You’ve built the experience. You know how to manage a case, command a courtroom, earn a client’s trust, and deliver when the stakes are high.
Now, what do you want the next chapter of your career to look like?
Tyson & Mendes is growing our Denver team, and we’re looking for an accomplished insurance defense litigator with 8+ years of experience who is ready for more. More leadership, more sophisticated work, greater autonomy, and a rapid pathway toward partnership
This isn’t simply another Senior Counsel position. It’s an opportunity for an experienced attorney who wants the resources and reach of a national firm without losing the connection and entrepreneurial feel of a smaller office.
Our Denver office offers something special: the feel of a boutique practice backed by the operational strength, resources, technology, and infrastructure of a national litigation firm.
You’ll report to an accomplished Regional Managing Partner who believes in mentoring talented attorneys, not micromanaging them. You'll have the support you need, the autonomy you've earned, and an opportunity to become an important part of the team's continued growth.
We handle sophisticated, high-value litigation where strategy matters.
Our attorneys aren't simply processing files. They're defending significant cases, advising clients through complex risk, developing winning strategies, and putting our nationally recognized Nuclear Verdicts® defense methodologies into practice.
Through our APEX methodology, Trial Academy, and proven approach to stopping Nuclear Verdicts®, we've built a litigation culture centered around preparation, strategy, collaboration, and winning.
If you love the intellectual challenge of a difficult case and want meaningful opportunities to lead; you'll find them here.
We believe great lawyers should have great tools.
Tyson & Mendes continues to invest heavily in state-of-the-art technology, AI-enabled legal resources, modern case-management systems, and innovative billing technology designed to help attorneys capture their time more effectively and reduce administrative friction.
We're not waiting to see how technology changes the practice of law. We're actively building for it.
For the right Senior Counsel candidate, we're looking beyond filling a position.
We're looking for someone with the leadership ability, litigation judgment, trial experience, and drive to become part of the future leadership of our firm.
If you've spent your career building the skills and reputation to operate at a high level, we want to give you the runway to use them.
8+ years of insurance defense experience and an active Colorado Bar license are required. Strong trial experience and demonstrated leadership are highly valued.
You don't need another job.
You need the right work, leadership, resources, technology, opportunity—and runway.
If you're ready to do serious work with a forward-thinking firm and explore a path toward partnership, we'd like to meet you.
Join Tyson & Mendes. Your next chapter could be your biggest yet.
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We’re one of the fastest-growing civil defense firms in the country—known for breaking the mold of the traditional law firm. Our dynamic, diverse team of trial attorneys delivers exceptional results, from landmark cases like Howell v. Hamilton Meats to numerous defense verdicts across the nation.
But we don’t stop at great legal work—we invest in our people. With specialized training in our proven defense methods, clear paths to leadership, and robust professional development, we empower attorneys to grow their careers, build their personal brands, and become leaders in the field.
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Tyson & Mendes’ goal is to achieve justice for all through innovation, collaboration, and outstanding service. Founded in 2002 by principal trial attorneys Robert Tyson and Patrick Mendes, we are an AV-rated litigation firm of 250+ attorneys across the U.S. specializing in defending insurers, corporations, and insureds in civil litigation. Tyson & Mendes represents clients throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. Our attorneys also serve clients in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.
We have handled some of the most contentious cases that have helped define insurance defense litigation and have earned a reputation for targeting the threat of and stopping Nuclear Verdicts® – runaway jury verdicts exceeding $10 million.
Our trial-only subsidiary, TM HALO®, is wholly dedicated to stemming the tide of Nuclear Verdicts®. Comprised of elite Tyson & Mendes defense attorneys with decades of courtroom experience, TM HALO® lawyers parachute in to manage the thorniest, highest-stakes cases.
We ensure our attorneys have the tools to achieve exceptional results and protect clients from excessive jury awards. Through programs like TM University and the Tyson & Mendes Trial Academy, our attorneys receive deep training on proven defense methods outlined in Founding Partner Robert Tyson’s best-selling book, "Nuclear Verdicts®: Defending Justice for All."
Our newest strategy, The Apex, builds on 20+ years of courtroom success and data from 100 Nuclear Verdicts®. Launched in 2025, it is a trial-proven framework to help defense teams recognize and break patterns in high-stakes litigation. The strategy is detailed in our forthcoming book, "Nuclear Verdicts®: The Apex – Break the Pattern," by Founding Partner Robert Tyson and National Managing Partner Cayce Lynch.
