Litigation Attorney

Platt Richmond PLLC is a full-service business law firm that offers a collaborative environment to work and grow professionally. We help entrepreneurs navigate legal complexities and honor our commitments to our clients and to each other. With a strong foundation of business acumen, we are committed to producing practical, business-oriented legal solutions.

As a 25+ attorney firm, we recognize and appreciate the value of hard work, but we also like to have fun. Our culture is important to us. We respect the personal time of our team members, and genuinely like each other. We stick to our values. We are relentless problem solvers. We strive for excellence. We believe in the power of being honest and respectfully candid.

We’re relationship-centered at our core.

In addition to a positive work environment with employees who work well together, we offer comprehensive benefits, including paid vacation and holidays, 401(k) and profit-sharing program, health/vision/dental insurance, and parking. We offer competitive salaries, which include opportunity for discretionary bonus, formulaic bonus, and paid origination credit.

Position Overview:

Platt Richmond is seeking a Litigation Associate to join our growing practice. This role is designed for someone responsible for a broad range of commercial litigation matters both in Texas and across the country including contract, fraud, intellectual property, defamation, real estate, creditor’s rights, class action defense and other business disputes. This role requires varied knowledge of the litigation process in state and federal courts and excellent base litigation skills including legal research, writing, strategy development, hearings, depositions, and trial preparation.

This role will work closely with other partners, associate attorneys and paralegals.

Here, you’ll:

• Manage a caseload and assist in all facets of the litigation practice
• Draft motions, discovery, and legal briefs
• Take fact and expert depositions
• Appear for court hearings
• Litigation strategy development and trial preparation and practice
• Take real ownership of your work instead of just supporting a small piece of it
• Assume significant responsibility for, and expected ownership of, the management of varied commercial cases or tasks with Partner oversight
• Receive dedicated and insightful mentorship from seasoned attorneys

What We’re Looking For:

• Driven, detail oriented, and experience taking responsibility
• Experience working on commercial litigation cases in a private practice environment
• Someone who can operate independently but knows when to ask questions

The Right Fit:

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Values high-quality work but doesn’t want the big law lifestyle
• Enjoys working directly with clients and being part of a great team
• Is looking for high-quality litigation experience, meaningful responsibility, and the ability to make an impact

Essential duties and responsibilities :

• attend to, and manage time over, caseloads and assist in all facets of the litigation practice
• Manage and delegate appropriate tasks to paralegals
• Take ownership of cases and tasks to drive cases forward
• Assist partners on a broad range of commercial litigation cases
• Prepare motions, discovery and legal briefs
• Conduct legal due diligence, including fact checking and expert depositions

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of commercial litigation experience involving business disputes and causes of action
• Experience litigating commercial disputes in both State and Federal Courts. Experience with creditor’s rights litigation and appeals are preferred but not required
• Strong experience drafting motions, including Temporary Restraining Orders, Motions for Summary Judgment, Pretrial Motions, and Motions relating to discovery…