Catastrophic Legal Specialist
About The Position
TopDog Law is a nationally scaling personal injury firm. Our Catastrophic Cases are our most complex matters and we're building a dedicated team to give them the attention they deserve. The Catastrophic Legal Specialist owns the full pre-litigation lifecycle on catastrophic cases: from case workup and coverage verification through demand preparation. You'll work closely with litigation attorneys and paralegals on our most severely injured clients, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. This role is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing national firm at a formative stage, do high-impact legal work that directly changes clients' lives, work alongside top-caliber attorneys on complex, high-value cases, and grow your skills and influence as the firm scales nationally. This role is critical to our success because it directly impacts [clients / revenue / case outcomes / team efficiency], supports speed, quality, and consistency as we scale, helps protect and elevate the TopDog Law brand and client experience, and strengthens the foundation needed to grow responsibly and sustainably.
Requirements
- 3-7 years of experience in personal injury law with paralegal or case management responsibility
- Experience with pre-litigation workup: coverage verification, medical records retrieval, liability investigation, and demand preparation
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. You're comfortable talking to catastrophically injured clients with empathy and professionalism
- Strong critical thinking skills; ability to identify case issues and documentation gaps proactively
- Strong communication skills—written and verbal
- Ability to think critically, prioritize effectively, and execute with speed
Nice To Haves
- Paralegal Certificate or Bachelor's degree (not required)
- Experience with catastrophic injury case types (TBI, spinal, wrongful death, amputation)
- Familiarity with Filevine, Clio, or SmartAdvocate
- Experience with commercial vehicle or tractor trailer cases
- Bilingual in Spanish (Not required)
Responsibilities
- Claims Verification Workup and Case Investigation: Confirm stated injuries meet catastrophic criteria; manage catastrophic injury verification and declassification in Filevine.
- Verify coverage in both disclosure and non-disclosure states; identify all liable parties and carriers; conduct umbrella checks and send excess coverage preservation letters.
- For commercial cases: confirm MCS-90 documentation and commercial classification fields in Filevine.
- Request police reports; initiate medical records retrieval alongside our dedicated Retrieval team.
- Assess whether a life care plan is needed; document lost income and earning potential.
- Physical Evidence and Expert Coordination: Arrange vehicle photography and long-term storage; request black box preservation, ELD/driver logs, and dash cam footage on tractor trailer cases.
- Send preservation letters to all involved parties; request surveillance footage from nearby cameras.
- Coordinate expert engagement as directed.
- Investigate potential defendants.
- Estate and Authority (Wrongful Death): Collect funeral expenses and receipts; complete conflict checks; confirm CFA signatory authority.
- Connect clients to probate attorneys on contingency; determine if an estate has been established; identify wrongful death beneficiaries.
- Pre-Litigation Demand Preparation: Draft and submit demand packages.
- Ensure complete, organized case files are ready at handoff to the Litigation team.
- Create tasks for Attorneys at handoff points; ensure all pre-litigation deadlines and documentation requirements are met.
- Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes, or outcomes—not just following existing playbooks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
