Senior Pre-Litigation Attorney - San Antonio

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Type: Full-Time, On-Site (Monday-Friday)

Practice Area: Personal Injury Pre-Litigation & Settlement

Thompson Law is a premier personal injury firm built for people whose lives have been upended by preventable tragedies. Founded in Texas and now serving clients in key markets across the country, we have recovered more than $2.1 billion for our clients. Top Verdict has recognized hundreds of our results—including some of the largest personal injury settlements in Texas—and we have been named among the Best Law Firms in the U.S. We pair relentless advocacy with real client commitment, and we back our attorneys with the case volume, infrastructure, and resources to win.

We are looking for a Senior Pre-Litigation Attorney to be a leader and anchor for the pre-litigation docket in our San Antonio, Texas office. This is a senior role for a more experienced personal injury lawyer who wants to run a settlement practice at scale, shape strategy, and build something - without the overhead and financial risk of running a firm.

This is a pre-litigation role - not a courtroom role. You will be the strategic engine and quality-control backstop for a full pre-lit team, moving cases from post-intake through settlement and getting clients the best possible outcome without ever needing a courtroom. When a case needs to be litigated, you will spot it early and hand it to our litigation team.

Skilled treatment and negotiations paralegals will handle day-to-day case needs under your direction; demand writers, medical records specialists, lien specialists, legal assistants, and closers will help carry the administrative load. Your time stays where it belongs: on case selection, medical build-up, valuation, demands, and results.

• Lead Your Pre-Litigation Docket: Drive strategy on liability, coverage, damages, and valuation for a robust personal injury docket - from intake through settlement and disbursement.
• Gatekeep the Cases: Make the go/no-go call on every new case-weighing liability, coverage, and damages—and decide what moves forward, what gets rejected, and what needs special handling.
• Direct Treatment Strategy: Guide your treatment paralegals and treating providers to understand our clients' injuries, treatment, and future care needs, and make sure the medical build-up supports the case and the client has access to proper care, and importantly, how to spot an early policy-limits case before it slips by.
• Own the Demand: Every demand crosses your desk before it goes out. Pressure-test the liability story, confirm coverage, verify the medical picture, make sure the number makes strategic sense
  -then set the minimum settlement value and range for you and your negotiators to work within.
• Direct Settlement Strategy: Set settlement parameters, step in on the hard negotiations with adjusters, oversee and direct the process, and know when a case has reached its ceiling in pre-lit and should be handed to litigation.
• Protect the Client's Net: Approve reduction worksheets and final distributions, catching the missed lien, the bad math, or the too-good-to-be-true reduction before a dollar moves. Clean lien and subrogation resolution - hospital, health insurance, ERISA, Medicare, and Medicaid - keeps clients whole and the firm protected.
• Lead and Mentor: Supervise and develop your support team, run regular full-docket file reviews, and be a leader and mentor to more junior attorneys, setting the standard for excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
• Serve as Client Advocate: Be the trusted voice for clients at the hardest moments of their lives - advising on treatment, progress, and settlement decisions with clarity and compassion.
• Help Shape…