Associate Attorney: Litigation, Briefing & Settlement

Pay: $125,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a growing national litigation firm with multiple attorney openings and a strong need to hire immediately
• Work on meaningful plaintiff-side cases helping workers recover unpaid wages and overtime compensation
• Build real litigation experience through discovery, depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, settlement negotiations, and trial preparation
• Choose a path that fits your strengths, whether you are litigation-focused, writing-focused, or settlement-focused
• Gain exposure to complex wage and hour, employment, class action, collective action, and arbitration matters
• Competitive compensation package with salary, signing bonus potential, performance bonuses, employer-paid health benefits, 401(k), PTO, paid holidays, and bar dues

Location: This is an on-site position based in Houston, TX, offering the opportunity to work closely with an experienced litigation team in a fast-moving, collaborative office environment.

Note: Must have an active law license in good standing and at least 2+ years of litigation experience. Wage and hour or employment law experience is preferred, but not required.

About Us

Confidential Employer. We are a growing national litigation firm focused on helping workers recover unpaid wages, overtime, and other compensation they are legally owed. Our team handles cases across the country and offers attorneys the opportunity to work on impactful matters, develop as litigators, and grow professionally and financially in a strong plaintiff-side practice.

Job Description

• Represent clients in depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, settlement conferences, and other legal proceedings
• Draft pleadings, motions, correspondence, discovery, subpoenas, deficiency letters, briefs, and other litigation documents
• Assist with class action, collective action, arbitration, wage and hour, and employment-related litigation matters
• Work with partners and senior attorneys on case strategy, trial preparation, arbitration hearings, and client advocacy
• Review documents produced in discovery and assist with discovery responses
• Participate in settlement negotiations and help move cases toward successful resolution
• Conduct legal research and prepare written analysis on litigation issues
• Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, courts, mediators, and internal team members
• Support litigation, briefing, or settlement-focused work depending on experience and strengths

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school
• Active bar membership in good standing
• 2+ years of litigation experience
• Experience with discovery, motions, depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitration, or trial preparation
• Strong legal writing, research, analytical, and communication skills
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced litigation environment
• Plaintiff-side, defense-side, wage and hour, employment law, class action, collective action, or arbitration experience is a plus, but not required

Why You Will Love Working Here

• Meaningful work helping employees pursue compensation they earned
• Multiple attorney openings with room for growth and long-term opportunity
• Strong compensation package with bonus potential and employer-paid benefits
• Opportunity to develop as a litigator, briefing attorney, or settlement attorney
• Collaborative team environment with experienced attorneys and firm resources
• Exposure to sophisticated litigation without requiring prior wage and hour experience
• Confidential hiring process and immediate consideration for qualified candidates

JPC-1040

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must haves: TX bar license, 2+ yrs litigation exp.

• Nice to haves: Preferred wage and hour, employment law, class action, collective action, arbitration, plaintiff-side litigation, strong briefing, deposition, hearing, mediation, or settlement experience.

• Additional context: Relocation- [yesno]. Packages - [yesno]

• Salary Bands:

  • 2+ years litigation experience: $125,000 to $145,000

  • 3+ to 5 years litigation experience: $145,000 to $170,000

  • 5+ to 8 years litigation experience with strong briefing, deposition, hearing, mediation, arbitration, or trial exposure: $170,000 to $190,000

  • 8+ years directly relevant litigation, wage and hour, employment, class action, collective action, or high-level plaintiff-side experience: $190,000 to $200,000

Submission Email: Name / Michael -

mjosephson@mybackwages.com

Quick Recruiter Reference

National plaintiff-side wage and hour litigation firm hiring multiple attorneys in Houston. Role can fit litigators, briefing attorneys, or settlement-focused attorneys with 2+ years of litigation experience. Wage and hour or employment law experience is preferred, but not required.

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• Client job title: Associate Attorney: Litigation, Briefing & Settlement

• Location: Houston, TX

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 2

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• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: No

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