Senior Family Law Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

Are you an accomplished Family Law Attorney ready to take your practice to the next level? At Halligan LLC, we believe family law is about more than legal strategy, it's about helping clients navigate some of life's most challenging transitions with confidence, clarity, and exceptional advocacy. We are seeking a Senior Family Law Attorney with 10+ years of family law experience who thrives in the courtroom, enjoys mentoring others, and is passionate about delivering outstanding results for clients.

This is an opportunity to join a highly respected and collaborative family law firm where your expertise, judgment, and leadership will have a direct impact. You'll lead complex domestic relations matters from initial consultation through resolution, while working alongside a dedicated team that values excellence, compassion, and innovation. Halligan LLC offers a hybrid work environment, significant bonus opportunities, unlimited PTO, comprehensive benefits, and ongoing professional development. If you have a trusted paralegal you'd like to bring with you, we're open to building the right legal team together.

Benefits & Perks
- Unlimited PTO
- Hybrid work environment
- Comprehensive medical, disability, and life insurance with employer contribution
- Firm-paid CLEs and annual family law conference attendance
- Significant bonus opportunities based on billable hours and client origination
- Opportunity to bring an existing paralegal, subject to mutual fit and interview process
- Quarterly team-building events and firm-sponsored activities
Collaborative culture with talented professionals committed to excellence
Compensation:

$175,000 - $240,000 yearly

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them navigate emotionally challenging situations with professionalism, empathy, and sound judgment
• Stay current on developments in Colorado family law and apply emerging legal strategies and best practices to client matters
• Maintain compliance with court rules, procedural deadlines, and firm standards while effectively managing a busy caseload
• Develop and execute strategic litigation and settlement plans tailored to each client's goals and circumstances
• Mentor and collaborate with associate attorneys, paralegals, and support staff to ensure exceptional client service and case outcomes
• Serve as lead counsel in court hearings, trials, mediations, settlement conferences, and negotiations
• Lead complex family law matters from initial consultation through settlement, trial, or final resolution, including high-net-worth divorce, custody disputes, and complex property division cases
• Provide exceptional client counseling and guidance through emotionally complex legal matters
• Mentor junior attorneys and legal staff while contributing to a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated success handling contested hearings, mediations, settlement negotiations, and family law trials
• Experience with high-net-worth divorce, business valuations, asset tracing, custody disputes, parenting issues, and spousal maintenance matters
• Must reside within the Denver Metropolitan Area and be available to appear in court as required
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active, good-standing membership with the Colorado Bar
• Strong organizational and case management skills with the ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
• Exceptional legal writing, negotiation, and oral advocacy skills
• Ability to build trust with clients while navigating highly sensitive and emotionally charged situations
• 10+ years of family law experience with substantial experience handling complex domestic relations matters
• Strong leadership abilities with experience mentoring attorneys, paralegals, or legal staff
• Collaborative mindset and desire to contribute to a positive, high-performing team culture

About Company

Why You’ll Love It Here

We know that top-tier talent has options. Here is why you should choose us:

• Impact over Bureaucracy: We are a lean, mean, advocacy machine. Your ideas won't get lost in three layers of management.
• The A-Team Culture: We’ve built a culture where we work hard together to get results & actually have fun while doing it. We take our cases seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously—expect a collaborative environment where we celebrate wins as a team.
• Competitive Compensation: A base salary that reflects your expertise, plus a performance-based bonus structure that actually rewards your hustle.

Ready to Change the Game?

If you’re a powerhouse who wants to be more than just a name on a door, we want to hear from you.

Applicants not based in Colorado will be immediately disqualified.