Litigation Attorney

Trueline's client, an established Texas-based litigation firm with a national reach, is seeking multiple Litigation Attorneys to join its Austin team. This is a critical growth and succession hire, with opportunities for experienced insurance defense and transportation litigators as well as a senior construction defect attorney who can bring deep substantive experience and meaningful trial capability.

What You'll Do as the Litigation Attorney

• Independently manage an active civil litigation docket throughout Texas
• Handle insurance defense, personal injury, commercial transportation, construction defect, and related matters depending on experience
• Take ownership of approximately 25+ active cases
• Develop litigation strategy, risk assessments, and recommendations
• Maintain regular reporting and communication with clients, carriers, insureds, and assigning attorneys
• Draft and respond to discovery, pleadings, motions, and briefs
• Prepare insureds, witnesses, experts, and other parties for depositions
• Take and defend depositions
• Coordinate with engineers, experts, consultants, and other professionals as appropriate
• Draft and argue substantive motions
• Attend hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and other proceedings
• Negotiate settlements and advise on resolution strategy
• Prepare matters for trial and participate directly in trial proceedings
• Maintain comprehensive command of case facts, claims, strategy, exposure, and deadlines
• Mentor junior attorneys and coordinate with legal support professionals as appropriate for experience level

Must-Haves as the Litigation Attorney

• Active Texas Bar license in good standing
• At least 5 years of substantive civil litigation experience for the core Associate openings
• Insurance defense, general personal injury, commercial transportation, or closely related experience for the core Associate profile
• Strong independent case-management experience
• Significant discovery and deposition experience
• Strong motion practice and legal writing
• Experience handling hearings and contested proceedings
• Strong client, carrier, and insured communication
• Strong risk-analysis and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent organization, responsiveness, and attention to detail
• Ability to consistently meet the firm's Associate billable expectation of 160 hours per month, or 1,920 hours annually
• Ability to work in-office and attend proceedings throughout Texas as required

Nice-to-Haves as the Litigation Attorney

• 7+ years of litigation experience
• Significant construction defect litigation experience
• Trial experience
• First-chair or meaningful second-chair trial experience
• Commercial transportation or trucking defense experience
• Significant insurer-side litigation experience
• Texas federal court admissions
• Leadership or mentoring experience
• Portable business for highly experienced candidates

Our Client Offers

• Base salary of $140,000-$175,000 for the core 5-7 year Associate profile, depending on experience
• Base salary of $155,000-$215,000 for the 7+ year construction defect profile, depending on experience
• Potential flexibility in title and compensation for particularly experienced attorneys and candidates with meaningful portable business
• Lucrative production-based bonus program designed to meaningfully reward attorneys who exceed annual billable targets, with increasing earning potential as production grows
• Annual salary increases each December
• Medical insurance with approximately 90% of premium costs covered by the firm, plus dental and vision coverage
• Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and $50,000 in life insurance, with additional voluntary life insurance available
• 401(k) with a 3% employer match
• Sophisticated litigation, significant case ownership, and the resources of an established Texas-based firm with a national reach