Barnes & Thornburg LLP

General Counsel

• 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.

Settlement Counsel, Litigation

Administrative Assistant

• Handles filing: Federal, State, Appeals and E-Filings
• Prepares correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents from written and oral drafts
• Prepares discovery and pleading shells and assists with document productions
• Assists with trial preparation, including trial and exhibit binders
• Finalizing letters, motions, pleadings and discovery forms
• Opens new matters, requests conflicts of interest checks updates and maintain legal files
• Ensures that calendar deadlines items get to docketing clerk in timely manner
• Process expense reports, check requests, enter partner billable time and review client prebills
• Arranges travel, coordinates meetings and conference calls across various offices and time zones
• Performs overload typing, filing, photocopying, or reception relief as time permits

Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant

Growth Marketing

• Works proactively with assigned practice groups to support initiatives that help drive new business
• Responsible for having a robust understanding of supported practice groups
• Assists in driving business development goals of assigned groups
• Works hand-in-hand with peers and other team members
• Prepares pitches and proposals for the assigned groups
• Leverages business intelligence and BD tools for basic research
• Manages collection and categorization of legal experience for pitches and proposals
• Manages the input of critical ROI data
• Assists Senior Client Growth Managers and Client Growth Managers with business development-related administrative reports
• Coordinates activities required to produce lawyer ranking submissions
• Coordinates industry/practice relationships in conjunction with Client Growth Manager
• Evaluates, processes and approves submitted attorney expenses
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Client Growth Specialist

• Lead and supervise a high-performing client growth team, fostering collaboration across assigned practice areas and with other Senior Client Growth Managers to develop, implement, and share business development and marketing best practices.
• Serve as the primary business development and client growth resource for the Litigation Department Chair, practice group leaders, and other department leadership. Partner closely with the Department Operating Officer and other firm stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and execute strategic initiatives requiring department and firmwide support.
• Develop and execute business development strategies that strengthen existing client relationships, generate new business opportunities, expand client engagements, and drive cross-selling initiatives across assigned practices and industry sectors.
• Participate in the development of department and practice-specific business development plans and lead the execution of identified goals, objectives, and key results.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the firm's practices, services, industries, geographic markets, and business operations to effectively position the firm's capabilities, identify growth opportunities, facilitate cross-practice collaboration, and connect clients and prospects with the appropriate legal resources.
• Provide strategic business development counsel, coaching, and guidance to attorneys and practice leaders, including support for individual opportunities, client relationship expansion, and broader market positioning efforts.
• Guide attorneys in developing and executing visibility strategies that enhance market presence and support business development objectives, including conference participation, speaking engagements, thought leadership programs, client events, and other profile-raising opportunities.
• Support lateral integration and growth initiatives by assisting with the recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and business development planning of lateral attorneys to accelerate successful integration and revenue generation.
• Lead the collection, maintenance, organization, and dissemination of practice experience and credential information, ensuring data is current, accessible, and effectively leveraged in business development, marketing, and proposal efforts.
• Oversee the development of pitches, proposals, RFP responses, presentations, and related business development materials in collaboration with Proposal, Legal Operations, Communications, and Client Growth colleagues, ensuring deliverables effectively communicate the firm's experience, differentiators, pricing strategies, and value proposition.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including communications, media relations, events, business intelligence, proposals, and creative services, to develop compelling market-facing content and campaigns that elevate practice visibility and support client growth objectives.
• Manage and advise on marketing and business development investments, sponsorships, and related expenditures, evaluating return on investment and recommending strategies to maximize impact and efficient use of firm resources.
• Coordinate industry, professional, and strategic relationship-building initiatives, including thought leadership programs, sponsorships, conferences, client events, CLEs, webinars, networking opportunities, and other business development activities.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of lawyer rankings, awards, and related recognition opportunities that support the strategic positioning of the department and its attorneys.
• Utilize business intelligence, market research, and business development technologies to identify opportunities, analyze trends, evaluate prospects, and provide actionable insights to attorneys and practice leaders.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.