Senior Trial Attorney (Plaintiff Personal Injury, Products Liability)

Step into a true lead trial role with real autonomy: run your own complex products liability matters from intake through verdict. High earning upside with a strong base salary plus a percentage of recoveries. Join a boutique plaintiff firm that values trust, compassion, and real client impact. Relocation assistance provided for the right trial lawyer ready to hit the ground running. Fast hiring timeline with a target start within 30 days.

Location: Houston, Texas (on site role with courtroom focused work and travel for depos, hearings, and trial as needed)

Note: This is not a training position. We are hiring a self directed plaintiff trial attorney who can independently manage a docket, supervise staff, and drive recoveries with minimal oversight.

About Us: We are a boutique plaintiff personal injury firm built on trust, high standards, and doing right by clients when it matters most. Our team is known for strong advocacy, professional excellence, and a culture that combines urgency with compassion. Confidential Employer.

Job Description:

• Own a complex plaintiff personal injury docket with a heavy products liability focus from intake through verdict
• Serve as first chair trial counsel and lead trial strategy, motion practice, expert development, and case valuation
• Retain and work directly with liability, medical, economic, and engineering experts and manage expert discovery
• Take and defend expert depositions and corporate representative depositions (Rule 30(b)(6) or state equivalent)
• Draft and argue dispositive motions and key evidentiary motions
• Prepare and present cases for mediation and trial and negotiate from a position of strength
• Drive medical case management oversight by coordinating and monitoring client treatment and damages development
• Supervise and develop paralegals, legal assistants, and case managers with disciplined docket control
• Maintain excellent client communication and expectation management

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of plaintiff personal injury litigation experience with meaningful products liability experience
• First chair jury trial experience in at least 5 jury trials
• Proven ability to take cases from filing through verdict with strong motion practice and deposition skills
• Track record managing an independent docket and staying ahead of deadlines with organized trial prep
• Comfortable with travel for depositions, hearings, and trial
• Licensed and in good standing (Texas strongly preferred given the on site Houston based practice)

Why You Will Love Working Here: You will have the platform, resources, and autonomy to do high stakes plaintiff work at a high level without micromanagement. We move with urgency, treat clients with care, and reward performance. If you are a courtroom ready trial lawyer who wants real responsibility and real upside, you will thrive here.