Senior Counsel, Litigation

Platt Richmond PLLC is a full-service business law firm that offers a collaborative environment to work and grow professionally. We help entrepreneurs navigate legal complexities and honor our commitments to our clients and to each other. With a strong foundation of business acumen, we are committed to producing practical, business-oriented legal solutions.

As a 25+ attorney firm, we recognize and appreciate the value of hard work, but we also like to have fun. Our culture is important to us. We respect the personal time of our team members, and genuinely like each other. We stick to our values. We are relentless problem solvers. We strive for excellence. We believe in the power of being honest and respectfully candid. We're relationship-centered at our core.

In addition to a positive work environment with employees who work well together, we offer comprehensive benefits, including paid vacation and holidays, 401(k) and profit-sharing program, health/vision/dental insurance, and parking. We offer competitive salaries, which include opportunity for discretionary bonus, formulaic bonus, and paid origination credit.

Position Overview

Platt Richmond is seeking a senior-level Litigation Associate to join our growing practice. This role is designed for someone responsible for managing a broad range of commercial litigation matters both in Texas and across the country including contract, fraud, intellectual property, defamation, real estate, creditor's rights, class action defense and other business disputes. This role requires a deep and varied knowledge of the litigation process in state and federal courts, substantial experience managing multiple team members with minimal oversight, and excellent base litigation skills including legal research, writing, strategy development, hearings, depositions, and trial preparation. This role will work with, and mentor, junior associate attorneys and paralegals.

Here, you'll

• Manage a caseload and assist in all facets of the litigation practice
• Manage and oversee junior associates and paralegals
• Draft motions, discovery, and legal briefs
• Take fact and expert depositions
• Appear for court hearings
• Litigation strategy development and trial preparation and practice
• Take real ownership of your work instead of just supporting a small piece of it
• Assume significant responsibility for, and expected ownership of, the management of varied commercial cases or tasks without Partner micromanagement
• Receive dedicated and insightful mentorship from seasoned attorneys

What We're Looking For

• Driven, detail oriented, and significant experience taking responsibility and managing a team
• Driven, detail oriented, and significant experience taking responsibility and managing a team
• Solid experience leading varied commercial litigation cases in a private practice environment
• Someone who can operate independently but knows when to ask questions

The Right Fit

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Values high-quality work but doesn't want the big law lifestyle
• Enjoys working directly with clients and being part of a great team
• Is looking for high-quality litigation experience, meaningful responsibility, and the ability to make an impact

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Quarterback caseloads and assist in all facets of the litigation practice
• Manage and delegate appropriate tasks to junior attorneys and paralegals
• Take ownership of cases and tasks to drive cases forward without direction
• Assist partners on a broad range of commercial litigation cases
• Prepare motions, discovery and legal briefs
• Conduct legal due diligence, including fact checking and expert depositions

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial litigation experience involving business disputes and causes of action
• Experience litigating commercial disputes in both State and Federal Courts. Experience with creditor's rights litigation and appeals are preferred but not required
• Experience managing junior attorneys and paralegals without micromanagement
• Strong experience drafting motions, including Temporary Restraining Orders, Motions for Summary Judgment, Pretrial Motions, and Motions relating to discovery disputes.
• Extensive experience drafting and managing varied and tailored discovery over a wide variety of cases
• Strong attention to detail
• Intellectual curiosity and genuine interest in projects, rather than a "finish the task and forget about it" approach
• Excellent communication and grammatical skills, both verbal and written
• Genuine, authentic personality
• Team player; takes direction well; receptive to constructive feedback
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• J.D. and Texas Bar Admittance

Perks

• Highly Flexible Work From Home Policy
• Collegial atmosphere of hard-working but fun-loving partners, associates, and staff
• Candidate will be a team member in a coveted section of the firm whose partners consistently receive top marks in employee feedback
• True work-life balance; 1700 billable hour requirement
• Dedicated paralegals and support staff
• Support and mentoring for business development initiatives
• Origination credit on matters brought to the firm by the associate
• Straightforward partner track
• Excellent benefits and 401(k)