Closing Date: 31st January, 2027
Description:
Summary:We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: global litigation; crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation management.
Brown Rudnick seeks a talented mid-level associate, ideally with three to five years of relevant commercial litigation experience, to join our Commercial Litigation practice in Houston, TX. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience managing key phases of complex, high‑stakes commercial disputes. This includes handling written and document discovery; conducting legal research and drafting memoranda, pleadings, and dispositive and non‑dispositive motions; taking and defending depositions; assisting with witness preparation; and supporting all aspects of trial preparation and strategy. Strong analytical, writing, and case‑management skills are essential, as is the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with partners and clients.
Our Dispute Resolution & Restructuring Department serves a wide variety of clients in connection with many exciting and challenging matters in a dynamic environment. The team is comprised of high performing, creative thinking trial lawyers. This position will provide an opportunity for accelerated professional development through direct collaboration with senior members of the team. Success will require a proactive mindset and a strong commitment to making the most of this opportunity.
Qualifications:
- Candidates must be admitted to the Texas bar.
- Have outstanding academic credentials, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Comparable law firm and/or clerkship experience preferred.
- Experience conducting discovery, researching, drafting and arguing pleadings and motions, witness preparation, and taking / defending depositions.
- Experience with both defense and plaintiff side litigation is a plus.
