Role: Associate Attorney
Location: Dallas
Pay – Start at $187,500
We are seeking a driven Associate Attorney with heavy litigation skills to join a growing practice. In this role, you will independently spearhead complex civil disputes from initial intake through final trial. This high-intensity position requires advanced courtroom advocacy, elite cross-examination skills, and aggressive discovery management. You will manage a heavy litigation docket, appearing in court frequently and leading high-stakes evidentiary hearings for the client's diverse portfolio of cases
Key Responsibilities
- Case Strategy:Formulate creative trial narratives and aggressive case theories for high-exposure matters.
- Drafting:Author high-stakes complaints, emergency motions, summary judgment briefs, and appellate filings.
- Discovery Management:Direct complex document productions, execute electronic discovery pipelines, and draft targeted interrogatories.
- Oral Advocacy:Deliver persuasive oral arguments during heavily contested substantive motions and temporary injunction hearings.
- Depositions:Take and defend dozens of depositions annually, including corporate representatives and adverse expert witnesses.
- Client Relations:Serve as the primary trial counsel and operational point of contact for client communications.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution:Command mediation, arbitration panels, and high-dollar settlement conferences.
- Trial Execution:Sit first or second chair at trial, leading witness examinations, delivering opening/closing statements, and managing trial binders.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Education:Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Licensure:Active bar membership in good standing within the local jurisdiction.
- Experience:3 to 5 years of intensive, hands-on courtroom and deposition experience within a law firm setting.
- Legal Research:High proficiency using advanced search parameters on Westlaw or LexisNexis.
- Procedural Knowledge:Expert mastery of state and federal rules of civil procedure and evidence.
- Communication:Exceptional persuasive writing skills and a fierce, confident presence during oral arguments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience managing multi-day jury or bench trials.
- Experience clerking for a state or federal judge.
