Description:

The Position:
A leading Texas, PI firm, headquartered in Austin is expanding. Success, demand, and expansion are creating an opportunity for a Personal Injury Litigation Attorney to join a top-notch, highly regarded, and growing team.

Responsibilities:
  • Attending trials, arbitrations, depositions, mediations, and other court appearances.
  • Preparing pleadings and motions, drafting discovery, mediation briefs, and trial briefs.
  • Ability to adhere to strict deadlines while multi-tasking and working in a fast-moving litigation environment is necessary.
  • Settle and negotiate personal injury cases.
  • Keep clients fully informed by communicating with clients to understand their legal concerns and needs to help provide them with essential client service.
  • Accurately value and develop cases.
  • Document files with notes and records using.
  • Provide clients with an accurate accounting of their settlements.
  • Excellent organizational skills and time management is a must.
  • Be able to work well with legal assistants.
  • Have ownership and a strong knowledge of a portfolio.
  • Prosecute cases in a timely manner.
  • Return client calls.
  • Remain current on federal and state laws, regulations, and practices affecting firm business.

Knowledge, Skills, & Experience:
  • An active Texas Bar License.
  • Experience in Personal Injury.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience as a licensed attorney in any jurisdiction is required.