Managing Attorney - TX

What is Coverage Counsel

Clearcover is seeking a seasoned and strategic Managing Attorney to lead our insurance legal function. We’re seeking a seasoned litigator to serve as Managing Attorney for Clearcover’s Texas staff counsel office. You’ll be our first in-house trial lawyer in the state, responsible for handling your own docket of first- and third-party auto cases and helping us build the internal team that will defend our insureds across Texas.

This is a rare opportunity to blend hands-on courtroom practice with team leadership and operational strategy—inside a fast-growing, well-funded insurtech that values ethical lawyering and customer trust.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead In-House Litigation in Texas
• Litigate a full docket of personal auto defense cases (BI, PD, UM/UIM, PIP, etc.)
• Handle all aspects of pre-trial and trial litigation, from pleadings and motions to depositions, mediations, and jury trials
• Make strategic decisions in case handling, reporting, and resolution in coordination with Claims partners
• Appear regularly in courts across key Texas venues (e.g., Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant, Travis counties)
• Build and Lead the Staff Counsel Function
• Help design and stand up our in-house litigation model in Texas
• Participate in hiring, training, and mentoring future staff counsel and legal support
• Implement workflows, performance metrics, and best practices for trial excellence
• Serve as the point of contact between the litigation team and Legal leadership
• Operational & Product Collaboration:
• Provide expert coverage opinions and guide the claims department on complex and high-exposure claims. 
• Collaborate with the Insurance Product team on policy language and form development, leveraging insights from claims and legal trends. 
• Serve as a key legal resource for the Underwriting team on coverage interpretation and risk assessment. 

What are our must haves?

5-7 years of legal experience, with a focus on insurance coverage.

Experience with private passenger automobile policy defense and coverage interpretation and litigation, which includes both first (UM, COMP, COLL, PIP, MED PAY) and third party (BI, PD)  coverage types.  

Litigation experience, including Declaratory Judgment Action work and other brief writing. 

Bar Licensed to practice law and in good standing in one of the 50 states or DC. 

Experience with Other types of insurance policies and related interpretation and coverage work for: Homeowners, Renters, Professional Liability, Inland Marine, Commercial/Business Auto and Fleet is a plus, but not required.

But wait, there’s more:

As a people-first company, your health and well-being is a priority at Clearcover. We offer comprehensive benefits for individuals and families:

• Medical. We offer rich and affordable BCBS plans for you and your dependents. If you select the high deductible health plan, we offer an HRA and contribute to your HSA.

• Dental and vision. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents.

• Pre-tax benefits, disability, and life insurance. 

• 401(k). We contribute 3%, even if you contribute nothing.

We’ve also curated a stack of perks and benefits that stretch beyond the expected. Our people have access to:

• Generous vacation, 12 paid holidays, and parental leave.

• Equity in the company (plus an evergreen plan) and an annual bonus program.

• Employee resource groups, live yoga, and mental health workshops.

• Top of the line hardware, snack stipends, and meeting free “Focus Fridays”. 

We’re a remote first company, having paved the way for flexible work locations and continue to offer this flexibility. If you are local or in town visiting, you also have the choice to work from our Chicago HQ office. 

• Remote employees are eligible to work from: AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI.

Because we are a remote first company, we ask that your internet can keep up with our pace.

To top it all off, if Clearcover is available in your state, you could have access to an employee discount on auto-insurance! Excited to learn more? Complete the application below!

Clearcover is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reasons prohibited by law.