Homeowner Defense Attorney

About the Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) & CED Law 

Our mission

We partner with low-income and working people to build economic and racial equity. We do this by confronting economic abuse and investing in community wealth. We use an ever-evolving set of legal, economic and advocacy tools to challenge and dismantle unjust systems, building quickly towards a world where all people have what they need to live and thrive. 

Our Organization

Working with clients, we built a deeply integrated approach to eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness prevention that centers the legal and financial needs of housing-insecure families and uses a variety of tools to keep them housed. 

Our team now serves more than 1,000 people per month, bringing together housing lawyers, economists, data analysts, policy-experts, organizers, and technologists to serve our clients. We have served more than 50,000 low-income Coloradans across 45 counties, distributing over $200 million in emergency assistance. We have also contributed to the passage of major legislation to prevent eviction, stop economic abuse, and make credit and life-saving medication cheaper.  CEDP’s model has been cited as a best practice by White House, HUD, the Urban Institute, and in the media.

Building on our work to stop evictions, CEDP has further expanded its integrated services model to include disaster response, predatory towing, debt collection, benefit access & navigation, long-term rental assistance, and homelessness response. Similar to CEDP’s work on rental housing, these efforts offer a continuum of care that includes navigation and advisory services, targeted payments, legal support, and the ability to participate in advocacy. 

More about the Homeowner Defense Attorney Role:

CED Law currently consists of an Eviction Defense team and a Homeowner Defense team, and is continuing to expand the services offered to tenants and homeowners in Colorado. We have grown into an important pillar in the housing community by establishing reputation and trust with those we serve. At the same time, foreclosures in Colorado continue to skyrocket across Colorado each month.

To manage the significant increase in demand for our services, CED Law seeks an additional Homeowner Defense Attorney to coordinate cases, as well as to set, meet, and track goals.

In this role you will:

• Work on public trustee foreclosure, judicial foreclosure, mobile home owner eviction defense, tangled title, and replevin, loan servicing violations, and other defensive and affirmative cases protecting homeownership, maintaining a consistent caseload of 10-20 active cases
• Set and complete case goals identified by supervisors or in partnership with supervisors
• Coordinate across CEDP to ensure timely tracking and reporting of case completions
• Maintain a regular schedule of hearings, court appearances, and conferences based on case requirements
• Interact with and present to partners across the organization to serve clients efficiently and effectively
• Prepare and present on homeowner and mobile homeowners rights to groups of clients, partners across the organization, and partner organizations across the state
• Complete required documentation for both case tracking and personal management
  

Position Requirements: 

• Colorado Bar Admission and JD
• 2 years' experience in housing law, real estate, bankruptcy, lending, litigation or related law and litigation experience
• Ability to, once trained, manage a significant homeowner defense caseload by performing the above tasks primarily on their own, with support as needed from supervisors
  
• Demonstrated passion for social and racial justice
• Robust research and drafting capabilities
• Strong desire to center client and community needs
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to travel within Denver Metro area and surrounding areas
• Ability to succeed working in a hybrid work environment (a home office set up will be provided by the firm along with access to our office space in downtown Denver)
• Strong organizational abilities
• Knowledge of MS Office suite, CLIO, Google Suite desired
• Other language skills not required but are a strong plus and eligible for additional stipend
  

Additional Details: 

• Candidates must reside in Colorado, ideally within the greater Denver Metro area. The position includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), and 401k
• A competitive salary grade of $90,000 per year 
• Employees who utilize two languages or more at work are eligible for a $2,000 salary differential per year added to the salary grade listed above.  Language assessment will be conducted by the organization as a requirement to receive the differential
  
• All employees receive a technology stipend of $720 per year
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but must be received by January 10th, 2025
• The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by January 31st, 2025
• As in-person work is sometimes required, all employees at CEDP & CED Law are expected to maintain current vaccination status in keeping with CDC recommendations.
• CEDP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Salary : $720 - $90,000