Commercial Litigation Associate - Direct Client Role (TX)

Match Made Tech; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Match Made Tech is partnering with a national law firm to hire a Commercial Litigation Associate for its Texas practice, based in Austin or Dallas. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of substantive commercial litigation experience and an active Texas Bar license to handle complex disputes for financial services and capital markets clients.

You will take ownership across the litigation lifecycle, participate in strategy development, and collaborate with senior attorneys on sophisticated matters,

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of substantive commercial litigation experience
• Active Texas Bar license
• Experience handling complex business or commercial disputes
• Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills
• Experience drafting substantive pleadings and motions
• Deposition preparation and/or deposition experience
• Exposure to settlement negotiations, mediation, arbitration, or trial
• Excellent academic credentials
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional professional judgment and business-minded approach
• Ability to articulate litigation strategies and manage multiple matters
• Excellent organizational and project-management skills
• Collaborative interpersonal skills and initiative

Responsibilities

• Managing significant portions of complex commercial litigation matters
• Conducting factual investigations and case assessments
• Drafting complaints, answers, pleadings, briefs, and other court filings
• Preparing and responding to written discovery
• Managing document discovery and production
• Preparing witnesses for depositions
• Taking and defending depositions
• Drafting dispositive and other substantive motions
• Conducting complex legal research and analysis
• Developing litigation strategies and recommending courses of action
• Participating in settlement negotiations
• Preparing for and participating in mediation
• Preparing matters for arbitration and trial
• Working directly with clients regarding case developments and strategy
• Collaborating with partners and senior attorneys on sophisticated disputes
• Managing multiple matters, deadlines, and competing priorities

Skills

3–5 years experience

Texas Bar

Commercial litigation

Legal research

Legal writing

Pleadings & motions

Depositions

Negotiations & mediation

Arbitration & trial

Client communication

Judgment & strategy

Organization & management

Collaboration

Job description

Match Made Tech is partnering with a national law firm to hire a Commercial Litigation Associate for its Texas practice, based in Austin or Dallas. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of substantive commercial litigation experience and an active Texas Bar license to handle complex disputes for financial services and capital markets clients.

You will take ownership across the litigation lifecycle, participate in strategy development, and collaborate with senior attorneys on sophisticated matters,