Senior Litigation Analyst

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Staff Attorney - LM07EE We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future. The Hartford is seeking to hire a Senior Litigation Analyst to join our Legal team. We are looking for motivated attorneys to join this team responsible for reviewing outside counsel legal bill invoices and to conduct in office Legal Bill Review audits. As a Senior Litigation Analyst you will be expected to provide a breadth and depth understanding around the billing process in specific practice areas. You will be responsible for identifying deficiencies in our panel counsel billing at an increased volume over current levels. As well as provide your legal practice experience and expertise to communicate directly with panel firms/attorneys to discuss specific billing issues. SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: Legal Bill Review - Complete assigned legal bill review in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with bill review unit standards and Hartford guidelines. Perform quality legal bill review with processing of invoice fairly with the accurate amount of payable. Partner with Regional Managers to ensure the appropriate pre-screen Bottom-line billing filters are incorporated into Hartford's billing process. Provide and communicate adjustment rationale with appropriate and sufficient detail. Coordinate with the Legal Practices Operations team to ensure accurate vendor invoices are processed in accordance with existing vendor service agreements. Timely review of invoices with 100% of all legal bills processed in less than 45 days with related reporting developed to demonstrate success. Manage bill review and pending invoices for the assigned region and/or line of business through utilization of team resources as well as provide assistance to other Specialists to achieve group goal of timely processing of invoices. Bill review will be assessed on the basis of total dollars per month as well as by count of invoices and line items with specific goals to be determined. Facilitate gathering and exchange of information with Claims regarding observed and identified billing issues. Identify opportunities warranting further investigation through discussion with Claims and law firms, properly escalating observations internally as well as to the Regional Manager to whom the region applies. Drive continued development of appropriate Bottom-line Legal eXchange upgrades for demonstrated improvement of the system as feature/functions for end users. Analysts will be expected to leverage their personal billing and practice experience to contact firms where necessary to challenge billing entries and firm billing issues on a line item level. You will also be expected to manage the prompt, efficient handling of appeals. Litigation Expense Containment Training - Create and administer litigation cost containment training to Claims. Analysts will be expected to leverage their knowledge and practice experience to provide comprehensive training from an attorney's perspective to Claim field handlers. The training will be by line of business and practice area, including Auto, General Liability, Property Damage/ Construction Defect and Professional Liability claims. All training will address topics such as billing issue identification and commonly seen firm practices. Participation will include the development of training topics and materials via PowerPoint as well as delivery of the training to claims personnel via Link and/or in person. Such training will provide the basis for a more comprehensive bill review overall from original receipt and review of the bill by the field handler through final audit at the appeal level. Support Claim reorganization and regional alignment with Claim Centers and territories in furtherance of and execution on the Claims legal cost containment goals, objectives, and business plan. Integrate with claim centers in your region with primary focus on educating new litigation handlers who are unfamiliar with legal bill auditing. Report quarterly on participation in roundtables, one on ones, office events, office training as well as other activities and events occurring within your region. Performance will be assessed based on direct observations as well as feedback from litigation managers and Claims personnel. Read and understand the panel counsel business plan and be able to articulate our unit's purpose, goals and direction utilizing this knowledge to enlist field support for panel counsel management and bill review in your region's field offices. Provide training and guidance to Claims leadership on bill review and litigation expense management as well as geographical understanding and assessment of bill review and legal, litigation environment for your region. Obtain competitive in

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