Job Description
Job Summary
Dang & Zapata Law Firm is looking to hire a personable, aggressive, experienced, and motivated attorney with Personal Injury experience (including pre-litigation through trial) for Associate Attorney position.
The ideal applicant will be located in the Austin, TX area and will have a minimum of 2 years of practice experience in the areas of Personal Injury law and will handle all aspects of a case from the beginning to end.
There is flexibility with the office schedule and an opportunity to work remotely at times per approval of the Managing Partner.
Responsibilities:
- Provide excellent customer service to all clients;
- Drafting/ Filings Civil Complaints;
- Draft/Respond Discovery Request and thorough review of Discovery;
- Meet and Confer with counsel on discovery subpoenas, global settlements;
- Draft Motions and Prepare Trial documents (MIL’s, Exhibit Binders, Joint Trial Documents);
- Taking/Defending Depositions;
- Appearance at Hearings;
- Develop legal strategy and maintain caseload of 70+ cases in pre-litigation/litigation with other supervisory and administrative duties;
- Review/Oversee Legal Secretary’s work and resolve pending issues;
- Training, mentoring, and professional development of administrative staff;
- Responsible for case reporting, management, and outcome tracking; using Needles or relevant legal software;
- Conduct legal research on personal injury cases;
- Assist with case preparation and management;
- Communicate with clients, witnesses, and experts;
- Organize and maintain case files and evidence;
- Coordinate with your team, courts, and other parties involved in the case;
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- 2-5 years of Texas Personal Injury law practice experience (including trial) preferred. Salary based on experience;
- Member in Good Standing with Texas Bar;
- Ability to effectively supervise legal work in a fast-paced environment and high-volume practice;
- Experience managing and motivating a team;
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to create a culture of feedback and continual improvement;
- Organization skills and attention to detail;
- Strong, demonstrable written and oral communication skills;
- Excellent negotiation skills;
- Ability to read, write and speak fluently in Spanish is strongly preferred, but not required.
Skills
- Proficient in writing legal documents and correspondence
- Knowledge of personal injury law and legal administrative procedures
- Ability to conduct thorough research on relevant laws and regulations
- Familiarity with Lexis-Nexis or other legal research tools
- Experience in litigating personal injury cases is a plus
- Bilingual in Spanish
- Knowledge of premise liability and personal injury law.
At D&Z we are:
- Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
- Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
- People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused, growth oriented
This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:
- Dependable, reliable, aggressive, customer focus and able to problem solve;
- Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction;
- Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture;
- Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail;
- Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways.
Compensation: $120,000-$140,000 base salary plus bonus based on performance, Salary will be commensurate with experience
Job Tags
Work at office, Remote work, Flexible hours, Shift work,