Job Description
Reports to: Senior Partner, Zinda Law Group
Compensation: $200,000
$150,000 base
$30,000-$50,000 performance bonus
Unlimited case origination bonus potential
Location: Austin, TX (in-office/hybrid; trial travel expected)
Mission
This is not a job its a transformation.
The Zinda Trial Lawyer in Training program is a two-year immersion designed to turn a sharp, driven litigator into a top-tier trial lawyer. Youll train side by side with a Senior Partner who has tried and won major cases, gaining the skills, judgment, and confidence of a 10-year lawyer in two years.
This is the Navy SEAL equivalent of trial work high intensity, high accountability, and high reward. Its hard, deliberate, and built to accelerate your career faster than any traditional path. If youre wired for excellence and can perform under pressure, this is where youll thrive.
Our Core Principles
Own the Outcome You are accountable for results, not activity.
Relentless Improvement Seek feedback, refine constantly, and raise your own bar.
Client First, Always Empathy and communication matter as much as strategy.
One Team, One Fight We win together, and we hold each other to elite standards.
Extreme Preparation Trials are won in the prep room, not the courtroom.
Courage Under Fire You dont fold under pressureyou perform.
The Work
Youll handle complex, high-value cases alongside a senior trial lawyer.
Your days will mix deep legal analysis, strategic execution, and on-your-feet advocacy.
Participate in every phase of major casesinvestigation to verdict.
Draft and argue key motions; take and defend depositions.
Build trial strategy and develop compelling damages
Prepare witnesses, experts, and clients for trial.
Train under direct feedback loops and real trial conditions.
This is full-immersion training in the art and science of high-stakes litigation.
What Success Looks Like
Year One
Youll master execution.
Youll learn how to manage large, complex cases, take ownership of real components of trial prep, and perform in depositions, hearings, and strategy sessions. Youll begin second-chairing large cases and handling case management, motion practice, and client communication.
By the end of Year One, youll be a trusted right-hand lawyersomeone the team can rely on when the pressures high and the stakes are real.
Year Two
Youll evolve into leadership.
Youll mentor a new Trial Lawyer in Training and pass down your processes. Youll start building your own docket, originating cases, and learning how to run your practice within the firms ecosystem.
By the end of Year Two, youll be ready to command the courtroom and build a career around itwith full confidence, full autonomy, and full financial upside.
When you start your docket if youve performed well you will start working on complex cases, that have very high financial upside. We have had
The Challenge
Expect 4555 hours a week on average and 6080 during trial periods.
Youll be pushed, coached, and held accountable every single day.
Youll fail, recover, and get better fast.
But if you commit, youll emerge not just as a stronger lawyerbut as one of the rare few who can stand up in front of a jury and own the room.
The Reward
Acceleration: Compress a decade of experience into two years.
Earning Power: Substantial bonuses and long-term origination potential.
Mentorship: Direct access to senior partners whove tried and won tough cases.
Training: advanced CLEs, and personalized performance coaching.
Culture: High standards, zero politics, full support.
Who You Are
2+ years of litigation experience (plaintiff or defense).
Competitive, curious, and mission-driven.
Thrives under pressure and wants responsibility early.
Smart, articulate, and emotionally intelligent.
Barred or eligible to waive into TX, AZ, CO, or NM.
Please submit a cover letter and include a paragraph about why you'd like to be a part of our firm
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