Defense Attorney Jobs in Houston, TX (17)
Litigation Defense Attorney
General Clerk III
First-Party Defense Attorney
Associate Attorney
Senior Labor & Employment Attorney
General Liability Associate Attorney
Medical Malpractice Attorney
Senior General Liability Attorney
Litigation Associate Attorney
Toxic Tort Of Counsel
Attorney TX
Associate - Insurance Defense
State Income and Franchise Tax Manager - Multistate
Indirect Tax Manager - Multistate
Tax Manager, Unclaimed Property Tax; State and Local Tax (SALT)
Full Time Tax Consultant (JD) (Summer/Fall 2025, Winter 2026)
Litigation Defense Attorney
Systems Administrator Level IV
Senior Criminal Defense Attorney
Defense Attorney Salary in Houston
Defense Attorneys working in Houston, TX make an average annual salary of $106K and a maximum annual salary of around $147K.
Job Description
Working as a Defense Attorney in Houston, TX
There are 17 Defense Attorney opportunities available in Houston, TX all with unique requirements.
A defense attorney represents individuals charged by the government with committing a crime. Defense attorneys try to ensure that their clients receive fair trials and make use of legal strategies such as the presentation of alibi witnesses, conflict-of-interest issues, bolstering eyewitness testimony, challenging procedural and substantive law violations, and the use of a wide range of motions designed to derail or delay proceedings.
Defense Attorney jobs near Houston, TX
Defense Attorneys in Houston, TX Resume Data
Average Experience for Defense Attorneys in Houston, TX
- More than 10 years: 60%
- 6-10 years: 25%
- 3-5 years: 10%
- Less than 1 year: 3%
- 1-2 years: 2%
Educational Background for Defense Attorneys in Houston, TX
- Doctorate: 47%
- Bachelors: 25%
- Associates: 11%
- Diploma: 9%
- Masters: 7%
Top Skill for Defense Attorneys in Houston, TX
- Legal skills: 21%
- Attention to detail: 17%
- Written communication: 11%
- Customer focus & orientation: 10%
- Verbal communication: 9%
- Work style: Reliability: 8%
- Work motivation: 8%
- Administrative assistant/receptionist: 6%
- Sales skills: 5%
- Working with MS Word documents: 5%
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