Criminal Defense Attorney

Houston office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks a criminal defense attorney with 3 years of criminal defense experience. The candidate will advise clients on their legal rights in matters and draw up legal documents about their cases. Will attend pretrial hearings on behalf of clients and advise clients following each hearing about best strategies. Managed court appearances, and trail, drafting motions, interviewing witnesses, and performing legal research. Analyze probable outcomes of cases using knowledge of legal precedents. Manage workload of cases. Provide legal analysis for clients to determine any possible case benefits. Accrue additional evidence to support the client's case or for arguments against the prosecution's charges. Prepare clients for depositions; determine essential goals of case strategy and gather information from witnesses and important experts that support clients positions. Experience handling complex criminal cases at the federal, state, and local level is required. Bilingual (English/Spanish) is strongly preferred.

The candidate should be a team player who is open to helping, strategizing, and working with fellow associates. Must have interpersonal skills of the highest caliber.

This medium-sized firm specializes in immigration, criminal, employment law, and personal injury. Committed to excellent customer service, the firm provides focused personalized attention to every client's needs. The firm consists of highly experienced and aggressive attorneys and associate attorneys who strive to make a difference in immigration law and criminal defense law. The firm has a collaborative teamwork environment where everybody shares ideas, motivates each other, and solves issues together. The firm is an equal employment opportunity employer dedicated to providing an open and diverse work environment. The legal community has recognized the firm for professional achievements and customer service, including Super Lawyers, The National Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Nationally Ranked Top 10 Attorney Award, 10 Best Law Firms Client Satisfaction, Avvo's Client Choice Award, and other accolades.