About the Role
This position assists in managing a team of attorneys and support staff, overseeing client intake, file management, case development, legal analysis, and initial litigation. The role requires motivating attorneys to achieve optimal client and organizational results through strategic direction and accountability.
Responsibilities
- Oversee firm’s policies to promote and protect the company's matters
- Oversee delivery of legal services and resources to accomplish goals, strategies and priorities, while monitoring internal audit and compliance programs
- Assist Attorney Manager in overseeing and coordinating the Client Sign-Up Process
- Assist Attorney Manager with case assignments
- Evaluate and escalate serious cases for Management review
- Ensure compliance with SOLs, client calls returned, conflicts checking and internal metrics, and court deadlines met
- Ensure all medical development and case development occurs timely
- Manage a team of attorneys and other members of the department ensuring ethical and legal obligations of all staff members and consult with Attorney Manager as needed
- Review files and analysis of legal issues and evaluate for proper transfer
- Assist with escalated client issue resolution (Calls/In-person)
- Available for overflow of on-call in office/after-hours potential new matters
- Train and develop talent for staff assigned to department; provide employee reviews and create retention initiatives
- Utilize Advologix Dashboards Review for potential new matters, attorney performance and etc.
- Other duties as assigned from Attorney Manager
- Management Meeting Review; weekly review PowerPoint generation, dashboard review, report analysis
- Weekly Group Meeting; weekly review PowerPoint generation, dashboard review, report analysis, identification of top performers
- Ensure 100% compliance on grade cards
- Review goals alignment and attorney dashboard creation in Advologix
- Expense review and approval
Requirements
- Must be able to efficiently and properly evaluate personal injury cases
- Must be able to manage and direct appropriate case development and medical development consistent with property damage, liability issues, coverage amounts, and injuries
- Possess strong initiative for problem solving
- Excellent management and leadership skills
- Must be approachable and have the ability to communicate with employees with professionalism
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; researching/problem-solving skill
- Strong customer service skills
- High energy motivator
- Results-driven
- Excellent writing skills
- Have strong commitment to client service
- Must have valid TX driver license and good driving record
Skills
- Leadership
- Management
- Problem-solving
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Customer service
- Strategic planning
- Performance management
Location
- San Antonio
- Austin
- Dallas
- Houston
- Corpus Christi
Work Type
- Full-time
- Office environment
Experience Level
- Management experience preferred
- Litigation experience preferred
- Prior positions of litigation attorney, briefing and research attorney, or compliance attorney preferred
Education Level
- JD required
- Texas Bar License required
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000
About the Company
- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Works under moderate supervision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
