Senior Managing Litigation Attorney

Are you looking to make an impactful difference in your work, yourself, and your community? Why settle for just a job when you can land a career? At ICW Group, we are hiring team members who are ready to use their skills, curiosity, and drive to be part of our journey as we strive to transform the insurance carrier space. We're proud to be in business for over 50 years, and its change agents like yourself that will help us continue to deliver our mission to create the best insurance experience possible.

Headquartered in San Diego with regional offices located throughout the United States, ICW Group has been named for the twelfth consecutive year in a row and for the 20th time overall as a Top 50 performing P&C organization offering the stability of a large, profitable and growing company combined with a focus on all things people. It's our team members who make us an employer of choice and the vibrant company we are today.

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The purpose of the Senior Managing Litigation Attorney is to oversee a team of attorneys ranging from entry level to seasoned senior litigation management attorneys. This position is responsible for overseeing and reviewing work performed by attorneys to ensure compliance with defense counsel guidelines. The role works to improve processes, as well as assists with budget planning, financial measures and results.

The Senior Managing Attorney will identify and lead initiatives to improve the team’s efficiency and ensures effective communication between the legal and business teams. This role acts as both a Litigation Attorney with a reduced case count and manages a staff of Litigation attorneys. The position works autonomously and under the general supervision of the Litigation Management’s department Director.

This is a hybrid position, offering the flexibility to work from both home and the office. Candidates must be able to work from one of our California branch offices in San Diego, Pasadena, or Rancho Cordova.

Directs the operations of law office personnel providing litigation and legal services.

• Oversees the law office activities to ensure efficient operations of In-House Counsel.

• Determines the intake and assignment of cases to ensure distribution based on each attorney’s level of expertise and associated location (region or county).

• Achieves the departments and company goals by making strategic business decisions.

• Ensures the firm is achieving its client satisfaction goals by evaluating productivity and quality of service.

• Identifies, makes recommendations for work process improvements and follows through to implement remediations.

• Works with leadership to ensure the department meets financial and ROI goals, identifies trends, prepares reports, and implements modifications as needed.

• Mentors less experienced attorneys and ensures the team continues to expand their job-related knowledge, skills and abilities.

• Regularly reviews cases and provides feedback on legal strategies, compliance with deadlines, timeliness on response, and maximizing the department’s core goals.

Provides litigation services and is responsible for all aspects of assigned Workers’ Compensation matters.

• Handles a reduced caseload of litigated files and ensures files are fully worked and moved to resolution.

• Litigates workers’ compensation cases in California before all state and federal courts, administrative boards, and other court proceedings.

• Represents ICW Group, its related entities and insureds before administrative boards, state and federal courts, Court of Appeal, and the California Supreme Court.

• Analyzes complex legal and…