Description:

Position Summary:
Our firm litigates and tries plaintiffs' personal injury and medical negligence cases on a demanding and unusual docket. The Associate Attorney carries and advances cases through the full litigation lifecycle, from case evaluation and demand through discovery, motion practice, hearings, and trial.

Depending on experience, the Associate is given their own docket of cases and is the responsible attorney on those files. Much of our work is against commercial insurance carriers whose litigators retain multiple experts and file aggressive dispositive motions, so the Associate must be able to write, argue, and try cases at that level.

The firm also handles a limited amount of transactional immigration work. Every team member participates in it, and there is room to develop that practice area for an Associate who is interested.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Case evaluation and resolution. Review and analyze case files for potential settlement and trial preparation, including making demand and conducting negotiations.
Discovery. Draft targeted written discovery, analyze responses, prepare and argue motions to compel, compile and serve responses, and participate in and observe oral depositions.
Pleadings and motion practice. Draft legal documents from original petitions through responses to motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment, including responses to expert-driven defense filings.
Client engagement. Carry an assigned docket of cases and serve as the responsible attorney for those clients, with docket size scaled to experience.
Court engagement. Set, prepare for, and attend hearings and trials.
Transactional immigration. Participate in the firm's limited transactional immigration matters, with the opportunity to develop this area further if desired.
Team coordination. Direct the case manager and support staff assigned to the Associate's docket and keep files current and trial-ready.

Qualifications:
Required:

Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and in good standing.
Willingness to work the hours a litigation docket requires in order to advocate aggressively and obtain results for clients.

Two entry paths are recognized for this position:

Experienced. A minimum of three years of plaintiffs' personal injury experience.
Newly licensed. Recently admitted to the Bar with a demonstrated interest in plaintiffs' torts. Candidates on this path are trained on the firm's docket from the ground up.

Candidates with civil litigation experience outside plaintiffs' torts, and no demonstrated interest in this field, are not a fit for this position.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Advocacy and writing. Drafts persuasive pleadings, discovery, and briefing capable of standing up against well-resourced defense firms.
Ownership. Takes responsibility for an assigned docket and moves files without prompting.
Judgment under pressure. Makes sound decisions on deadline, in depositions, and in the courtroom.
Team orientation. This is a small firm. Every result is a team effort, and every team member is expected to step outside a narrow job definition when a case needs it.
Discretion. Handles privileged communications and protected health information in accordance with firm policy, the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and applicable law.

Firm Expectations
We Are a Litigation Firm. the Hours Required to Aggressively Advocate for Our Clients and Obtain Great Results Are the Hours that Will Be Put In. the Schedule Above Reflects the Firm's Core Business Days; It Is Not a Cap on The Work an Active Docket Demands, and This Position Is Exempt from Overtime.

As a Small Firm, Everything Is a Team Effort. We Expect People to Find Solutions Rather than Reasons, and We Expect New Attorneys to Hit the Ground Running.