Senior Trial Attorney

Pay: $175,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• 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.

JPC-769

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

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

Requirements: Must-haves: TX bar, must have 5+ years plaintiff personal injury litigation experience plus first chair jury trial experience in 5+ jury trials and meaningful products liability experience.

• Nice to haves:

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

Submissions Name / Patrick - [email protected];[email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference (Internal Summary)

Boutique plaintiff PI firm in Houston hiring a senior trial attorney with products liability depth. Must be able to run a complex docket end to end, first chair trials, supervise staff, and drive recoveries with little oversight. Base up to 200k plus percentage of recovery and relocation assistance, start within 30 days.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Senior Trial Attorney (Plaintiff Personal Injury, Products Liability)– Patrick Daniel Law - JPC 769 - Source

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• Client job title: Senior Trial Attorney (Plaintiff Personal Injury, Products Liability)

• Location: Houston, TX

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 5

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Senior Trial Attorney, Plaintiff Trial Lawyer, Personal Injury Trial Attorney, Products Liability Attorney, Litigation Attorney (Plaintiff), Catastrophic Injury Attorney, Trial Counsel, First Chair Trial Attorney, PI Litigator, Mass Tort Attorney (if applicable), Product Defect Litigation

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: YES

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): Very hard PI trial role, big pop in Houston. First chair.