[Hiring] Litigation Attorney @Orion Placement

Role Description

Take true ownership of sophisticated litigation matters with meaningful first-chair responsibility.

• Handle a diverse caseload involving business, employment, contract, restrictive covenant, construction, and healthcare-related disputes.
• Work remotely while collaborating closely with an experienced senior partner and dedicated paralegal support.
• Join an established practice where strong performers can pursue meaningful advancement and potential equity.
• Gain significant courtroom, deposition, arbitration, and mediation experience while managing cases from start to finish.
• Opportunity to expand into transactional matters if desired.

Independently manage a litigation caseload from initial intake through resolution or trial.

• Serve as first-chair counsel on appropriate matters and take an active role in courtroom strategy and advocacy.
• Handle court appearances, hearings, depositions, arbitrations, mediations, and trials.
• Represent clients in contract disputes, restrictive covenant matters, employment and labor conflicts, construction disputes, and employment discrimination claims.
• Develop litigation strategy and provide practical guidance directly to clients.
• Draft motions, briefs, discovery, pleadings, and other litigation documents.
• Research complex procedural, regulatory, and substantive legal issues.
• Collaborate closely with senior counsel and experienced paralegal support.
• Maintain strong client relationships while communicating clearly about strategy, risk, and case developments.
• Assist with corporate or transactional matters if interested.

Qualifications

• Active Georgia Bar license.
• 5+ years of litigation experience.
• First-chair trial experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage litigation matters from start to finish.
• Strong deposition, courtroom, motion practice, legal writing, and advocacy skills.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and client communication abilities.
• Experience with business, commercial, employment, construction, or restrictive covenant litigation is strongly preferred.
• Strong work ethic and ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Must reside within approximately 75 miles of Atlanta.

Benefits

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