Description:
Description:Are you looking for an opportunity to learn from some of the most esteemed attorneys and grow your career? Our law firm is looking for the next associate attorney to assist in providing legal counsel to our clients. You will work closely with our senior partners and associates, conduct legal research, draft documents, and maintain client files. If you've recently graduated law school, have excellent fact-finding and communication skills, and are ready to jump-start your career in the legal industry, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
- Serve as legal counsel on the clients' behalf at hearings, mediations, trials, depositions, and litigation, in addition to supporting senior attorneys for the preparation of the same
- Review, modify, and draft motions, discovery responses, demand letters, pleadings, claims, subpoenas, memorandums, and other legal documents
- Interview clients, supporting witnesses, expert witnesses, insurance company adjusters, and medical providers to collect information
- Assess potential personal injury claims and provide legal advice to prospective clients accordingly
- Create legal documents, including correspondence, briefs, motions, pleadings, contracts, affidavits, and settlement agreements for contract negotiations and proceedings
- Maintain client files in an organized fashion to ensure up-to-date information is handy for other attorneys, paralegals and support staff
- Analyze conflicts in legal matters, advise clients on solutions, and negotiate on behalf of clients
- Communicate with senior associates, paralegals, and clients to ensure cases are handled efficiently
- Perform legal research, prepare for and attend hearings or other legal proceedings, and give general counsel under the supervision of senior associate attorneys
Qualifications:
- One year of personal injury litigation or trial experience is required
- Texas license to practice law and State Bar Association membership are required
- Bachelor's degree and a J.D. are required
- Up-to-date knowledge of personal injury law, wrongful death, and civil law is required
- Superb drafting, research, negotiation, and communication skills are preferred
- Solid communication skills and problem-solving skills required in order to work with clients, staff members and senior attorneys
- Active member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
- Ability to work with senior attorneys to best serve client needs and grow our client base
- Applicants must have successfully passed the state bar exam
- Has a Juris Doctor (J.D. degree) from an accredited law school
Compensation:
$90,000 - $115,000, depending on experience
About The Crash Team - The Galvan Law Firm
The Crash Team – The Galvan Law Firm is a personal injury law firm based in Sugar Land, Texas. We represent clients all over Texas and California. After being founded in 2018, we have recovered millions of dollars helping clients and have quickly become a record-setting law firm in Texas. We represent people involved in Auto Crashes, 18-wheeler Crashes, Commercial Crashes, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Dog Bite, and Other Catastrophic Injury Cases.
The Bottom Line: We change lives and feel great doing it! Want proof? Read our Google reviews.
The Crash Team – The Galvan Law Firm is an Equal Opportunity Employe
The Crash Team – The Galvan Law Firm is a personal injury law firm based in Sugar Land, Texas. We represent clients all over Texas and California. After being founded in 2018, we have recovered millions of dollars helping clients and have quickly become a record-setting law firm in Texas. We represent people involved in Auto Crashes, 18-wheeler Crashes, Commercial Crashes, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Dog Bite, and Other Catastrophic Injury Cases.
The Bottom Line: We change lives and feel great doing it! Want proof? Read our Google reviews.
The Crash Team – The Galvan Law Firm is an Equal Opportunity Employe