Topdoglaw

Topdoglaw

Managing Attorney: Illinois

Illinois

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 18 days ago
CadenceLeadership

About the role

  • We are looking for a builder, not a caretaker.
  • The Managing Attorney is the business owner of our Illinois market, accountable for performance from the moment a case is signed through final resolution and file closure.
  • This is not a supervisory title; it is a seat with real authority, real accountability, and real upside.

Responsibilities

  • We combine elite trial advocacy with strong operational leadership, empowering attorneys to deliver exceptional client outcomes while building a firm that scales across markets with consistency and excellence.
  • The firm supplies the technology, centralized services, intake infrastructure, and regional support.
  • You own the outcome, with significant influence over case strategy, team composition, operational cadence, state culture, and long-term growth.
  • Own case outcomes across the full lifecycle, from pre-suit through litigation, trial, settlement, disbursement, and file closure.
  • Lead litigation and trial strategy for your state, personally taking the most complex and highest-value cases to trial when appropriate.
  • Drive settlement performance, working toward resolution within the firm's 60-to-90-day target window.
  • Recruit, develop, and retain attorneys, paralegals, case managers, and support staff, building a culture of accountability and ownership.

Requirements

  • Active bar admission in Illinois required at time of hire.
  • Minimum 7 to 10 years of plaintiff personal injury experience.

Skills

  • Strong litigation skills, including depositions, motion practice, mediation, and trial.

Compensation

  • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience and market.
  • Leadership achievement incentives tied to team development and firm-wide milestones.
  • Clear advancement pathways within a rapidly expanding national organization.
  • This is not a management title.
  • It is an ownership seat.
  • Attorneys who lead here build something, own it, grow it, and share in what it becomes.

Benefits

  • State performance bonus tied to P&L outcomes, settlement pace, and fee goal achievement.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus 401(k).
  • Paid time off and CLE / professional development reimbursement.

Company info

  • We are building a national organization, and every state we enter is an opportunity to plant a flag, build a team, and win for injured clients.
  • The Opportunity We are looking for a builder, not a caretaker.
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