Associate Attorney

Job Summary

Dang & Zapata Law Firm is looking to hire a personable, aggressive, experienced, and motivated attorney with Personal Injury experience (including pre-litigation through trial) for Associate Attorney position.

The ideal applicant will be located in the McAllen, TX area or Richardson/Dallas area, TX and will have a minimum of 2 years of practice experience in the areas of Personal Injury law and will handle all aspects of a case from the beginning to end.

There is flexibility with the office schedule and an opportunity to work remotely at times per approval of the Managing Partner.

Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent customer service to all clients;
• Drafting/ Filings Civil Complaints;
• Draft/Respond Discovery Request and thorough review of Discovery;
• Meet and Confer with counsel on discovery subpoenas, global settlements;
• Draft Motions and Prepare Trial documents (MIL’s, Exhibit Binders, Joint Trial Documents);
• Taking/Defending Depositions;
• Appearance at Hearings;
• Develop legal strategy and maintain caseload of 70 cases in pre-litigation/litigation with other supervisory and administrative duties;
• Review/Oversee Legal Secretary’s work and resolve pending issues;
• Training, mentoring, and professional development of administrative staff;
• Responsible for case reporting, management, and outcome tracking; using Needles or relevant legal software;
• Conduct legal research on personal injury cases;
• Assist with case preparation and management;
• Communicate with clients, witnesses, and experts;
• Organize and maintain case files and evidence;
• Coordinate with your team, courts, and other parties involved in the case;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 1-5 years of Texas Personal Injury law practice experience (including trial) preferred. Salary based on experience;
• Member in Good Standing with Texas Bar;
• Ability to effectively supervise legal work in a fast-paced environment and high-volume practice;
• Experience managing and motivating a team;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to create a culture of feedback and continual improvement;
• Organization skills and attention to detail;
• Strong, demonstrable written and oral communication skills;
• Excellent negotiation skills;
• Ability to read, write and speak fluently in Spanish is strongly preferred, but not required.

Skills

- Proficient in writing legal documents and correspondence

- Knowledge of personal injury law and legal administrative procedures

- Ability to conduct thorough research on relevant laws and regulations

- Familiarity with Lexis-Nexis or other legal research tools

- Experience in litigating personal injury cases is a plus

- Bilingual in Spanish

- Knowledge of premise liability and personal injury law.

At D&Z we are:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
• People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused, growth oriented

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable, reliable, aggressive, customer focus and able to problem solve;
• Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction;
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture;
• Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail;
• Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways.

Compensation: $85,000-$100,000 base salary plus bonus based on performance, Salary will be commensurate with experience.