Associate Attorney

3+ Years Family Law Experience Salary of $110,000 to $140,000 + Bonus

Divorce and custody fights are often the hardest chapter of a person's life. Clients come to us at their most vulnerable, and they deserve a lawyer who tells them the truth, fights when it matters, and skips the legalese so they can actually understand what's happening in their own case.

We are hiring a family law associate who wants to do this work well. Someone who can stay steady with a client who is falling apart, without losing the thread on strategy. Someone who understands that a case isn’t about a docket, it’s about someone’s life, children, assets and future.

If that sounds like the job you've been looking for, keep reading.

How We Work

We built this firm on one standard, and it's not negotiable: fierce, honest, compassionate advocacy, especially when the stakes are high and the situation is messy. In practice, that means:

• We tell clients the truth. Even when it's not what they want to hear.
• We fight when it counts, and we don't manufacture conflict just to run up a bill.
• We keep the client's real goals as the true north, not the drama of the courtroom.
• We don't put up with toxic behavior. Not from clients, not from each other. No exceptions.

If you want to practice family law somewhere with a backbone and a heart, this is the place.

Compensation:

$110,000 - $140,000 yearly

Responsibilities:

• Review client issues on legal matters, analyze available options, and diligently work to determine the best course of action
• Create legal documents, including correspondence, briefs, motions, pleadings, contracts, affidavits, and settlement agreements for contract negotiations and proceedings

This is a real caseload from day one, not a training seat. You will:

• Manage your own docket of family law matters: dissolution, parenting time, allocation of parental responsibilities, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and post-decree modifications, from intake through resolution.
• Take on complex, high-asset cases, including matters involving business valuations, complicated property division, and significant marital estates.
• Own the client relationship. You're the attorney they call, and you're the one setting expectations on what happens next, when, what’s required from the client well before deadlines become emergencies, and managing each client’s trust account evergreen requirements.
• Work with a variety of experts, including forensic accountants, business valuators, custody evaluators, and vocational experts, to build a strong case. Handle negotiation, mediation, and courtroom advocacy across the Front Range.
• Draft and review pleadings, motions, and agreements with the precision this work demands.
• Work collaboratively with our attorneys and paralegals, and help build the systems that create a positive client experience each time.

Qualifications:

• Completion of a Juris Doctor (J.D. degree) from an accredited law school

• Successful completion of the bar exam

• Effective communication skills and problem-solving skills are necessary to work with all levels of staff and clients

• You have 3+ years of Colorado family law experience, including hearings, mediations and trials, and you can be trusted to run a matter without someone checking your work.

• You are a clear communicator who can explain a messy legal or financial situation to a scared, overwhelmed client in language they actually understand.

• You have real judgment. You know when to fight and when to settle, and you make that call based on what's best for the client, not your ego.

• You take ownership. A file with your name on it gets done right and on time, without anyone having to chase you.

• You work well with others. You collaborate easily with the attorneys, paralegals, and outside experts on a case, and you know good work is rarely a solo effort.

• You want to work in person, with a team, in Lakewood. Not remotely, not occasionally.

• You are admitted to the Colorado Bar and are in good standing.

About Company

The Drake Law Firm, P.C. is a full-service family law firm that focuses on divorce, child custody, child support, spousal maintenance, common law marriage, allocations of parental responsibility, post-decree modifications, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and protection orders. We often handle high-asset divorce cases, usually with more than $1,000,000 in assets, for clients who have multiple properties, one or more businesses, and diverse portfolios.