Job description
About the role
A Houston defense firm is hiring a mid-level associate to manage their own docket of catastrophic personal injury, product liability and construction defect defense cases with $1M+ policy limits. Clients include insurance carriers, oil and gas companies, big box retailers, Fortune 500 companies and international delivery companies, in Texas state and federal courts. You'll work with a dedicated paralegal (two attorneys per paralegal).
The role is in the Houston office full time for the first six months, then hybrid with two days a week from home.
What you'll do
- Manage your own caseload from intake through resolution
- Take and defend fact, expert and corporate representative depositions
- Draft and respond to motions and discovery
- Argue at hearings
Compensation & benefits
- Base salary $115,000 to $175,000 per year, based on experience and trial capability
- Quarterly tiered bonus of 10 to 15% or more, plus an annual time-entry bonus
- 401(k) with a 3% match, fully vested from day one
- Up to $600 a month toward health insurance, plus short and long-term disability and life insurance
- Free secured parking and catered lunch every other Friday
- A documented track from Associate to Non-Equity Shareholder to Shareholder
Requirements
What you'll bring
- 2 to 6 years of insurance defense or personal injury litigation, with your own docket
- Depositions taken and defended, and hands-on motion practice
- Disciplined, timely time entry (154 billable hours a month)
- A writing sample
- Juris Doctor and active Texas Bar membership