Attorney At Law - Estate Planning

Job Description FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY

C. is growing, and our Family Law practice needs more exceptional attorneys.

We are hiring in Dallas and Paris, Texas , and we are interested in everyone from strong family-law litigators to senior attorneys, rainmakers, future office leaders, and established solo practitioners who may be interested in combining their practice with ours.

We intend to build one of the premier law firms in Texas.

And we know perfectly well that you don't accomplish that with a fancy website, a slogan, or another office.

We want attorneys who can take ownership of a case, develop the strategy, lead the legal team, communicate exceptionally well with the client, negotiate when settlement makes sense, and walk into a courtroom ready to fight when it doesn't.

We want attorneys who are ambitious about where their careers are going.

And, yes, we want attorneys with a good sense of humor .

Because family law already provides enough drama. We don't need to manufacture any inside the office.

Developing litigation and settlement strategy;

Managing family-law matters from intake through final resolution;

Directing and working collaboratively with your assigned legal support team;

Drafting and reviewing pleadings, motions, discovery, orders, decrees, and other substantive legal work;

Handling temporary orders, contested hearings, bench trials, and, where appropriate, jury trials;

Providing clients with clear, practical legal advice;

We do not want attorneys who simply move files from one deadline to another.

We want attorneys who think.

Experienced lawyers should be allowed to practice law.

We expect our attorneys to exercise judgment, develop strategy, make recommendations, and take ownership of their cases.

You will have access to other attorneys, leadership, paralegal support, institutional knowledge, and the resources of a growing firm when a case requires additional firepower.

Give good lawyers the support they need, the autonomy they have earned, and clear standards for exceptional performance.

Our attorneys are expected to communicate.

Giving clients good news.

Giving clients bad news.

We want lawyers who can translate complicated legal problems into plain English and establish the confidence that comes from a client knowing:

"We spend too much of our lives at work to build a firm full of people nobody wants to be around.

BUILD A SERIOUS FAMILY-LAW PRACTICE

For our Dallas office, we are particularly interested in attorneys who want to handle sophisticated litigation, including:

High-asset and high-income divorce;

Relocation disputes;

Enforcement and modification litigation;

Domestic-violence and protective-order issues;

Temporary injunctions and temporary orders;

Cases where creativity and litigation strategy actually matter.

If your goal is to develop a reputation as a serious Texas family-law litigator , we want to help you get there.

PARIS: DON'T JUST JOIN AN OFFICE. HELP LEAD A MARKET.

We are looking for an attorney who sees what we see:

For the right lawyer, Paris provides the opportunity to develop relationships throughout Northeast Texas, build a significant book of business, become a recognized attorney in the community, and potentially assume substantial leadership responsibility as that office grows.

We are particularly interested in attorneys who:

Are capable of mentoring junior attorneys; Origination, production, collections, leadership, and business development can all be incorporated into compensation.

OWN A LAW FIRM?

Carpenter & Associates is interested in confidential conversations with successful solo practitioners and small firms who may be considering the next stage of their practice.

Maybe you love practicing law but are tired of operating an entire business.

Better succession planning.

Or maybe you simply realize that the firm you have spent ten or twenty years building could become substantially more valuable as part of something larger.

Existing office integration;

Attorneys bringing portable books of business;

Other creative structures that make economic and professional sense.

All conversations regarding potential combinations will be confidential.

Experienced in family law;

Interested in professional and financial growth;

If your preferred litigation strategy is "hopefully this settles," this may not be the right place.

If returning client phone calls feels beneath you, it definitely isn't.

If you believe "good enough" is the appropriate standard for legal work, we're probably not a match.

And if you manage to create more drama inside the law firm than our clients bring through the front door, family law has already met its quota.

Today we need attorneys.

Tomorrow, some of those attorneys need to be team leaders, office leaders, rainmakers, mentors, and potentially partners in the continued growth of Carpenter & Associates.

Trial Attorneys. Results Driven Legal Guidance.

C. is a Texas-based trial law firm representing individuals, families, and businesses in complex legal matters. The firm handles family law, civil and business litigation, criminal defense, probate, estate planning, real estate, and other litigation-focused matters. With offices in Dallas and Paris and plans for continued expansion, Carpenter & Associates is building a statewide platform focused on exceptional legal work, strong client service, courtroom readiness, and long-term professional growth.

C. is a Texas-based trial law firm representing individuals, families, and businesses in complex legal matters. The firm handles family law, civil and business litigation, criminal defense, probate, estate planning, real estate, and other litigation-focused matters. With offices in Dallas and Paris and plans for continued expansion, Carpenter & Associates is building a statewide platform focused on exceptional legal work, strong client service, courtroom readiness, and long-term professional growth.