Insurance Defense Case Management Specialist

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance (basic and voluntary)

Job summary

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC in Missouri is seeking an experienced Litigation Case Manager to support a busy defense practice. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of litigation experience and is organized, responsive, proactive, accountable, and client-focused.

You will manage high-volume email, calendars, deadlines, and ensure matters are followed through to completion while coordinating across teams and providing executive support to the litigation group.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of litigation experience
• Must be organized, responsive, proactive, accountable and client-focused
• Ability to manage a busy litigation practice and keep matters on track

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate high-volume email correspondence, ensuring messages are reviewed, routed, addressed, and followed through to completion.
• Manage a heavy caseload/high-volume litigation desk with multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Maintain regular client communication, including status updates, document requests, scheduling, and follow-up.
• Monitor litigation dockets, calendars, deadlines, hearings, depositions, discovery dates, and other case events.
• Track outstanding assignments, attorney requests, client deliverables, discovery obligations, and upcoming deadlines.
• Review incoming correspondence, pleadings, and notices for deadlines and required action.
• Proactively follow up with attorneys, clients, staff, experts, vendors, and other parties.
• Coordinate discovery, depositions, hearings, mediations, expert activities, and other litigation events.
• Maintain organized and accurate case files and matter information.
• Escalate urgent deadlines, unresolved issues, and potential problems to the responsible attorney.
• Close the loop on outstanding requests and assignments and anticipate upcoming case needs.

Skills

Litigation experience

Organized

Responsive

Proactive

Client-focused

Communication

Job description

Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC, a litigation defense firm with over 200 employees, is seeking an experienced Litigation Case Manager. The successful Litigation Case Manager will have 3-5 years of litigation experience and be organized, responsive, proactive, accountable, and client-focused. This individual must be able to manage a busy litigation practice, understand what is outstanding and what is coming next, and ensure matters are consistently followed through to completion. The ability to collaborate effectively across teams and provide executive support to a busy litigation team is essential for success in this role.

All candidates must understand the importance of maintaining firm and client confidentiality.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate high-volume email correspondence, ensuring messages are reviewed, routed, addressed, and followed through to completion.
• Manage a heavy caseload/high-volume litigation desk with multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Maintain regular client communication, including status updates, document requests, scheduling, and follow-up.
• Monitor litigation dockets, calendars, deadlines, hearings, depositions, discovery dates, and other case events.
• Track outstanding assignments, attorney requests, client deliverables, discovery obligations, and upcoming deadlines.
• Review incoming correspondence, pleadings, and notices for deadlines and required action.
• Proactively follow up with attorneys, clients, staff, experts, vendors, and other parties.
• Coordinate discovery, depositions, hearings, mediations, expert activities, and other litigation events.
• Maintain organized and accurate case files and matter information.
• Escalate urgent deadlines, unresolved issues, and potential problems to the responsible attorney.
• Close the loop on outstanding requests and assignments and anticipate upcoming case needs.

Baker Sterchi offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic and voluntary life insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• 401K matching

Committed to promoting diversity within our organization and the legal community, we encourage candidates from all backgrounds.

About Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC

Founded in 1982, Baker Sterchi is a civil defense litigation and trial law firm with offices in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Washington, Oregon and Wisconsin. The firm provides comprehensive legal services across a broad range of practice areas, including commercial and business litigation, construction, employment and labor, insurance coverage and defense, law enforcement and civil rights, government liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, professional and management liability, trial practice and consulting, and transportation litigation. With a team of attorneys who bring decades of courtroom experience, Baker Sterchi is widely recognized for its trial skills and commitment to client service. For more information, visit www.bakersterchi.com.