What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Law Litigator position at Castle Law?
FT Family Law Litigator
The Role:
Castle Law is seeking an experienced family law attorney with a record of success litigating complex cases, including matters that address complicated financial assets and high-risk issues for children. Our ideal candidate shares our mission to help good people overcome extraordinarily difficult challenges. For the right candidate, we are open to both hybrid and remote work.
About Castle Law:
We are a fast-growing firm in Phoenix, Arizona that focuses its practice specifically on families, offering high-conflict expertise in both juvenile or family law courts. Our family law legal team is seeking a highly strategic and versatile litigator, who has mastered the rules of evidence and the discovery process to drive litigation effectively…but who can also lean into mediation when it best serves a client and family.
Why Join Castle Law:
- You desire leadership that focuses on results and empowers teams – no micromanagement
- You like flexibility in both when and where you work…when you meet expectations
- You value strong mentorship provided from a 20 year family law litigator and mediator
- Support of a skilled legal support team would help you be more effective and successful
- You’re a team player looking to enjoy, and contribute to, a healthy, drama-free culture
- You’re looking to build a long-term career in a well-respected, fast-growing family firm
- We provide 100% of your medical, dental, and vision benefits for attorneys & families
- Your retirement plans would benefit from participation in our matched 401K
- Generous PTO and holidays
The Job:
- Set effective overall legal strategy for matters and adjusting/adhering as needed
- Draft quality family law pleadings, including dissolution, orders of protection, pretrial statements, enforcement, modification, paternity, discovery, disclosure
- Prepare for and deliver excellent deposition results
- Craft and organizing effective exhibits for hearings
- Leverage mediation opportunities to best serve clients’ needs
- Collaborate and leverage skilled, valuable experts and providers
- Draw best-case testimony out of witnesses, experts, providers, and parties
- Engage with opposing counsel professionally while strongly advocating for clients
- Interact respectfully with all team players and court personnel
- Provide honest and thoughtful assessments to clients across their matters
- Document matter work accurately and ethically
- Communicate with clients timely about changes in their matter
- Listen and empathize with clients while offering cand
Pay:
Total Compensation: $175,000
Salary : $175,000