Senior Civil Litigation Attorney

Dreyer Firm; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Hybrid work

Early Friday close

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Bar dues & CLE

Job summary

The Dreyer Firm in Atlanta is seeking an experienced attorney to run their own cases, from intake through settlement, judgment, or verdict, with robust support from a legal team. The role includes opportunities for supervisory and partnership tracks, and immediate origination bonuses.

Day-to-day work covers intake evaluation, pleadings, discovery, depositions, hearings, mediations, and possibly appeals. The firm emphasizes independence, client relationships, and a strong work product culture in

Qualifications

• Five or more years of civil litigation experience.
• Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, or eligible for admission on motion.
• Experience litigating in state and federal trial courts.
• Excellent legal writing that produces clear, well‑organized and persuasive briefs, with minimal editing.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a case from intake through resolution, including the initial investigation, pleadings, written discovery, depositions, motion practice, expert work, mediation, and trial preparation.
• Sound independent judgment and ownership of your assigned cases, including the ability to resolve unexpected issues and meet emergency deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating new matters and handling client intake, including contingency case assessments.
• Drafting pleadings, written discovery, dispositive motions, and briefs.
• Taking and defending depositions, and working with experts.
• Handling hearings and mediations, and trying cases first or second chair.
• Handling appeals before Georgia appellate courts and the Eleventh Circuit.
• Owning direct client relationships and communications.
• Working closely with our paralegal and case management team to stay ahead of deadlines.

Skills

Civil litigation

Case management

Trial experience

Legal writing

Deadline management

Client intake

Job description

This position is for an experienced attorney who is a self-starter and wants to run their own cases. We expect the right candidate to lead a medium-sized case from client intake, investigation, pleadings, discovery, and motions practice to a settlement, judgment, or jury verdict. The entire team will be available to you to discuss strategy, our experience with any issues, and key decisions, and you will have legal support. You will also work directly with a partner on our larger and more complex matters, which will give you the opportunity to grow with us.

The right candidate believes in standing up to predatory systems, while building their own skills and becoming a long‑term, essential part of the firm. Supervisory and partnership tracks are available, and we offer origination bonuses immediately. We also provide bonuses for substantial contributions to successful contingency cases.

Day-to-day work includes:

• Evaluating new matters and handling client intake, including contingency case assessments
• Drafting pleadings, written discovery, dispositive motions, and briefs
• Taking and defending depositions, and working with experts
• Handling hearings and mediations, and trying cases first or second chair
• Handling appeals before Georgia appellate courts and the Eleventh Circuit
• Owning direct client relationships and communications
• Working closely with our paralegal and case management team to stay ahead of deadlines, rather than reacting to them

You will have paralegal and legal administrative support, other attorneys to collaborate with and consult, and top-level technology built to support complex litigation.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The starting salary range is $135,000 to $165,000, depending on experience and accomplishments. You will be compensated for originating matters from your first day at the firm. If you have a portable book of business, we will assist to seamlessly transition those matters at your direction.

Benefits include:

• Paid time off with no hard cap. We encourage you to take at least two weeks of vacation a year, and we ask that the necessary work gets done
• A flexible schedule and hybrid work
• Early office closure at 2:00 p.m. on Fridays when urgent work is complete
• Health insurance, with the firm paying 50% of the premium for individual coverage under most plans and 25% to 40% for plans covering families and dependents
• Dental and vision insurance, short‑and long‑term disability, and life insurance, with premiums paid in full by the firm
• Payment of bar dues, CLE, and a marketing budget
• Origination bonuses from your first day
• A retirement plan, which the firm is implementing by January 2027
• Supervisory and partnership tracks

HOW WE WORK

We focus on producing excellent work by great lawyers for clients and causes that matter, while still having a life outside the office. We work a hybrid schedule, and attorneys are in the office three or four days per week. To support our lawyers and staff, our office closes at 2:00 p.m. on Fridays when urgent work is complete. Even with a thriving litigation practice, our attorneys bill approximately 1,700 to 1,800 hours annually, depending on the firm's caseload.

We litigate complex cases against experienced, well-resourced firms that are very good at what they do. There are stretches when a case demands a heavier workload, such as before a trial, a dispositive‑motion deadline, or a key deposition, and we expect attorneys to work additional hours.

The standard is excellent work product and winning for our clients, which requires careful attention to detail and meeting every deadline. However, we do not manufacture urgency or treat long hours as a measure of commitment. When a case requires more, everyone contributes. Otherwise, we want you to spend time with the people that matter to you, which is important at our firm.

ABOUT US

The Dreyer Firm is a boutique‑litigation firm in Atlanta that takes cases that matter. We handle both hourly and contingency fee cases, which gives us latitude to choose cases on their merits.

We specialize in business litigation, real‑estate litigation, governmental affairs, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and civil‑rights matters. We are currently handling numerous cases challenging the constitutionality of state laws, holding private prisons accountable, obtaining justice for wrongful deaths and catastrophic injuries, and protecting people and businesses from complex‑fraud schemes.

Most importantly, we focus on obtaining meaningful results for our clients and improving our communities and country. This is the work we are built around.

We have a consistent stream of interesting cases, and we have a strong record of achieving excellent results at a good value for our clients. Within the last 2.5 years, we have: (1) won a jury trial on a complex and contentious business dispute, resulting in a verdict in favor of our clients on every claim and awarding them almost all of the attorneys' fees; and (2) obtained several large settlements, totaling over $5,000,000.00.

We are small and flexible, and all of our cases have come to us by reputation and referral. We want to strategically grow and make a bigger impact, which is why we are hiring. We treat everyone at our firm with dignity and respect, which is non‑negotiable and complements the type of work we do.

OUR FIRM VALUES

• Our firm believes that everyone is created equally, everyone deserves justice and dignity, everyone deserves a voice, and everyone deserves an opportunity to thrive and decide their own destiny.
• Our firm believes in excellence in our advocacy and obtaining the best results for our clients.
• Our firm believes in standing firmly and resolutely for the truth and for justice, even when this requires us to travel a difficult path.
• Our firm believes we can take on any fight, and win.
• Our firm is not afraid to litigate against anyone, including the most powerful entities or interests in the world.
• Our firm believes we can make the world more just through our courts.
• Our firm believes we can provide a strong voice and ensure that our clients' stories are heard.
• Our firm believes in taking care of our clients and the people at our firm.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Five or more years of civil litigation experience
• Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, or eligible for admission on motion
• Experience litigating in state and federal trial courts
• Excellent legal writing that produces clear, well‑organized, and persuasive briefs, with minimal editing
• Demonstrated ability to manage a case from intake through resolution, including the initial investigation, pleadings, written discovery, depositions, motion practice, expert work, mediation, and trial preparation
• Sound independent judgment and ownership of your assigned cases, including the ability to resolve unexpected issues and meet emergency deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and a consistent record of meeting deadlines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Georgia litigation experience, though we welcome strong candidates from other states
• Experience in complex litigation, including any of the following: constitutional law, civil rights cases (including § 1983), business and commercial disputes, fraud, civil RICO (state and federal), wrongful death, and catastrophic injury
• First‑or second‑chair trial experience
• Experience practicing in the Northern District of Georgia
• Appellate experience before the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia, or the Eleventh Circuit
• Comfort working on contingency matters and evaluating case value and cost exposure

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

The Dreyer Firm is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities; please let us know if you need one during the application process.