Litigation Case Manager - Kansas City

Adams & Martin Group is assisting a litigation defense firm with their search for an experienced Litigation Case Manager. The successful Litigation Case Manager will have 5-10 years of litigation experience and be organized, responsive, proactive, accountable, and client-focused. This individual must be able to manage a busy litigation practice, understand what is outstanding and what is coming next, and ensure matters are consistently followed through to completion.

All candidates must understand the importance of maintaining firm and client confidentiality.

Duties and Responsibilities

* Manage and coordinate high-volume email correspondence, ensuring messages are reviewed, routed, addressed, and followed through to completion.

* Manage a heavy caseload/high-volume litigation desk with multiple priorities and deadlines.

* Maintain regular client communication, including status updates, document requests, scheduling, and follow-up.

* Monitor litigation dockets, calendars, deadlines, hearings, depositions, discovery dates, and other case events.

* Track outstanding assignments, attorney requests, client deliverables, discovery obligations, and upcoming deadlines.

* Review incoming correspondence, pleadings, and notices for deadlines and required action.

* Proactively follow up with attorneys, clients, staff, experts, vendors, and other parties.

* Coordinate discovery, depositions, hearings, mediations, expert activities, and other litigation events.

* Maintain organized and accurate case files and matter information.

* Escalate urgent deadlines, unresolved issues, and potential problems to the responsible attorney.

* Close the loop on outstanding requests and assignments and anticipate upcoming case needs.

The firm offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, medical, dental, vision, basic and voluntary life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and 401K matching. Committed to promoting diversity within our organization and the legal community, we encourage candidates from all backgrounds.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.