Job Description:
High-profile, well-known Municipal Law Firm with extensive experience providing legal services to public and private clients throughout the state, is seeking a Municipal Litigation Attorney to join their busy practice in North Dallas.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for providing high level legal analysis with respect to complex procedural and strategic issues in state and federal court.
- Drafting and reviewing pleadings, motions, and discovery as to form and procedural content, preparing procedural road maps for upcoming court filings, advising attorneys and clients on all matters of court rules, civil procedure, filing protocol, and the calculation of deadlines, and attend hearings and meet with clients.
- Independently manage a litigation caseload, working cases from beginning to end.
- Regularly handling court appearances and depositions.
- Overseeing and performing calendaring functions related to litigation deadlines for all contested matters and regularly communicating deadlines to attorneys.
- Research and retrieval of court documents, reviewing and filing of clients and Firm court documents.
- Areas of practice: litigation and appellate, civil rights, constitutional law, municipal land use, zoning and ordinance defense, housing discrimination, employment law, personal injury, and construction law.
- Work closely with other attorneys and partners on legal projects.
- Communicating with clients and provide status reports.
- Using Westlaw and other research platforms to provide high level legal research with respect to procedural and strategic issues.
- Preparing roadmaps to guide attorneys through procedural and logistical elements of complete court filing, flagging procedural intricacies, highlighting strategic opportunities, and providing best practices based on judicial preferences.
Qualifications:
- J.D. Degree from an ABA accredited law school
- Current Texas Bar Admission
- Trial experience
- A minimum of 2-4+ years experience as a practicing litigation attorney or an attorney currently employed in a city or county government court environment within a law firm.
- Superior written and oral communication skills.
Compensation & Benefits:
The firm provides a very comprehensive benefit package along with a Competitive salary. Billable hours are 160-170/month.