Associate Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

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.