Lead Attorney, Pre-Litigation - Personal Injury

Sweet James LLP; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweet James Accident Attorneys is seeking a Team Lead Attorney to manage a pod of case managers and own case outcomes from intake to demand, with direct client interaction and carrier negotiations. The role drives revenue and maintains high client service standards.

Ideal candidates have a Juris Doctor, active California license, and experience in personal injury or adjacent plaintiff-side work. Leadership, strong negotiation, and excellent communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor and an active license to practice law in the state in which this role sits.
• Experience representing and communicating directly with individual clients; personal injury or an adjacent plaintiff-side field is preferred, but criminal defense, workers' compensation, prosecution, family, and immigration practice all qualify.
• Comfort with client conversations about money, medical treatment, and difficult news.
• Leadership by example: Humble, takes direction, does what the case needs, and sets the tone for a team.
• Goal-oriented and competitive; a self-starter who is accountable for results.
• Strong persuasion and negotiation instincts; ethical judgment and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Review every file on your pod and know the case, the client, and the case type.
• Judge demand readiness: Treatment complete, records in, liability supported; then review and sign the demand.
• Negotiate with adjusters to the best top offer and explain the result to the client.
• Evaluate each offer and decide the path: Further treatment, open the policy, litigation review, or bad faith.
• Direct case managers on treatment plans, liability investigation, and priorities; coach them on the medicine and the case flow.
• Handle the client conversations a case manager cannot: Offers, resisted treatment recommendations, expectation resets.
• Maintain a daily resolution cadence toward the pod's revenue goal.
• Keep the pod's files and data to the firm's hygiene standard.

Skills

Client communication

Negotiation instincts

Leadership by example

Goal-oriented

Persuasion

Accountability for results

Education

Juris Doctor

Tools

Salesforce

Filevine

Job description

Sweet James Accident Attorneys is seeking a Team Lead Attorney to manage a pod of case managers and own case outcomes from intake to demand, with direct client interaction and carrier negotiations. The role drives revenue and maintains high client service standards.

Ideal candidates have a Juris Doctor, active California license, and experience in personal injury or adjacent plaintiff-side work. Leadership, strong negotiation, and excellent communication are essential.