Litigation Associate Attorney

Hartline Barger, LLP; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonuses up to $10,000

Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D

HDHP with employer HSA contribution

401(k) with employer match

Parking in adjacent garage paid by the

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Hartline Barger LLP in Dallas, TX seeks a Litigation Associate Attorney with three or more years of civil litigation experience and active Texas admission. The role emphasizes trial work across personal injury, product liability, and commercial matters, with opportunities to serve as first or second chair at trial.

You will manage own caseload from inception through trial, handle depositions, work with experts, and communicate with clients while meeting billing expectations, including quarterly

Qualifications

• Three or more years of civil litigation experience and admission to the Texas Bar.
• Billing at least 2,000 billable hours per year.
• In-office for first 90 days with hybrid schedule offered thereafter.
• Bonus potential up to $10,000 quarterly based on billable hours.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload from inception through trial or resolution.
• Take and defend depositions and work with retained and opposing experts.
• Serve as primary client contact and ensure compliance with outside counsel guidelines.
• Contribute to trial advocacy as first or second chair.

Skills

Civil litigation experience

Take and defend depositions

Oral advocacy

Legal writing

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Texas Bar admission

Job description

Litigation Associate Attorney

The Essentials

• Three or more years of civil litigation experience; admitted in Texas
• 2,000 billable hours per year
• In the office for your first 90 days. After that, we offer hybrid schedule options
• Quarterly bonuses up to $10,000, based on billable hours

The Job

This is a trial practice. We defend large and small companies to include product manufacturers and corporate clients in personal injury, catastrophic loss, product liability, and commercial matters including labor and employment claims. Our associates take and defend critical depositions, argue motions, collaborate directly with experts, and sit second and first chair at trial. If you have spent three years reviewing documents and waiting for a case that never goes to trial, this job presents an opportunity that will allow you to grow meaningfully as an advocate.

You will manage your own caseload from inception through trial or resolution, work with retained and opposing experts, serve as a primary point of contact for clients and ensure compliance with client outside counsel guidelines.

What We Look For

• Personal injury, product liability, or catastrophic loss defense experience is a must
• Demonstrated ability to take and defend depositions
• A genuine appetite for oral advocacy
• Ability to work on cases with large damage exposures
• Strong writing. We require all candidates to provide at least one writing sample
• Demonstrated ability to write initial reports, case evaluations and status updates to clients
• The judgment to know which questions belong to a partner and which are yours to resolve
• Contemporaneous daily time entry and adherence to firm and client billing guidelines
• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and admission to the State Bar of Texas in good standing
• Admission to the Federal districts (Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern) are a plus

Compensation and Benefits

Salary depends on experience. Quarterly bonuses beginning at a 170-hour monthly average, plus a discretionary year-end bonus for client development, mentoring, bar involvement, and originations. Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D, and short- and long-term disability coverage. Health savings account with monthly employer contribution on the high-deductible plan. 401(k) with employer match. State bar dues, continuing legal education, and parking in the adjacent garage paid by the firm.

Hartline Barger LLP, founded in 1994, serves clients across the country from six offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Corpus Christi, Texas, and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nationally recognized in product liability litigation and across personal injury defense, commercial litigation, toxic torts, and warranty and deceptive trade practice litigation, we built our firm with lawyers who, simply stated, like to try cases.

Hartline Barger LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Contact [e-mail] if you need an accommodation during the application process.