Lead Settlement Counsel, Mass Tort & Product Liability

Barnes & Thornburg LLP; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnes & Thornburg LLP seeks a highly qualified Counsel to lead complex product liability, toxic tort, and mass tort settlements from negotiations through final resolution. You will oversee cross-functional teams, supervise claims administration, and ensure compliance with all governing requirements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of mass tort experience, strong drafting skills, and deep knowledge of settlement governance, liens, and data-driven claim review.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active and in good standing with the local state Bar, or eligible to waive in.
• Minimum of 8 years of significant and substantive experience practicing law, with a focus on mass torts in the drug, medical device and/or consumer products area(s), including at least three years of litigation practice at a law firm.
• Claims resolution experience, preferably with a focus on pharmaceutical products, medical devices, or consumer health or consumer-facing products.
• Detail-oriented with ability to simultaneously manage multiple teams and work streams.
• Familiarity with matter management systems, claims administration platforms, and AI-enabled claim review platforms preferred.
• Experience drafting, reviewing and/or directly negotiating settlement documents, and a deep understanding of contracting principles generally.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support settlement negotiations in complex product liability, mass tort, toxic tort, and consumer product litigation matters.
• Help develop settlement structures and eligibility criteria.
• Serve as primary legal and operations lead, ensuring settlements are executed efficiently, accurately, and in accordance with all legal requirements.
• Work directly with plaintiffs’ counsel to negotiate, draft, review, and finalize all settlement-related documents, and to resolve any claimant disputes or appeals.
• Manage teams of nurse paralegals and other attorneys to review and assess the qualification and categorization of incoming claims.
• Perform data analysis across claims, such as monitoring values and identifying trends within a tort and across a settlement.
• Oversee all aspects of settlement implementation and claims administration, including workflow and quality assurance.

Skills

Settlement negotiations

Team leadership

Data analysis

Contract drafting

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

Case Manager Pro

AI-enabled claims review platforms

Job description

Barnes & Thornburg LLP seeks a highly qualified Counsel to lead complex product liability, toxic tort, and mass tort settlements from negotiations through final resolution. You will oversee cross-functional teams, supervise claims administration, and ensure compliance with all governing requirements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of mass tort experience, strong drafting skills, and deep knowledge of settlement governance, liens, and data-driven claim review.