Litigation Associate

Distinct | North America; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking a Civil Litigation Attorney in Houston with a hybrid work model. The role involves handling high-exposure matters for Fortune 500 clients and major insurers, with direct partnership interaction and meaningful case ownership.

The ideal candidate has 1+ year of general liability defense experience and an active Texas bar license. The Houston office offers real courtroom exposure and an opportunity to build trial experience early in your career.

Qualifications

• Active Texas bar license (or waiving/UBE transfer underway).
• 1+ year of general liability defense experience.
• Litigation experience in Texas courts preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead depositions and manage own docket.
• Develop trial experience and ownership of cases.
• Represent major insurers and Fortune 500 clients with high-exposure matters.

Skills

Litigation experience

Texas court experience

Job description

Civil Litigation Attorney, Houston (Hybrid)

Fortune 500 clients. Major insurers. High-exposure cases. And you're not stuck in a bullpen drafting memos that get handed up the chain to someone else.

This firm has a genuine national platform, and has been described as among the best litigation firms around, which is exactly the kind of reputation you want backing you up when a case gets difficult.

The Houston office puts you right in the middle of the action: premises liability, product liability, commercial trucking defense, and commercial litigation, representing major insurers and Fortune 500 companies in genuinely high-exposure matters. Real variety, real stakes, real consequences riding on the work you do.

You'll work closely with partners, not around them. There's a strong bench of Houston associates alongside you, so you're never the only junior person carrying a heavy docket alone.

You'll lead depositions, get deep into your own matters, and build actual trial experience rather than watching it happen from the back of the room.

This is a firm that genuinely trusts its associates with responsibility early, and backs that trust with the resources and reputation of a national platform.

If you're ready to move past the drafting-and-handing-off stage of your career and want real ownership of your cases, with a firm that has the depth to support you properly, this is worth a serious look.

• Active bar license in Texas (or waiving in / UBE transfer underway)
• 1+ year of general liability defense experience
• Litigation experience in Texas courts preferred