PORCH 💚Corporate Counsel, Claims Litigation
Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by 1) providing the best services for homebuyers, 2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance, 3) to protect the whole home.
As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies.
In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.
Job Title: Corporate Counsel, Claims Litigation
Location: Houston, Texas
Workplace: Remote
Job Summary
At Porch, no two days will ever be the same and you'll have the opportunity to help solve big problems, with a refreshing balance of team support and ownership of your work. The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we'd love for you to lead the way for us, as our Corporate Counsel, Claims Litigation.
While this is a remote position, we require the person to be locally based out of the Houston, Texas area.
What You Will Do As A Corporate Counsel, Claims Litigation
The Corporate Counsel, Claims Litigation will oversee and manage litigation involving the company’s insurance operations, with a focus on first-party property claims and related bad faith matters. This role will manage outside counsel, provide strategic legal advice to claims leadership, and directly handle select first-party disputes where appropriate. The position requires active licensure in Texas.
The Corporate Counsel will be a key partner to the Claims organization and will be responsible for working with our legal team on a wide variety of matters of significance to the organization. This role reports to the Senior Director & Counsel, Insurance. A successful candidate will have in-depth experienced knowledge and the proven ability to lead efforts to resolve complex issues.
Manage a portfolio of first-party insurance lawsuits (primarily Texas). This includes:
Enforce outside counsel guidelines.
Oversee discovery strategy and motion practice via outside counsel.
Track and control outside counsel budgets and billing.
Monitor performance metrics and cycle time.
Identify cost-containment opportunities.
Personally handle smaller or strategically important first-party disputes, including coverage disputes, breach of contract claims and bad faith allegations. This includes:
Draft pleadings, dispositive motions, and settlement agreements when appropriate.
Appear in court where necessary (subject to workload and structure).
Provide regular reporting to Legal and leadership on litigation trends, reserve adequacy, emerging legal risks, and adverse verdict exposure.
Successfully work with all levels of the organization, including advising senior leadership of legal risks, and developing litigation strategy in partnership with claims leadership.
Proactively monitor and analyze changes in laws, regulations and industry and advises appropriate organizational leadership of such changes in a timely manner.
What You Will Bring As A Corporate Counsel, Claims Litigation
J.D. from an accredited law school; and active Texas Bar license in good standing.
Candidates should have 8+ years of litigation experience at a law firm, government, and/or in-house role.
Demonstrated experience handling bad faith or extra-contractual litigation against an insurance company.
1st or 2nd chair trial and/or appellate experience
Experience effectively managing outside counsel
Experience working cross-functionally with claims operations
Ability to assess exposure and provide risk-based recommendations.
Experience with mediations and settlement negotiations.
Strong understanding of Texas civil procedure.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-lawyers
Flexible, solution-oriented, collaborative mindset
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Proficiency in managing multiple priorities, projects, and stakeholders
Outstanding judgment and integrity, and the ability to balance complex matters independently
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the Company; and provide practical counsel and solutions.
We require the person to be locally based out of the Houston, Texas area.
The application window for this position is anticipated to close in 2 weeks (10 business days) from February 13, 2026. Please know this may change based on business and interviewing needs.
At this time, Porch Group does not consider applicants from the following states or jurisdictions for Remote positions: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia.
What You Will Get As A Porch Group Team Member
Pay Range*: $157,500.00 - $180,000.00 annually
*Please know your actual pay at Porch will reflect a number of factors among which are your work experience and skillsets, job-related knowledge, alignment with market and our Porch employees, as well as your geographic location. Additionally, you will be eligible to receive long-term incentive awards, subject to program guidelines and approvals.
You will also be eligible to receive an annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to program guidelines and approvals
Our benefits package will provide you with comprehensive coverage for your health, life, and financial wellbeing.
Our traditional healthcare benefits include three (3) Medical plan options, two (2) Dental plan options, and a Vision plan from which to choose.
Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Accident plans are offered on a voluntary basis.
We offer pre-tax savings options including a partially employer funded Health Savings Account and employee Flexible Savings Accounts including healthcare, dependent care, and transportation savings options.
We provide company paid Basic Life and AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability benefits. We also offer Voluntary Life and AD&D plans.
Both traditional and Roth 401(k) plans are available with a discretionary employer match.
Supportlinc is part of our employer paid wellbeing program and provides employees and their families access to on demand guided meditation and mindfulness exercises, mental health coaching, clinical care and online access to confidential resources including will preparation.
LifeBalance is a free resource to employees and their families for year-round discounts on things like gym memberships, travel, appliances, movies, pet insurance and more.
Our wellness programs include flexible paid vacation, company-paid holidays of typically nine per year, paid sick time, paid parental leave, identity theft program, travel assistance, and fitness and other discounts programs.
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What’s next?
Submit your application and our Porch Group Talent Acquisition team will be reviewing your application shortly! If your resume gets us intrigued, we will look to connect with you for a chat to learn more about your background, and then possibly invite you to have virtual interviews. What's important to call out is that we want to make sure not only that you're the right person for us, but also that we're the right next step for you, so come prepared with all the questions you have!
Porch is committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that not only embraces the diversity of our people but also reflects the diversity of the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know that the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives that encourage new ways of solving problems, so we strive to attract and develop talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard and empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
Porch is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
Porch Group is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is a web-based system that allows an employer to determine an employee's eligibility to work in the US using information reported on an employee's Form I-9. The E-Verify system confirms eligibility with both the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For more information, please go to the USCIS E-Verify website.