Litigation Attorney - (Work/Life Balance Focus (Estate & Real Estate)

Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking to escape the relentless pressure of business development, marketing, and heavy administrative tasks? Do you want actual flexibility without sacrificing a meaningful practice?

Located in fast-growing Bastrop County, Texas, Bastrop Law Group is seeking a productive, skilled, and collaborative Civil Litigation Attorney . We are a community-rooted firm serving local property and small business owners in estate planning, probate, guardianship, real estate, and small business services.

We run our firm like a business, fostering a collaborative culture focused on feedback, accountability, and individual strengths. Our dedicated operations team handles the marketing, business development, and heavy admin, leaving you free to focus entirely on legal work and client advocacy.

What You Will Do:

You will collaboratively manage cases with the support of experienced paralegals. While the primary focus is litigation, you will also handle transactional and consultative matters.

Civil Litigation:

• Manage boundary disputes, quiet title actions, and easement litigation.
• Handle probate disputes and real property deed/title defect claims.
• Represent landlords in eviction proceedings and lease disputes.
• Lead small business litigation matters.

Transactional Real Estate:

• Draft and review provisions for leases, easements, and right-of-way agreements.
• Handle utility easement negotiations.
• Manage real estate transactions, deed reviews, title reviews, and curative title work.
• Prepare residential and commercial purchase/sale agreements, earnest money contracts, and closing documents.

Client Work & Collaboration:

• Meet directly with clients to strategize and manage expectations.
• Partner with the operations team on matter management and document production.
• Delegate and review paralegal work product effectively.

Qualifications & Traits:

Required:

• Active Texas Law License with demonstrated civil litigation experience.
• Strong Tech Literacy: Willingness to learn and adopt practice management software, AI tools, and the Microsoft Suite.
• Core Skills: Exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical thinking, and excellent communication skills.
• Professional Accountability: Diligence in accurately capturing and tracking billable time.

Preferred:

• Direct experience handling probate and real estate litigation.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) is a strong plus.

Who Thrives Here:

• Attorneys who prefer practicing law over doing administrative work or constant networking.
• Professionals who are comfortable being measured by productivity and performance , not just physical presence.
• Agile thinkers who can seamlessly shift between transactional work and active litigation.

This Position is NOT a Fit If:

• You are unwilling to keep accurate time.
• You are uncomfortable receiving feedback or being managed by a "non-lawyer" business professional.
• You are unwilling to commute to the Bastrop office or local courts as needed.
• You resist change, technology adoption, or continuous process improvement.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $85,000 – $150,000 (Commensurate with experience and client base).
• Performance Bonus: Transparent structure tied directly to performance metrics.
• Health Insurance: Firm contribution toward individual health coverage (details provided at offer).
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 2 weeks PTO plus Bastrop County court holidays.
• Professional Development: $500/year CEU budget covering continuing legal education, bar dues, and professional memberships.
• Technology: Firm-provided Windows laptop and full software suite.

Company Description

Bastrop Law Group provides dedicated legal counsel for the personal milestones that matter most. Our clients are primarily property and small business owners in fast-growing Bastrop County and the surrounding rural areas, and our practice is strictly focused on Real Estate, Probate, Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Small Business services. Our mission is to be a respected firm that builds genuine relationships (with our clients and our team), provides peace of mind, and benefits others while protecting and serving our clients and our team. In short, we strive to have a robust firm and a robust family.

We use and continue to add technology solutions that allow us to run lean while producing high-quality work. Our paralegals are experienced professionals who handle intake, document production, initial drafts, and client coordination and our business professionals handle almost everything else. As an attorney here, you will spend your time practicing law — not bogged down in administrative details, billing, or constantly networking.

Company Description

Bastrop Law Group provides dedicated legal counsel for the personal milestones that matter most. Our clients are primarily property and small business owners in fast-growing Bastrop County and the surrounding rural areas, and our practice is strictly focused on Real Estate, Probate, Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Small Business services. Our mission is to be a respected firm that builds genuine relationships (with our clients and our team), provides peace of mind, and benefits others while protecting and serving our clients and our team. In short, we strive to have a robust firm and a robust family.\r\n \r\nWe use and continue to add technology solutions that allow us to run lean while producing high-quality work. Our paralegals are experienced professionals who handle intake, document production, initial drafts, and client coordination and our business professionals handle almost everything else. As an attorney here, you will spend your time practicing law — not bogged down in administrative details, billing, or constantly networking.