General Attorney

Position: General Attorney (I / II / III)

Department: Legal

Reports to: Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

Location: 7450 Campus Drive, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (Onsite)

Exempt Status: Exempt 

Job Status: Full Time

Compensation & Benefits: Salary Ranges:
• General Attorney I: $90,000 - $110,000 per year
• General Attorney II: $110,000 - $135,000 per year
• General Attorney III: $135,000 - $155,000 per year
Plus benefits, depending on experience.

Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC d/b/a Mortgage Solutions Financial (“MSF”) offers a comprehensive benefit package and PTO (paid time off) for eligible employees. The benefit package includes Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, options to participate in a Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Life and AD&D coverage, voluntary Supplemental Life, voluntary Short-Term, Long-Term Disability and Supplemental insurance. In addition, eligible employees have the option to participate in a company retirement plan.

MSF Mission Statement

MSF is a national mortgage lender based in Colorado Springs. MSF strongly believes every client should be served with integrity, dignity, and respect.  Without compromise, MSF is committed to providing loans that are in the best interest of our clients, not our bottom line.  We will continue to educate the community by empowering our clients to make responsible and informed fiscal decisions that result in greater financial peace of mind.

Role Overview

Responsible for delivering versatile, broad-based in-house legal support across all MSF business lines, banking partners, and operational departments. Serving as a true legal generalist, this position advises leadership on general commercial transactions, litigation management, mortgage originations, loan servicing, banking compliance, labor and employment matters, intellectual property, risk management, and direct supervision of paralegal staff.

Essential Duties

General Legal Counsel & Corporate Governance

• Identify and analyze legal issues relevant to lines of business, Human Resources, intellectual property, corporate governance, and general operational risk. 
• Provide daily legal advice and research to managers and supervisors across internal business units to guide operational decisions. 
• Assist in preparing corporate resolutions, policies, and internal governance standards. 
• Prepare and deliver periodic legal updates and risk briefings to executive leadership

Mortgage Operations, Loan Servicing & Banking Compliance

• Provide operational legal guidance on mortgage origination, primary and secondary loan servicing, default servicing, warehouse lending, and banking operations.
• Monitor and advise on compliance with federal and state financial services laws and regulations, including CFPB rules, RESPA, TILA, HOEPA, ECOA, FCRA, GLBA, and AML/BSA guidelines.
• Advise business units on regulatory examinations, licensing maintenance, state banking department audits, and consumer complaint resolution.

Litigation & Dispute Management

• Oversee and manage consumer, commercial, employment, and mortgage-related litigation, arbitrations, and administrative disputes.
• Direct outside legal counsel on active litigation strategy, discovery, case reserves, and settlement negotiations.
• Manage internal e-discovery, litigation holds, subpoena responses, and record production workflows. 

Contract Drafting & Negotiation

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts, software vendor agreements, non-disclosure agreements, lease agreements, and service contracts. 
• Structure, draft, and negotiate complex financial services transactions, loan sale and purchase agreements, secondary market transfers, and financing arrangements.
• Ensure third-party vendor contracts conform to MSF standards and regulatory requirements.

Paralegal & Legal Team Management

• Directly supervise, mentor, and delegate operational tasks to paralegals, legal assistants, and regulatory support personnel. 
• Oversee legal workflow distribution, quality control on file preparation, and performance evaluations for direct legal support staff.

Employment & HR Legal Support

• Advise Human Resources on employment law matters, wage and hour issues, employment agreements, non-competes, and internal HR policies.
• Assist in reviewing employee dispute claims, administrative filings, or workplace accommodation requests.

General Duties

All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

Education & Licensure

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school required.
• Active state bar admission required, with the ability to obtain licensure in Colorado (via reciprocity or limited in-house counsel licensing).

Experience Level Requirements

• General Attorney I: 1–3 years of corporate, contractual, financial services, or general civil legal practice. 
• General Attorney II: 3–6 years of experience advising corporate clients on contract law, mortgage/banking compliance, employment matters, litigation management, or general corporate affairs. 
• General Attorney III: 6+ years of versatile in-house counsel or transactional experience handling complex corporate agreements, litigation management, financial services regulatory governance, multi-department counseling, and direct paralegal supervision. 

Core Skills & Substantive Knowledge

• Broad legal expertise spanning commercial contracting, mortgage origination/servicing compliance, financial services regulation, litigation oversight, and HR/employment law. 
• Direct experience managing paralegals, legal assistants, or legal support teams. 
• Proven ability to act as a pragmatic legal generalist in a fast-paced mortgage and financial services environment.
• Strong legal research proficiency (LexisNexis/Westlaw) and document drafting capability. 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills. 
• Ability to handle a wide range of concurrent legal matters with high precision and confidentiality. 

Physical Requirements 

• Stationary position; prolonged periods at a desk and working on the computer.
• Occasional movement about inside the office to walk to offices and office machinery.
• Occasional lifting up to 10 pounds, must be able to push, pull, pull up, bend at the knees and waist, twist body at the waist, raise and hold arms overhead, turn head-neck-shoulders as needed, grasp and hold tools and other items with hands, for either extended periods of time or many times throughout the workday.

Equal Opportunity Employer

MSF is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates for employment are considered equally and no distinction is made on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information, or veteran status. MSF is also committed to providing qualified applicants and employees reasonable accommodation, when necessary, to enable the individuals to complete the application process and/or perform the essential functions of the job. An applicant and/or employee requiring reasonable accommodation to perform any essential job function, should contact Human Resources.