Jobs in Austin Texas

An Estates and Probate Attorney II is mid-level attorney with 5+ years' experience practicing law. The successful Attorney II is self-directed and thrives with lots of support and autonomy. The Attorney II generally receive a substantial portion (approximately 75%) of their work through Gravis Law's lead generation and marketing and/or other attorneys in the office. An Attorney II is expected to generate a portion (25%) of their own billable work and attend four events per quarter. Attorneys have access to coaching and support services for business development and networking. The Firm prioritizes a work-life integration, a collaborative culture, and a competitive compensation & incentive structure that is unique to the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise clients on comprehensive estate planning, including drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and related instruments tailored to each family's needs.
• Manage all aspects of probate administration: file petitions, gather and value assets, address debts/creditors, and coordinate distributions.
• Work closely and directly with clients and their families, providing guidance with compassion and discretion throughout the probate or trust administration process.
• Address contested estate matters, provide courtroom representation in conflicts, and mediate sensitive disputes as needed.
• Prepare detailed legal instruments, client correspondence, and court submissions, maintaining accuracy and ethical standards.
• Guide fiduciaries (executors, personal representatives, trustees) on their legal duties and support them through regular communication and reporting.
• Stay current on TX probate statutes, tax implications, and changes in estate law impacting private clients.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active Texas bar admission.
• At least 5 years of experience in estate planning, probate, or trust administration, ideally in a boutique or client-focused setting.
• Strong knowledge of Texas probate, trust, and estate law; familiarity with fiduciary tax matters is highly valued.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, client empathy, and a commitment to high-quality service.
• Ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships built on trust and responsive service.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience with high-net-worth or multi-generational estate plans.
• A collaborative, team-oriented mindset with comfort working in a small or close-knit law firm.
• Interest in community outreach, education, or client workshops is a plus.

Firm Benefits

• Personalized work environment with opportunities for ownership of client matters and professional growth.
• Competitive compensation, health insurance, and generous time-off, tailored to promote wellbeing and work–life balance.
• High autonomy and meaningful engagement with clients and community.

Global Am Law 100 law firm is seeking a Legal Assistant to support 2 litigation attorneys and 1 real estate attorney. The firm is best known for its strong complex commercial litigation practice, employment defense work, and broad industry-focused services across the U.S., Asia, and Europe. The Legal Assistant will handle all aspects of litigation and trial preparation support, including document management, court filings, scheduling, and client coordination.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Draft, edit, and proofread pleadings, discovery, motions, and correspondence, ensuring compliance with court rules and deadlines.
• Electronically file documents in State and Federal Courts, including last-minute and complex filings.
• Manage and monitor attorney calendars, court deadlines, and schedules, ensuring reminders and updates are communicated proactively.
• Handle client communications and serve as a liaison between clients, courts, and internal teams with professionalism.
• Organize and maintain case files (both electronic and physical), including discovery and trial binders.
• Assist in trial preparation: prepare exhibit lists, witness files, coordinate logistics, and provide on-site trial support when needed.
• Process incoming and outgoing mail; coordinate with couriers and overnight delivery services to meet filing and service deadlines.
• Arrange attorney travel and prepare detailed, accurate expense reports.
• Accurately record billable time and assist with timekeeping and billing processes.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 5 years of legal assistant experience, with at least 3 years focused on litigation and trial support in a large law firm environment.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and legal technology tools (iManage/FileSite, e-filing platforms, time entry systems}.

My client, a well respected National Law firm is looking for an Intellectual Property Litigation Associate . The ideal candidate will have experience in patent litigation before U.S. district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, or the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Duties

• Represent clients in patent litigation cases.

• Conduct legal research and draft legal documents.

• Collaborate with team members on case strategy.

• Participate in hearings and trials.

Requirements

• Experience in patent litigation.

• Familiarity with U.S. district courts and related legal bodies.

• Membership in the Patent Bar preferred.

Education

• Undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, computer science, physics, or equivalent.

• Advanced degree or industry experience is a plus.

Certifications

• Patent Bar membership preferred.

Skills

• Strong analytical and research skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

The annual salary for this position is between 250-375k

Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Distinct Recruitment are supporting a highly respected national litigation firm who are seeking an Associate Attorney to join its General Liability Defense Practice Group in Austin, Texas. This is a career-building opportunity for a motivated litigator to gain hands-on experience with a broad range of complex civil matters — all within a collaborative and well-resourced firm environment.

Practice Areas Include:

• Personal Injury Defense
• Premises Liability
• Construction Defect
• Product Liability
• Trucking & Transportation Claims
• Professional Liability & Insurance Coverage

As an associate, you'll handle all phases of litigation — from discovery through trial — while working closely with senior attorneys and clients on high-exposure cases.

What We're Looking For:

• 2–5 years of experience in civil litigation (general liability, personal injury, or insurance defense preferred)
• Admitted and in good standing with the Texas Bar
• Strong research, writing, and oral advocacy skills
• Comfortable managing cases independently and communicating with clients
• Eager to take on meaningful responsibility in a fast-paced litigation setting

What's Offered:

• Competitive compensation with bonus potential
• Full benefits (health, dental, vision, 401(k), etc.)
• Hybrid work flexibility
• Supportive team culture and mentorship
• Opportunities for courtroom and trial experience
• A clear path for professional growth and development

Why This Firm?

This firm is recognized nationally for its trial strength and has a 40+ year legacy of defending major corporations, insurers, and professionals in complex, high-stakes litigation. With offices in key markets across the U.S., the team in Austin combines national resources with a strong local presence — offering attorneys the best of both worlds: major case exposure and a tight-knit, supportive office environment.

Interested?

Submit your resume and a writing sample to be considered. All inquiries held in strict confidence.

Job Description:

Associate Attorney – Insurance Defense (3–5 Years Experience)

San Antonio, TX | Hybrid Schedule | $100,000–$125,000 + Bonus

About the Opportunity

A well-established and growing San Antonio law firm with a strong reputation in insurance defense litigation is seeking an Associate Attorney with 3–5 years of experience. The firm offers a collegial environment, modern amenities, great autonomy and a clear path for professional growth—partners have advanced internally from associate to partner within just a few years.

Position Overview

The successful candidate will handle a variety of insurance defense matters, working closely with experienced partners and receiving mentorship and support for career development. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney seeking to build a long-term career with a respected local firm.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $100,000–$125,000 (depending on experience).
• Bonus: 30% of additional revenue generated above target.
• Billable Hours: 1,920 annually.
• Hybrid Schedule: Year 1 – in-office 5 days per week for onboarding and mentorship. After Year 1 – hybrid flexibility (1–3 remote days per week).
• Amenities: On-site gym, excellent parking, and a modern office located on the Riverwalk.
• Career Growth: Transparent path to partnership and strong marketing support provided by the firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of insurance defense matters from inception through resolution.
• Draft pleadings, motions, discovery, and correspondence.
• Conduct depositions, hearings, and court appearances.
• Communicate effectively with clients, adjusters, and opposing counsel.
• Meet annual billable hour goals while maintaining high-quality work.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active Texas Bar membership in good standing.
• 3–5 years of experience in insurance defense litigation.
• Proactive, team-oriented, and able to handle multiple priorities.

Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody seeks an experienced attorney for the firm's Estate Planning, Probate, and Trusts practice group with a minimum of six years of experience. We would be happy to welcome an experienced attorney who will bring a full or partial client book with them.

Focus in the areas of estate and gift tax planning, tax planning, the management and preparation of estate plans, and the creation of various estate planning documents including wills, powers of attorney, and various trusts is required. Experience in representing fiduciaries, including executors, trustees and agents, and in handling complex probate and estate administration matters is also required. Applicants must be licensed to practice in Texas and must have excellent academic credentials, work history, and verbal and written communication skills. Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law preferred but not required.

The firm offers a collegial environment with competitive compensation and benefits, including health and dental insurance, 401(k), short- and long-term disability, and more.

Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please visit to learn more about the firm.

About Buildots

Buildots is transforming construction management with AI and computer vision.

Our AI-powered SaaS platform automates on-site progress tracking, giving construction teams the tools to plan smarter, improve efficiency, and cut costly delays by up to 50%. The $13 trillion construction industry has seen little disruption in the past 150 years. Until now. Backed by leading VCs and industry pioneers, Buildots enables a new, performance-driven approach.

Deployed on hundreds of projects across North America, Europe and the Middle East, Buildots is already reshaping the future of the world's largest industry, and we're on track for rapid expansion in 2025.

Buildots' customers include top global contractors, consultants and owners – Intel, JE Dunn, Ledcor and CBRE, to name a few.

About the Role

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-paced, dynamic, and innovative environment, and be part of a company that's revolutionizing the construction tech industry.

We're looking for a talented and driven Legal Counsel to join our legal team and support a variety aspects of the company's legal needs. You will report directly to the VP & General Counsel and work closely with stakeholders across the organization.

If you're passionate about technology, enjoy working independently, and want to help shape the legal foundations of a game-changing product - we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll do:

• Draft, negotiate, and review a wide range of commercial agreements including Marketing and events agreements, NDAs, customer agreements, vendor and consultant agreements, and more.
• Advise on a wide range of legal matters, including, privacy, and data protection, ensuring compliance and collaborating with external counsel when needed.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to cross-functional teams.

Requirements:

• 3-4 years of experience in a commercial/ Hi-Tech department of a leading law firm
• Proven experience in drafting, negotiating, and finalizing contracts.
• Pragmatic and business enabler mindset, dynamic and pro-active personality, well-organized, independent and strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment.
• JD and admitted to practice law in Illinois or Texas
• Experience working in a startup or tech company – an advantage.

A benefits package designed to support you professionally and personally:

• Health, dental & vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid time off (vacation and sick leave)
• Stock-option grants
• Hybrid working arrangement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commuter Benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

The salary range for this role is $180k – $200k. Compensation within this range will vary based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and internal equity.

In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for equity.

*By submitting your application, you agree that Buildots will process your personal data in accordance with Buildots' Privacy Policy.

Are you interested in an alternative legal career that combines legal expertise, training and sales?

Do you enjoy providing education and support to legal professionals?

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today's top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role

As a Blended Practice Area Consultant, you will engage customers in law firms and schools. You will do so to create preferences and active users. You will assess customer needs, develop firm-specific and school-specific business plans, and educate customers. You will also partner internally to maximize contract renewals, by ensuring the customer is receiving value from our products.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a consultative sales person, by supporting law firms and law school customers in order to increase active users
• Working at all levels of a law firm and law school including students, faculty, associates, partners, librarians and leadership (i.e. law school Dean-level and law-firm managing partners)
• Developing strategic account plans (which will differ school-by-school and firm-by-firm), recognize sales
• Partnering with law firm client managers
• Demonstrating deep product, content or practice area knowledge; acts as internal resource for sales, marketing and segment
• Preparing and delivering specialized customer presentations that communicate our value proposition and differentiators to create new active users
• Conducting research, analysis of findings and shares information with product, segment and marketing as applicable

Requirements

• Have a Juris Doctor degree; State Bar membership is highly preferred
• Possess legal practice, training or sales experience
• Display excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Have experience developing and executing on account plans and coordinating key stakeholders and resources to positively impact clients
• Demonstrate outstanding networking capabilities and exhibit a professional demeanor, business maturity, and technical knowledge
• Have the ability to travel to local accounts

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, and study assistance, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis and Nexis services.

Salary: $71,600

Commissions: $14,000

We are recruiting for an exciting General Counsel position with a $20+billion-dollar commercial construction company. This is a top national commercial construction based in Austin, TX and they specialize in building large scale commercial projects from Hospitals to large staples to high-end commercial specialty projects. This firm has an extremely tenured staff, excellent reputation & incredible culture.

Position Overview

• Support company objectives by collaborating across departments—Contracts/Risk Management, Operations, Accounting, IT, HR, and Project Management
• Review and negotiate upstream construction contracts with general contractors,
• downstream subcontracts and purchase orders and NDAs
• Oversee monthly filing of lien and bond claim preservation notices
• Facilitate Parent Company's review and approval of real estate transactions,
• parent guarantees and quarterly Representations
• Oversee and monitor pending disputes including litigation, claims, arbitrations,
• and mediations and coordinate with Parent company counsel and outside counsel
• Educate staff on legal topics, compliance updates, and legislative/regulatory
• Developments

Qualifications:

• Licensed Texas attorney with 5+ years of experience practicing
• construction law (Ideally)
• Experience in, or working closely with, construction related organization(s)
• Strong substantive experience in transactional practice
• Experience leading negotiations of construction contracts with sophisticated
• counterparties and ability to understand subcontractor's point of view
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify legal issues and risks,
• analyze complex problems, and provide practical and effective solutions
• Familiarity with insurance in the construction industry
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders
• Flexible, with excellent and timely written and verbal communication skills
• Able to lead and follow with equal ease, based on circumstances
• Active listener, proactive leadership approach, collaborative and communicative
• Enjoy working in the office, in a fast-paced, growth-oriented business
• environment
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects
• simultaneously, while working under tight deadlines

Qualified candidates please send resumes to

We're Hiring!

Account Executive Position | Full-Time/Contract/Freelance Opportunity

About Build Magazine

Founded in 2016 in Bend, Oregon - Build Magazine is a high-end, visually stunning publication that connects affluent consumers with the most talented custom home builders, architects, designers, and premium service providers in North America. We're proud to be serving 15+ luxury markets—and growing!

Additionally, we offer expanded sales opportunities through Build Media, a full-service advertising agency that provides Build Magazine clients with comprehensive marketing solutions.

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced, self-motivated Account Executive with strong connections in the luxury custom home building industry in Austin, Texas.

NOTE: This is a remote/hybrid opportunity.

*You will be expected to meet with clients in person as needed based on the schedule you create for yourself. There is plenty of flexibility with this position.

What You’ll Do

• Prospect, pitch, and close new business with builders, architects, interior designers, and luxury service providers
• Build and manage a pipeline of clients across multiple markets
• Develop and maintain long-term relationships with clients
• Track key sales metrics and meet (or exceed!) monthly targets
• Stay on top of industry trends and competitors
• This is a high-impact role for those who thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven sales experience (2–3 years), preferably in custom homes or luxury real estate
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Tenacious, self-starter mentality with attention to detail
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Tech-savvy: proficient in Microsoft Office and CRM tools
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Valid driver’s license and access to your own vehicle

Reports to

Director of Sales

Expected Annual Earnings

$90K - $120k+

Why Join Us?

You'll be part of a passionate, creative, and driven team, promoting a premium product that celebrates the best in luxury custom home building.

• Sell a unique, high-quality product that makes an impact
• Access to sell across all Build Magazine markets
• Additional sales opportunities beyond the publication
• Collaborate with top-tier builders, designers, and architects
• Work autonomously with unlimited growth potential

Additional Details

• Work remotely with flexible scheduling
• Must be located in or near one of our key markets
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO): We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Please Note: This can be a 1099 Independent Contractor position OR Full-Time with Benefits

Ready to Join the Team?

Apply now and become a part of something exceptional.

Let’s build something great—together!