Managing Attorney: Illinois

About TopDog Law

TopDog Law is a modern plaintiff personal injury practice built around people, performance, innovation, and purpose. 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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Own the state P&L: hit fee and case volume goals, align costs with growth, and bring analytical rigor to your pipeline and case mix.
• 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.
• Execute firm-wide standards and operating cadences while owning the state-specific adaptations that make them work in your market.
• Ensure full legal, ethical, and compliance oversight across every function in your state.
• Report to the COO with regular state performance updates and data-driven KPI tracking.

Requirements

• Active bar admission in Illinois required at time of hire.
• Minimum 7 to 10 years of plaintiff personal injury experience.
• Extensive experience handling cases from inception through trial and resolution.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management experience.
• Strong litigation skills, including depositions, motion practice, mediation, and trial.
• Experience handling motor vehicle, premises liability, and personal injury matters.
• A genuine business mindset, with comfort owning P&L, metrics, and operational accountability.

Qualifications

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience and market.
• State performance bonus tied to P&L outcomes, settlement pace, and fee goal achievement.
• Led achievement incentives tied to team development and firm-wide milestones.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus 401(k).
• Paid time off and CLE / professional development reimbursement.
• Clear advancement pathways within a rapidly expanding national organization.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k).

Schedule

• Full-time position.

Pay

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience and market.
• State performance bonus tied to P&L outcomes, settlement pace, and fee goal achievement.
• Led achievement incentives tied to team development and firm-wide milestones.