We’re looking for a highly motivated, creative, and collaborative mid-level associate attorney to join our transactional practices. This role is for a lawyer who enjoys sophisticated deal work and wants to apply transactional skills across a broad range of projects involving airports, real estate and mixed-use development, transportation systems, infrastructure, construction, energy, rail and transit, public finance, public procurement and project delivery, and land development. The ideal candidate brings strong commercial instincts, excellent judgment, and a desire to take ownership of complex matters. The work is sophisticated, varied, collaborative, and rarely routine.
The position is designed for a true general transactional associate who will initially develop a strong foundation across the Firm’s deal-oriented practices rather than being confined to a single narrow lane. Depending on expertise, this mid-level associate would be placed in our Real Estate, Projects, or Airports Practice Area and would be based in Denver. The associate will have the opportunity to work on a range of project development, real estate, infrastructure, procurement, construction, financing, and commercial matters, gaining exposure to different client types, transaction structures, regulatory issues, and industry contexts. Over time, and in collaboration with Firm leadership, the associate will be expected to transition toward a more defined industry or practice-area focus based on demonstrated strengths, client needs, and professional interests.
Why consider us?
Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm gives associates the opportunity to take on meaningful responsibility early, build strong client relationships, and grow professionally through work that is both challenging and impactful.
We are a fast-growing national specialized law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in airports, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, rail, transit, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. While the Firm is loosely organized into primary practices areas, we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work that engages us beyond the boundaries of traditional legal disciplines, and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all our practice areas.
Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” we are proud to be recognized both for the quality of our work and for the opportunities we provide associates to learn, develop meaningful expertise, and build long-term careers. Our associates receive substantial responsibility, direct client contact, and a clear path toward partnership.
You will stand out from other candidates if you have one or more of the following:
All candidates must have achieved a law degree from an accredited law school and be admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (CO, NY, or CA, preferred).
Position details: This is a full-time position to be located in Denver, CO. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. This position requires periodic travel for client meetings, industry conferences, and opportunities to visit with colleagues in other Firm offices. The salary range is $172,000 - $190,000 commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible PTO, and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs. We are currently working in a hybrid environment, which may allow for remote work as business needs allow.
The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, marital status, military status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Kaplan Kirsch is a national law firm with a practice focused on solving problems that involve environmental, infrastructure, land use, public lands, real estate development, and transportation law. The Firm represents local governments, individuals, corporate clients, and organizations in complex and controversial projects that are often subject to intense public scrutiny and involve the intersection of private and governmental interests. The Firm has a reputation for crafting innovative solutions to high-risk and seemingly intractable problems involving the complex interplay of varied disciplines of law.
Our attorneys have been counsel to a wide variety of public agencies across the nation, represented public interest organizations in high-profile environmental litigation, served as government counsel at the highest levels of federal and local government, and represented a wide range of clients on cutting-edge compliance issues. Our attorneys have a national reputation as handling some of the largest and most sophisticated public infrastructure projects, including Brownfields redevelopment, airports, highways, and urban transit systems.
The Firm's offices in Denver, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, enable the Firm to represent clients in matters throughout the country. The breadth of the Firm's practice includes active representations in almost half the states at any one time.
