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TopDog Law

Represents people with personal injury claims

Pre-Litigation Case Manager Team Lead

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/21/2026
$83k - $101.7k/yr
Senior
Bachelor's, Certification
Mississippi, USA
Remote
LegalLegal Counsel & Legal Support

About the job

Requirements
  • Six to eight years of experience supporting personal injury pre-litigation matters on cases in multiple states or Mississippi.
  • Proven experience managing and leading a team of case managers, directing case strategy and workflow to move files efficiently through each phase toward timely settlement.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage a high-volume caseload in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience requesting, reviewing, and summarizing medical records and bills.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently while collaborating with a team.
Responsibilities
  • Supervise three to five pre-litigation case managers within the pod.
  • Assign and balance workloads across the team.
  • Provide guidance on case-handling procedures and documentation standards.
  • Ensure case managers understand priorities and case-progression expectations.
  • Provide coaching and day-to-day support to help case managers execute effectively.
  • Serve as the primary operational liaison between the case manager team and the pre-litigation attorney.
  • Handle client and provider escalations, resolving issues before they reach the attorney or operations manager.
  • Escalate friction points between case managers and the attorney to the pre-litigation case manager operations manager.
  • Own MRI rates and advanced-treatment rates, and ensure diagnostics are properly tracked and attended.
  • Monitor and drive case velocity so cases move efficiently through each pre-litigation phase.
  • Ensure settlements meet expected value targets relative to policy limits.
  • Identify and proactively clear roadblocks to case progression.
  • Flag systemic medical-management issues to the pre-litigation case manager operations manager.
  • Monitor progress of medical-record collection and documentation gathering.
  • Ensure case files contain required documentation and supporting evidence.
  • Confirm liability and damages documentation is organized and complete.
  • Review case files for completeness before escalation to the attorney.
  • Maintain strong case-file organization and documentation discipline.
  • Use dashboards and reporting tools to evaluate team key performance indicators and identify underperformance.
  • Identify process changes and efficiency improvements through direct case experience and data analysis.
  • Surface operational gaps and improvement ideas to the pre-litigation case manager operations manager.
  • Build or pull reports independently.
  • Lead onboarding and training for new case managers joining the pod.
  • Provide informal coaching and identify skill gaps requiring additional training.
  • Promote consistency in case-handling practices and ownership across the team.
  • Model best practices in case management, documentation, client communication, and ownership through personal caseload performance.
  • Manage approximately 50 active pre-litigation cases, emphasizing higher-value matters.
  • Meet a higher performance standard than case managers because of the complexity and value of the assigned caseload.
  • Balance personal case-execution responsibilities with team-supervision duties.
  • Take full ownership of assigned cases and remain accountable for case outcomes regardless of other departments’ actions.
  • Identify workflow challenges or process gaps through direct case experience and escalate operational improvements when needed.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree or Paralegal Certificate; neither is required.
  • Proven experience managing and developing a team within a legal environment.
  • Experience in high-volume or fast-growing law firms.
  • Familiarity with personal injury claims processes and insurance procedures.
  • Experience with case-management software such as Filevine, Clio, or SmartAdvocate.
  • Comfort working in evolving systems and processes.

About the company

TopDog Law represents people injured in accidents and families pursuing wrongful-death claims across the United States, seeking compensation for medical bills, lost income and pain. Its practice covers car and truck crashes, medical malpractice, workplace injuries and other cases involving harm caused by negligence. The firm handles legal work directly and with outside lawyers, retaining at least joint responsibility for most client files and sharing fees with co-counsel when clients consent. Clients start with a free case review, and legal fees come from a share of the recovery when a case succeeds. Founded in 2019, TopDog Law is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Scottsdale, AZ

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • Location flexibility is broad: TopDog's careers page advertises fully remote work.
  • Training specialists build the playbook: the role designs onboarding and certification for attorneys, paralegals and case managers.
  • Compliance attorneys get transparent pay: the remote role lists $180,000-$220,000 base salary plus a performance-based bonus.

What critics are saying

  • Intake leaders face close measurement: targets cover sign rates, response speed, contact rates and agent productivity.
  • Case-team training includes production pressure: the specialist must cover staffing gaps alongside training in a high-volume environment.
  • National litigation adds compliance work: TopDog's attorney role audits case handling and writes ethics procedures across multiple states.

What makes TopDog Law unique

  • Partner selection is quantitative: TopDog screens referral firms by conversion, case value and litigation approach.
  • Intake separates complex claims: dedicated teams handle catastrophic, sensitive and high-value client interactions.
  • Settlement handling is specialized: TopDog's dedicated Trust Operations department processes receipts and disbursements.

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