Client Legal Services Lead Counsel / Senior Manager (Remote - Baltimore, MD) (Baltimore)

Note : This employer is open to candidates who want to work remote.

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from lifes uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

As a Lead Counsel, Senior Manager, you will provide strategic leadership to a high-performing team of trial attorneys focused on insurance defense litigation. In this pivotal role, you will shape legal strategy, foster cross-functional alignment with claims leadership and senior business partners, and champion a culture of continuous development and empathetic leadership. Your ability to guide through influence will drive results and elevate team performance across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight to a team of attorneys, including setting performance expectations, guiding career development, and conducting regular one-on-one coaching conversations.
• Cultivate strong, collaborative partnerships with claims leadership and senior stakeholders by aligning legal strategy with business goals and ensuring ongoing communication around case progress, litigation plans, and key decision points.
• Oversee litigation strategy and case progression at a high level, ensuring consistency in quality, outcomes, and resource allocation.
• Serve as a thought partner to attorneys on complex matters, providing guidance and second-chair support when strategically necessary.
• Lead operational planning within the department, including forecasting legal spend and analyzing key drivers of litigation trends.
• Champion a team culture rooted in empathy, accountability, and professional growthensuring every team member feels supported, heard, and empowered to succeed.
• Represent the legal department in strategic discussions and collaborate with internal partners on continuous process improvements.

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Experience

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Skills

Leadership, Legal Strategies, Litigation, Process Management, Professional Relationship Management, Relationship Management, Strategy Development, Torts, Training

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is $125,200.00 - 207,550.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Joining our team isnt just a job its an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger a winning team making a meaningful impact.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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Interested in working from home? This employer is open to candidates who want to work remote.

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