Litigation Partner

Distinct | North America; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A Houston civil trial firm is seeking a Litigation Partner with deep Texas trial experience to lead their most serious cases from strategy to verdict.

No portable business required; you will lead a team, mentor associates, and handle insurance defense and complex civil litigation across Texas.

The role offers a high-impact platform in the Galleria area with a top-tier practice and a collaborative bench of seasoned trial lawyers.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of litigation experience.
• Substantial first chair trial experience.
• Experience managing complex litigation.
• Insurance defense and civil litigation background.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage Insurance defense cases from filing to verdict.
• Lead depositions and handle expert workups.
• Argue dispositive motions and trial motions.
• First chair trials in state and federal courts.
• Mentor and develop junior associates.

Skills

Trial leadership

First chair trials

Team leadership

Complex litigation

Insurance defense

Civil litigation

Job description

Litigation Partner | Houston (Galleria area) | $175,000 to $250,000 | Insurance Defense

You've spent 15 years or more learning how to win in front of a Texas jury. This partner seat is built on that, not on your book.

I'm recruiting on behalf of a Houston civil trial firm for a litigation partner. No portable business required. They want your trial judgment, your leadership, and you running their most serious cases.

Why it's worth a conversation

• Partner title and partner work, with no origination target hanging over you.
• Trial is the product here. The firm's attorneys have tried hundreds of lawsuits to verdict in Texas state and federal courts.
• You'd be joining a bench of seasoned trial lawyers. You won't be the only person in the building who has picked a jury.
• The work reaches across Texas, run from a Houston base.

What lands on your desk

• Insurance defense across premises liability, commercial trucking and auto, and construction litigation
• Premises liability, a core practice the firm has built its reputation around
• Construction disputes, with heavy equipment businesses among the clients
• Owning cases from first report to verdict: setting strategy, leading depositions, handling experts, arguing dispositive motions, first chairing trials
• Advising carrier and business clients before and during litigation
• Leading and developing the associates working your matters

What they're looking for

• Roughly 15 to 20 years of litigation experience
• Substantial first chair trial experience, with cases you've led through to verdict on your own
• A record of managing complex litigation
• Insurance defense and civil litigation experience, which matters most to this practice
• Someone who wants to lead a team, not just a caseload

The package

• $175,000 to $250,000
• Office in the Galleria area