Family Law Associate

Jobot; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Jobot in Phoenix seeks a Family Law Associate with 2+ years of experience to work on complex divorce matters with a team that emphasizes growth and mentorship. The role offers a hybrid schedule and permanent placement within a boutique practice known for its board-certified specialists and active appellate and negotiation practice.

Responsibilities include drafting, discovery, hearings, and trial preparation, with exposure to business valuation and community property issues.

Qualifications

• Active Arizona bar license in good standing (or eligible to waive in promptly).
• Minimum 2 years of family law experience, ideally in Maricopa County.
• Knowledge of Arizona community property, spousal maintenance, child support guidelines.
• Drafting pleadings, discovery, motions; handling hearings and orders.
• Exposure to complex matters like business valuation and retirement division.
• Clear, calm client communication, sound judgment, and the discretion these cases demand.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with partners on sophisticated family law matters.
• Draft pleadings, disclosures, discovery, and motions.
• Assist in temporary orders hearings and evidentiary hearings.
• Contribute to high-asset divorces and appellate work.
• Support business valuation and complex property division issues.

Skills

Arizona bar license

Family law experience

Drafting pleadings

Job description

Family Law Associate

$140000 - $200000 per year | Phoenix, AZ | Hybrid | Permanent

Family Law Associate, Phoenix | 2+ yrs | Train with board certified AAML Fellows on complex divorce work

A bit about us:

We are a Phoenix family law boutique on the Camelback corridor, and family law is all we do. Every one of our name partners is a Certified Specialist in Family Law through the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a group of roughly 1,500 lawyers nationwide. Our partners have been named Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" in Phoenix for both Family Law and Family Law Mediation, serve as Judges Pro Tem of the Maricopa County Superior Court, and have chaired the Maricopa County Bar Family Law Board and the State Bar's Family Law Advisory Commission. The practice centers on complex divorce, business valuation and community property disputes, premarital agreements, custody and post decree matters, appeals, mediation, arbitration, and parenting coordination.

Why join us?

This is a seat for a lawyer who wants to get genuinely good at family law, not just get through a caseload. You will work directly with partners who teach the CLEs other Arizona family lawyers attend, and one of them sits on the AAML's national mentorship committees, so developing associates is something we take seriously. Expect real responsibility on sophisticated matters: high asset divorces with business valuation questions, contested parenting time, premarital agreements, and appellate work, with hands on drafting, discovery, hearings, and trial preparation. It is a small, focused team where your work is seen, your judgment is developed, and a path toward board certification is part of the conversation.

Job Details

• Active Arizona bar license in good standing (or eligibility to waive in promptly)
• Minimum 2 years of family law experience, ideally in Maricopa County family court
• Working knowledge of Arizona community property, spousal maintenance, child support guidelines, and legal decision making and parenting time
• Comfortable drafting pleadings, disclosure, discovery, and motions, and handling temporary orders hearings and evidentiary hearings
• Exposure to financially complex matters (business valuation, tracing, retirement division) is a strong plus
• Clear, calm client communication, sound judgment, and the discretion these cases demand
• Thrives in a small, partner led team where you own your files and contribute directly

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.