Criminal Defense Attorney

HFF; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 58,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth coaching

Mentorship program

Benefits package

Flexible hours

Job summary

HFF in Westminster, CO seeks a junior internship attorney to manage and improve daily operations while supporting criminal defense tasks. The role emphasizes mentoring peers, meeting deadlines, and applying governance standards to client work.

This internship offers growth coaching, mentorship, and clear hours controlled by the intern. The base pay ranges from $58,000 to $82,000, reflecting a structured program with development opportunities and real-world responsibilities at a local Westminster

Qualifications

• Patience to mentor without taking over.
• History of improving general processes.
• Ability to read a room you’ve never been in before.
• Bias toward action balanced with patience.
• Junior-caliber judgment about when to escape and when to absorb.

Responsibilities

• Keep HFF's Westminster, CO site running while improvements ship underneath.
• Close the loop on every Westminster request you touch.
• Trade quick wins for mentorship-focused fixes when the math favors patience.
• Meet established deadlines while upholding HFF quality standards.
• Apply Relativity and Corporate Governance to solve day-to-day operational challenges.
• Execute core Criminal Defense Attorney duties with accuracy and consistency.
• Field curveballs from Westminster clients without losing the thread.
• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch.

Skills

Mentorship

Process improvement

Reading room dynamics

Bias toward action

Judgment under pressure

Job description

On any given day, the Criminal Defense Attorney at HFF juggles Creativity and Criminal Law, and somehow makes both look deliberate. The right goal-oriented candidate will own outcomes, mentor peers, and earn $58,000 - $82,000 in this junior internship position.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep HFF's Westminster, CO site running while improvements ship underneath
• Close the loop on every Westminster request you touch
• Trade quick wins for mentorship-focused fixes when the math favors patience
• Meet established deadlines while upholding HFF quality standards
• Apply Relativity and Corporate Governance to solve day-to-day operational challenges
• Execute core Criminal Defense Attorney duties with accuracy and consistency
• Field curveballs from Westminster clients without losing the thread
• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch

What You'll Bring

• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• A history of leaving general processes better than you found them
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• An empowering bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• Junior-caliber judgment about when to escape and when to absorb

HFF earns its keep by making general predictable, a team-oriented promise it has quietly kept across CO. We give junior hires room to fail small so they can later succeed big on general work.

We set the base at $58,000 - $82,000 and build outward with growth coaching, a mentor, benefits, and hours you genuinely control.

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