Settlement Coordinator, Plaintiff Litigation

ABOUT THE JOB

Be the person who turns a settlement into a check in a client's hands.

Our client is a plaintiff-side trial firm with a national reputation and offices across the country. They only represent plaintiffs: workers, survivors, and families taking on large companies, institutions, and insurers. When one of those cases settles, the client has usually waited years, and the fight isn't over yet. Between the agreement and the check sit releases, liens, deadlines, and sometimes a court's approval.

This role owns that stretch. You take each settlement from the day it's reached to the day the money goes out. The documents get signed, the liens get resolved, the numbers get checked, and the client always knows where things stand. Do it well and clients get paid sooner and keep more of what they won. For someone who's been waiting on that money to pay medical bills or start over, that's the part of the case they'll remember.

This is an immediate hire.

THE MANDATE

This seat isn't for someone who's learning lien resolution on the job, or someone who lets a file sit until the client calls to ask where their money is. It isn't for someone who sees the end of a case as paperwork.

It's for someone who has closed out plaintiff settlements before and takes the job personally: who chases the signature, calls the lienholder again, checks the math twice, and tells the client the truth about timing. The right person is exacting with details and never forgets that every file is a person waiting on money they need.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own every settlement from agreement through disbursement, and keep each file moving against its deadlines
• Prepare releases and settlement documents for attorney review, and get them signed and returned
• Identify, verify, and resolve liens, including Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans, and negotiate reductions so clients keep more
• Build the settlement statement for each case, showing fees, costs, liens, and the client's net, and work with accounting on trust deposits and disbursements
• Keep clients informed at every step, so no one has to call and ask where their money is
• Coordinate structured settlements, court approvals, and other special handling when a case calls for it
• Track every open settlement and give attorneys a clear picture of where each one stands

IDEAL PROFILE

• Proven experience taking settlements from agreement through disbursement at a plaintiff firm
• Hands-on lien resolution experience, including Medicare and Medicaid
• Fluent in releases, settlement statements, and client trust account procedures
• Comfortable managing a high volume of files in a case management system
• Exacting with numbers, documents, and deadlines
• A clear, patient communicator with clients who've waited a long time for this moment

LOCATION & WORK MODEL

• Can be based in Los Angeles, CA; Orange County, CA; or Las Vegas, NV

COMPENSATION

Salary: $100,000 to $125,000

The firm offers an excellent benefits package. Details will be provided during the interview process.

ABOUT THIS SEARCH

This search is being conducted by Signal & Strand, a boutique recruiting and people operations firm headquartered in Long Beach, CA with national and international reach, on behalf of our client. The firm's name will be shared with candidates as the conversation moves forward.

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