Probate Litigator- 3663563

Job Title: Probate Litigator

Location: Houston TX 77002

Salary/Payrate: Salary Dependent on Experience

Work Environment: On-Site

Term: Fulltime OR Contract

Louisiana Bar Admission required: Yes

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets
hired

Overview

Our client, a highly respected full-service law firm, is seeking
an experienced Probate Litigator to join its Houston office. This
is an important hire for the firm’s probate litigation practice,
and they are open to considering candidates at the Senior
Attorney or Counsel level, depending on experience.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience handling
contested probate, trust, estate, fiduciary, and guardianship
matters and must be capable of first-chairing litigation matters.
The attorney should be comfortable independently developing case
strategy, managing client relationships, and handling
sophisticated disputes from inception through trial and
resolution.

Responsibilities:

* Serve as first-chair counsel in contested probate, trust,
estate, fiduciary, and guardianship litigation.
* Independently manage sophisticated matters from initial case
assessment through discovery, motion practice, mediation, trial,
and resolution.
* Handle disputes involving wills and trusts, beneficiaries,
executors, trustees, fiduciary duties, estate administration,
guardianships, and related claims.
* Develop litigation strategy and provide strategic advice
directly to clients.
* Draft and argue pleadings, substantive and dispositive motions,
briefs, and other court filings.
* Take and defend depositions of parties, fiduciaries, experts,
and other witnesses.
* Prepare clients, witnesses, and experts for depositions,
hearings, and trial.
* First-chair hearings, mediations, settlement negotiations, and
trials.
* Work collaboratively with other attorneys and professionals on
complex probate and trust matters.
* Maintain direct client relationships and provide timely advice
regarding litigation strategy, risk, and resolution.

Requirements:

* Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
* Active membership in good standing with the Texas Bar.
* Significant experience in probate, trust, estate, fiduciary,
and/or guardianship litigation.
* Demonstrated ability to first-chair litigation matters.
* Strong courtroom and trial experience.
* Experience handling depositions, discovery, motion practice,
hearings, mediations, and settlement negotiations.
* Ability to independently manage sophisticated litigation
matters and client relationships.
* Excellent legal research, writing, analytical, and oral
advocacy skills.
* Strong judgment, communication, and client-service abilities.
* Candidates at the Senior Attorney or Counsel level will be
considered.