where you’ll collaborate on challenging and engaging legal matters. With career opportunities that span 10 practice areas, you’re sure to find a role that matches your specialty and interests. Whether you’re interested in employee benefits and compensation, public affairs, global compliance and ethics, investments, or zealously defending the rights of our policyholders across product lines, you’ll find opportunities to grow, both personally and professionally, at Liberty Mutual.

What We Do

Staff Legal

Our Staff Legal organization is a national, collaborative team of more than 1,500 professionals who represent and protect our insureds across a wide range of legal matters. With over 800 attorneys and 200 paralegals serving clients in 38 states plus the District of Columbia, we handle everything from personal injury defense, construction matters, workers’ compensation, subrogation, fraud investigations, and more.

What to know about the team:

Dedicated focus on practicing law: Staff legal attorneys focus on advocacy, strategy and client service — not sales or business development.
Growth and support: From the moment you start onward, you can expect support and training to help you develop and hone your skills, plus growth opportunities aligned with your specific career journey
Values driven culture: A workplace rooted in Liberty Mutual’s purpose and promise to customers, emphasizing respect, inclusion and well‑being.
Focus on impact and outcomes: Play a direct role in protecting insureds and reducing claim costs through strategic defense, recovery and prevention efforts.
Ethics and integrity first: A commitment to the highest standards of ethics, compliance and professional responsibility in every matter.

Skills and traits we value in Legal & Compliance

Collaborative & client-focused

Approachable and enthusiastic, you focus on client needs and your professional relationships.

Detail-oriented & efficient

You perform with operational efficiency and use cutting-edge technology to deliver quality work and outcomes.

Powerful Advocate

Proactive, ethical and trustworthy, you deliver meaningful work as you advocate for your clients and our company.

Why work in Legal & Compliance at Liberty Mutual

Hands-on experience

Dive into a specialized legal practice area, like Public Affairs, Investments, Strategic Services or Global Compliance & Ethics, in one of our corporate transactional groups. Or join one of our 60+ field offices where you can take first chair at trial, present arguments and cross-examine witnesses.

A work environment that puts people first

We always seek opportunities to build an inclusive and equitable legal practices internally and with externally, in our pro bono efforts and through philanthropic initiatives like our employee giving programs that help make things better in our communities.

State of the art support

Our legal organization provides access to centralized support and sophisticated technology that enables you to work faster and better.

Work-life flexibility

Keeping employees engaged and energized, our workplace policies include flexible work arrangements, generous paid time off and other benefits—allowing you to embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow.

Employee stories & testimonials

The Legal Department’s commitment to investing in people creates a welcoming, diverse environment that promotes professional and personal growth. I have the opportunity to work on complex and engaging work with dynamic clients, with access to resources and support that broaden the skills and capabilities I need as a legal professional. I genuinely enjoy my work but, more importantly, appreciate the great people I work with every day.

Peter T., Corporate Counsel - Global Retail Markets

The legal department at Liberty Mutual has a deep commitment to promoting an inclusive environment and developing its employees. You will be empowered to develop creative solutions for meaningful work. There are numerous opportunities to learn new skills, gain experience with different areas of law and work on things that you are passionate about.

Andy L., Corporate Counsel -Global Risk Solutions

I have been an employee with Liberty Mutual for 25 years, and there is a reason for that. Liberty cares about its employees and the communities we live in. I am proud to work for an organization that takes diversity, equity and inclusion seriously. The company lives by its commitments and that means listening to its employees and what is important to us. I am inspired knowing we are working to unite our communities and that feels pretty awesome.

Sharon W., Product Owner – Legal Systems Solutions

Transparency, growth, and access to senior leaders are some of the attributes that have been instrumental to my success as an attorney. Liberty Mutual’s Legal department has provided these, as well as taken the time to ensure that each employee’s needs are being met. I’ve been given the opportunity to strengthen my skills and to develop new ones. Furthermore, the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have been taken seriously in practice, not just in theory, providing motivation for everyone to contribute to solutions.

Kimberly H., Corporate Counsel - Employment, Compensation & Benefits Group

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