Litigation Attorney

Litigation Attorney

Commercial disputes decide whether a deal, a property, or a business survives. You will own matters from first assessment through resolution, giving clients a clear path when money, land, and contracts are on the line. This role exists to win or settle the right cases, protect client value, and keep the rest of the practice moving without surprises.

Performance Objectives

• Take primary responsibility for a docket of commercial, real estate, and business disputes and move each matter to a defined outcome—dismissal, settlement, judgment, or appeal strategy—within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Build case theories early: identify claims, defenses, damages, and evidence gaps within the first weeks of engagement, and revise strategy as discovery changes the facts.
• Draft and argue pleadings, motions, and briefs that courts grant or that force favorable settlement; measure success by rulings, concessions, and client-approved resolutions, not volume of paper.
• Conduct focused discovery and depositions that prove the theory of the case, and keep client spend aligned with likely recovery or risk.
• Advise business, real estate, land use, and estate clients before litigation hardens—flag contract, title, and compliance issues that would be expensive to fight later.
• Communicate status, exposure, and next decisions in plain language so clients can authorize strategy without delay.
• Close files with a written outcome summary: result, cost versus estimate, lessons for future matters, and any follow-on work the client should complete.

Environment & Resources

You will practice in a small firm where partners handle sophisticated real estate, business, estate, probate, and land use work alongside litigation. You report to a partner responsible for the litigation docket, with direct client contact and authority to staff matters appropriately. Research platforms, e-filing, and standard litigation support are available; you will not have a large associate bench, so judgment and drafting quality matter more than delegation.

Essential Qualifications

• Active bar admission in the jurisdiction where you will appear, with a record of first-chair or substantial second-chair work in civil litigation.
• Demonstrated results in commercial, contract, real estate, or business disputes—motions won, cases tried or arbitrated, or settlements that matched the case assessment.
• Ability to draft court-ready pleadings and briefs without heavy rewrite, and to manage discovery calendars and court deadlines independently.
• Comfort advising owners and counsel on risk, cost, and settlement ranges before and during suit.
• Professional judgment in a small-firm setting: ethical client communication, accurate timekeeping, and willingness to cover related real estate or business issues when they affect the dispute.

Role Selling Points

• Meaningful ownership of matters early, not years of document review behind a large team.
• Work that sits at the intersection of deals and disputes—litigation informed by real estate, business, and land use practice.
• Direct partner and client access, with credit for outcomes you drive.
• A practice small enough that your judgment changes the result, and established enough that the work is real.

Call to Action

If you want a docket you can stand behind—and the authority to resolve it—send your resume, a short note on two matters you led and their outcomes, and your bar admissions. We will respond to candidates whose results match the work.