Senior Litigation Case Manager — High-Volume Defense

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 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.