Vice President, Insurance Defense Counsel
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Job Location:
Dallas, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
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Responsibilities
The Vice President Insurance Defense Counsel will lead and oversee a nationwide portfolio of complex insurance defense and commercial liability matters arising from the Companys transportation operations. This legal role serves as a strategic partner to senior leadership Risk Operations and Finance driving litigation strategy insurer coordination and enterprise risk mitigation across a highly regulated operationally complex environment.
This role requires a seasoned litigation strategist with deep insurance defense experience demonstrated success managing high-exposure matters and the executive presence to influence business decision-making at the enterprise level.
Responsibilities
Litigation Management
- Manage a national docket of insurance defense matters including bodily injury property damage catastrophic loss and related commercial liability claims.
- Develop and execute case strategy from pre-suit investigation through trial and appeal.
- Evaluate liability exposure damages modeling settlement posture and trial risk; provide clear business-oriented recommendations to executive leadership and insurers.
- Lead participation in mediations high-stakes settlement negotiations and trial oversight as appropriate.
- Drive consistency accountability and performance standards across a national litigation portfolio.
Insurance & Risk Coordination
- Serve as the senior legal liaison to insurance carriers brokers and third-party administrators.
- Analyze and advise on coverage issues reservations of rights indemnity obligations and allocation disputes.
- Partner with Risk Management and Finance on self-insured retention strategy deductible management and claims trend analysis.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to reduce claims frequency and severity through operational risk mitigation initiatives.
Business & Executive Advisory
- Provide practical business-focused legal guidance to Operations Safety and executive leadership regarding litigation exposure and claims prevention.
- Support significant incident response and internal investigations.
- Develop and deliver litigation and claims training to field and corporate leadership.
- Identify systemic risk trends and recommend proactive policy or operational adjustments.
Qualifications
Talent Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
- Active license and good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 10 years of insurance defense and complex commercial litigation experience.
- Experience in both law firm practice and in-house counsel roles.
- Demonstrated success managing high-exposure or catastrophic liability matters.
- Significant experience directing outside counsel and coordinating with insurance carriers.
- Strong command of civil procedure discovery strategy trial practice and ADR.
Preferred
- Experience in transportation transit trucking logistics or similar operational industries.
- Experience with self-insured retention programs or large deductible insurance structures.
- Catastrophic injury or wrongful death litigation experience.
- Trial or first-chair experience.
Key Competencies
- Executive-level judgment and strategic risk assessment.
- Sophisticated negotiation and settlement leadership.
- Ability to balance litigation posture with commercial objectives.
- Strong financial acumen and litigation budget management.
- Clear persuasive written and verbal communication.
- Executive presence with the ability to advise C-suite stakeholders.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage a large complex docket.
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Key Skills
- Change Management
- Financial Services
- Growing Experience
- Managed Care
- Management Experience
- Analysis Skills
- Senior Leadership
- Performance Management
- Process Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
- Analytics
About Company
For more than 40 years, MV Transportation has provided safe, reliable, affordable transportation services to cities, counties, private corporations, non-profit agencies, and community organizations.
