McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans
Grow Your Career with a Firm That Invests in You
Improving People’s Lives
Everything we do at McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans is guided by a simple but powerful mission: Improving People’s Lives. This mission drives how we serve our clients, how we support our team, and how we operate in the courtroom. Our goal is that anyone who crosses paths with McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans leaves the experience better than when they arrived.
Why Work With Us?
As a full-service law firm with offices in Dallas, Frisco, Houston, and Los Angeles, McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans offers a dynamic and supportive work environment where collaboration, innovation, and professional development aren’t just encouraged—they’re expected. We represent clients in high-stakes, high-impact matters across 30+ practice areas, including business and commercial litigation, sports, media and entertainment law, corporate services, family law, plaintiff representation, and employment law. Here, you’ll work alongside some of the most respected attorneys in the field, gaining hands-on experience from day one. Our firm prioritizes mentorship, ongoing education, and career advancement—all while maintaining a culture that respects your personal time and values work-life balance.
What We Look For
We’re always interested in meeting legal professionals who are:
- Highly motivated and client-focused
- Skilled in their area of practice with a mindset of continuous learning
- Team-oriented with strong communication and leadership abilities
- Committed to ethical practice and professional growth
Be Part of a Firm That’s Shaping the Future
At McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans, your career path is more than a job—it’s a chance to grow with a firm that’s redefining what legal excellence looks like, while keeping people at the heart of everything we do.
Featured Positions
At McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans, your career path is more than a job—it’s a chance to grow with a firm that’s redefining what legal excellence looks like, while keeping people at the heart of our everything we do.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Location:
Dallas, TX 75219
Position Summary
The Accounts Payable Specialist manages the Firm’s day-to-day accounts payable activities, including vendor invoices, employee expenses, payments, credit card transactions, and related accounting records.
This position works closely with the CFO and Accounting Department to ensure payments and expenses are processed accurately, timely, and in accordance with Firm policies.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Review, code, enter, and process vendor invoices and payments.
- Verify appropriate approvals, account coding, and supporting documentation.
- Process weekly payments, including checks, ACH, and electronic payments.
- Maintain vendor records, including W-9s and payment information.
- Reconcile vendor statements and research invoice or payment discrepancies.
- Process employee expense reimbursements and verify required documentation and approvals.
- Assist with Firm credit card transactions and monthly reconciliations.
- Coordinate with Billing and Accounting to properly record client-related and reimbursable expenses.
- Respond to vendor inquiries and resolve payment issues.
- Maintain organized electronic AP records and supporting documentation.
- Assist with new vendor setup and verification.
- Assist with 1099 reporting and month-end/year-end accountingprocesses.
- Identify and research duplicate invoices, incorrect charges, overpayments, and unusual transactions.
- Follow Firm approval procedures and internal controls for payments and expenses.
- Assist the CFO and Accounting Department with other accountingprojects and responsibilities as needed.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field preferred.
- 2–5 years of accounts payable or general accounting experience preferred.
- Law firm or professional-services experience is a plus.
- Experience with accounting software, electronic payments, and Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with QuickBooks, LeanLaw, Clio, or similar systems is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
- Professional communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to handle confidential financial information with discretion.
Performance Expectations
The Accounts Payable Specialist is expected to maintain timely and accurate invoice processing and payments, properly documented and reconciled AP records, appropriate handling of client-reimbursable expenses, and compliance with Firm policies and internal controls.
Work Environment
This position operates in a professional law firm environment and regularly interacts with attorneys, staff, vendors, and Firm leadership. The position requires professionalism, accuracy, confidentiality, and discretion.
Accounts Payable Manager
Location:
Dallas, TX 75219
Ready to take ownership of the numbers and help keep a growing law firm moving forward?
We’re looking for an experienced, organized, and hands-on Accounting Manager to join our team. This position plays a key role in overseeing the Firm’s day-to-day accounting operations, maintaining strong financial controls, and ensuring accurate and timely financial information across multiple offices. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Accounting Manager will work closely with Firm leadership, attorneys, billing personnel, accounting staff, vendors, and other departments. The ideal candidate is someone who understands the details but can also see the bigger picture, improve processes, and help develop a strong accounting team.
What You’ll Do
- Oversee the Firm’s day-to-day accounting operations and help ensure transactions are processed accurately and timely.
- Supervise, support, and develop accounting team members.
- Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts, general ledger activity, reconciliations, and other accounting functions.
- Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
- Assist with monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close processes.
- Review financial information for accuracy and identify unusual activity, discrepancies, or trends requiring follow-up.
- Maintain and reconcile general ledger and balance sheet accounts.
- Monitor cash activity and assist with cash-flow reporting and forecasting.
- Support client trust accounting and ensure appropriate controls and reconciliations are maintained.
- Partner with the billing and collections functions to monitor accounts receivable, collections, and related financial activity.
- Assist with preparation of financial statements, management reports, budgets, forecasts, and other financial analyses.
- Support the CFO with financial reporting and special projects.
- Coordinate with outside accountants, auditors, banks, vendors, and other financial partners as needed.
- Assist with tax reporting, audits, insurance-related financial requests, and other compliance requirements.
- Maintain strong internal accounting controls and recommend improvements when needed.
- Review existing accounting processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and automation.
- Help develop accounting procedures, documentation, and consistent practices across Firm offices.
- Assist with implementation, optimization, and integration of accounting, billing, expense, and financial systems.
- Provide accounting guidance and support to attorneys, managers, and employees.
- Perform other accounting and financial responsibilities as needed to support the Firm.
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
- Approximately 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience overseeing accounting processes or staff.
- Previous law firm or professional-services accounting experience strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of general accounting principles, reconciliations, financial reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and internal controls.
- Experience with legal billing, trust accounting, or law firm financial operations is a plus.
- Strong Excel skills and the ability to learn and work effectively with multiple financial and business systems.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Comfortable being both a manager and a hands-on contributor.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with attorneys, leadership, employees, and outside vendors.
- High level of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality.
What Success Looks Like
You’ll be successful in this position if you can keep the accounting operation running smoothly while continuously looking for ways to make it better. You’re someone who catches issues before they become problems, follows through, develops your team, and gives leadership confidence that the Firm’s financial information is accurate and reliable.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to take on a meaningful accounting leadership role within a growing, multi-office law firm. You’ll work directly with the CFO and Firm leadership and have the opportunity to help strengthen processes, improve systems, and shape how the accounting function operates as the Firm continues to grow.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ years of work experience with QuickBooks
Executive Legal Assistant
Location:
Dallas, TX 75219
Are you highly organized, polished, and always two steps ahead? McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant / Legal Assistant to provide high-level administrative and legal support to firm leadership and attorneys. This is a key position for someone who thrives in a fast-paced law firm, exercises sound judgment, handles confidential matters with discretion, and takes ownership of getting things done. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, professional, and comfortable balancing executive priorities with day-to-day legal-assistant responsibilities.
What You’ll Do
- Executive Support
- Manage complex calendars, meetings, appointments, deadlines, and competing priorities.
- Coordinate internal and external meetings, conference calls, firm events, and business-development activities.
- Arrange travel, prepare itineraries, and process related expenses.
- Draft, proofread, and format correspondence, presentations, reports, and other executive materials.
- Monitor important deadlines, follow up on action items, and help keep projects moving forward.
- Communicate professionally with clients, attorneys, firm leadership, vendors, and outside contacts.
- Anticipate needs, identify potential issues, and handle matters independently when appropriate.
- Maintain strict confidentiality regarding firm, client, employee, and financial information.
- Legal Assistant Support
- Draft, format, proofread, and finalize pleadings, correspondence, discovery, and other legal documents.
- File documents electronically with state and federal courts and maintain familiarity with applicable filing requirements.
- Calendar court dates, hearings, depositions, meetings, and case deadlines.
- Maintain organized and accurate electronic and physical files.
- Assist with document production, hearing and trial preparation, binders, exhibits, and case materials.
- Enter attorney time and assist with billing-related follow-up when needed.
- Coordinate with clients, opposing counsel, courts, court reporters, vendors, and other parties.
- Provide administrative and project support to attorneys and firm leadership as priorities require.
What We’re Looking For
- At least five years of executive-assistant, legal-assistant, or comparable professional-services experience preferred.
- Prior law firm experience strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of legal terminology, court procedures, calendaring, and electronic filing.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Experience with legal practice-management and document-management systems is a plus.
- Strong judgment, professionalism, initiative, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently while remaining a collaborative and dependable team member.
- Flexibility to provide additional support during busy periods or when urgent matters arise.
Why Join McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans?
You’ll work closely with firm leadership and experienced legal professionals while playing an important role in the firm’s daily operations. This position offers variety, visibility, and the opportunity to become a trusted partner to the attorneys and executives you support. McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, a professional and collaborative workplace, and opportunities to grow with a multi-office law firm. If you are dependable, solutions-focused, and known for keeping people and priorities organized, we would love to hear from you. McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans is an equal-opportunity employer and considers applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Legal Assistant
Location:
Dallas, TX 75219
We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Legal Assistant with at least five years of experience supporting attorneys in a fast-paced law firm environment. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of legal procedures, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive administrative and legal support to attorneys and legal staff
- Draft, proofread, and format legal documents, including pleadings, contracts, correspondence, and discovery materials
- Manage attorney calendars, schedule meetings, court dates, and deadlines
- Maintain and organize case files (both electronic and physical)
- File legal documents with courts (e-filing and manual filing) in compliance with court rules
- Coordinate client communications and maintain confidentiality at all times
- Conduct basic legal research and gather case-related information
- Prepare trial binders, exhibits, and other litigation support materials
- Track billable time and assist with billing and invoicing processes
Requirements added by the job poster
- 5+ years of work experience with Legal Assistance
- 5+ years of Law Practice experience
- 5+ years of work experience with Microsoft Outlook
Submit Your Application
McCathern is a Dallas-based law firm with additional offices in Houston, Frisco, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica. We’re known for our dedication to achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients, and each member of the firm strives to achieve McCathern’s mission of Improving People’s Lives every day.
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