Litigation Associate Attorney

Litigation Associate Attorney – 3 to 10 years

Our firm is looking for a reliable, dynamic, talented, and driven individual with significant experience in a sophisticated commercial litigation practice, to work in a growing law firm in either Houston (The Heights) or Fort Worth (downtown). Compensation is significant and rewarding; we continue to attract and hire top talent.

The ultimate aim of our law firm is to achieve excellence in our legal work product. As such, we focus more on the quality of our work than we do billable hour metrics. Everyone at our firm works hard to maintain our high standards, but the firm's ethos is that family is more important than work. We are looking for attorneys who share our values and who will join us in pursuit of legal excellence and work-life balance.

Responsibilities:

• Driving cases forward to successful completion
• Proactive, aggressive pursuit and/or defense of assigned cases
• Assist with hearings, depositions, trials
• Conduct research, legal analysis and strategy formation, briefing

Qualifications:

• 3 to 10years as an attorney practicing law in a litigation practice, and doing so with a proven track record of self-motivated aggression, passion, and zealous advocacy; these attributes are required and should come through in your cover letter or resume
• Organized, energetic, talented, and self-directed with a professional appearance and manner
• Attention to detail, strong understanding of procedural rules and requirements
• Candidates with experience in construction law, including construction contract drafting and/or litigating construction defects, delays, liens, bonds, or other construction-related matters will be favorably considered, but are not required
• Top 35% of law school class strongly preferred
• Law Review participation strongly preferred
• There are no minimum billable hours, but dedication and willingness to work hard are required
• Portable business is not a condition for consideration. However, the candidate must possess the ability and willingness to develop business, and the ability to bring portable business will be favored in the decision-making process.

Very competitive salary to commensurate with qualifications and experience. Very strong benefits packages includes full medical coverage, vision, dental, parking, 401(k), and more.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, dynamic, values-driven law firm doing complex business litigation work in the State of Texas and across the United States.