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Homeowner Justice Attorney

Community Economic Defense Project

Remote$90k / year (est.) Posted 9d ago
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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 The Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) is a Colorado-based nonprofit. Launched in 2020 as the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, our organization was formed to keep our neighbors housed during the pandemic. Working with clients, we built a deeply integrative 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 68,000 low-income Coloradans across 54 counties, distributing more than $280 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 the White House and HUD in 2022-2023, think tanks like 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. Homeowner Justice Attorney Attorney Role CED Law, the legal arm of CEDP, includes both a tenant legal services team and a homeowner legal services 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 a reputation and trust with those we serve. At the same time, foreclosures, predatory lending practices, and abusive practices by mobile home park owners continue to threaten low- and moderate-income homeowners across Colorado. We are building more capacity to take the offensive on behalf of our clients through our affirmative litigation practice. This practice focuses on strategic, high-impact litigation on behalf of consumers statewide.  In this role, you will: * Bring affirmative litigation on behalf of low-and moderate-income homeowners and mobile homeowners. Representative matters may relate to abusive lending practices, mortgage servicing errors, sales of defective mobile homes, exploitative mobile home park owner practices, fair housing issues, title disputes, HOAs, and other topics. Clients may include individuals or classes of individuals who have experienced substantially the same harms  * This practice stems directly from CED Law’s defensive work, as we seek to vindicate the rights of low-and moderate-income homeowners’ to prevent loss of property from foreclosure, mobile home lot eviction, and replevin actions  * Cases may be litigated using state and/or federal consumer protection law, real property law, state and/or federal fair housing law,  Colorado’s Mobile Home Park Act, and other statutes as appropriate * Work as part of a team or as lead attorney, depending on the case, to successfully litigate claims in state and/or federal court through all stages of litigation, from complaint through resolution. This may include motion practice, fact and/or expert discovery, depositions, and trial, as well as mediation and/or informal settlement negotiation. Applicants should expect that this role will have the natural ebbs and flows of litigation and demand flexibility to meet those ebbs and flows  * Set and complete case goals identified by supervisors and/or in partnership with supervisors  * Meet for weekly check-ins with direct supervisor and for All Firm and team meetings * Coordinate across CEDP to ensure timely tracking and reporting of case completions  * Attend 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 also personal management  * Fulfill other duties as required The successful candidate will have: * Excellent organizational, time management, interpersonal communication, and legal writing skills  * A supportive, client-focused, and creative mindset  * The ability and desire to give and receive feedback with the goal of continual skills and professional development for self and colleagues  * Demonstrated passion for social and racial justice, underpinning a commitment to fighting for the rights of vulnerable communities  * A strong desire to work in a collaborative, rapid-change environment centered on social justice and equity, while being a part of building something new  * Willingness and ability to travel within Colorado to serve clients effectively Position Requirements * Admission or eligible for admission to the US District Court for the District of Colorado  * Admission to or eligible for admission to the Colorado State Bar (current admission preferred)   * 2+ years of litigation experience at a non-profit organization, government enforcement agency, legal services provider, or private law firm, with a strong preference for candidates with experience in mortgage servicing, predatory lending, consumer protection, fair lending, bankruptcy, civil rights, housing justice or other relevant litigation * Demonstrated passion for social and racial justice  * Robust research and drafting capabilities  * Strong desire to center client and community needs  * Excellent interpersonal communication skills  * Knowledge of MS Office suite, CLIO, Google Suite desired. * Other language skills not required, but are a strong plus and are eligible for an additional stipend * Interest in or experience with class actions or other multi-plaintiff litigation is a plus Additional Details:  * The position includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), and 401(k) * This position is remote, but will require occasional in-person work for meetings, witness and/or other case development, and court appearances * A competitive base salary of $90,000 a year, if hybrid or in-person there is a $1,000 per year hybrid employee salary adjustment * 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 October 2, 2026 * The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by October 9, 2026 * CEDP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard of 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

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