Counsel – Settlement Team

Settlement Counsel, Litigation

Office: Any BT Office Location

We are seeking a highly qualified Counsel attorney to work with firm Partners as part of the firm’s product liability and mass torts resolution team. This attorney will be responsible for leading and managing all aspects of complex product liability, toxic tort, and mass tort settlements from initial negotiations through final claim resolution and program closure.

The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience negotiating and implementing large-scale settlements involving thousands of claimants and has a deep understanding of contract drafting principles, claims administration, settlement allocation methodologies, lien resolution, data management, reporting obligations and compliance issues, and settlement fund governance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND 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 (e.g., for individual firms and claim groups) and across a settlement.

· Oversee all aspects of settlement implementation and claims administration, including workflow and quality assurance.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

· Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.

· Candidate must be active and in good standing with the local state Bar, or be eligible to waive...