legal — contract — Colorado Springs, Colorado · Hybrid Remote
Compensation: $45 - $65/hr · Contract to Full-Time
About This Role
Relevant Law is hiring a Legal Project Manager to serve as the analytical and operational lead for business advisory engagements across our Colorado Springs and Front Range practice. This is a substantive legal role — you analyze client situations, evaluate entity structures, identify governance gaps, and reason through multi-dimensional business problems alongside attorneys as an analytical partner. You are not executing tasks handed to you. You are diagnosing what the engagement actually requires, often before the client or the attorney has fully articulated it, and driving the engagement toward the right outcome using a combination of deep substantive knowledge and AI-augmented workflows. Every engagement you manage should begin with thorough diagnostic analysis, not assumption.
Responsibilities
Serve as the analytical engine for business advisory engagements across the Colorado Springs and Front Range market, working alongside attorneys to evaluate client situations, identify the right instruments and structures, and ensure every engagement begins with diagnostic analysis
Engage directly with business owner clients as a knowledgeable professional who can discuss entity selection, governance, commercial transactions, and business planning with substantive depth
Produce initial drafts of operating agreements, commercial contracts, corporate resolutions, and governance documents using AI tools, then critically evaluate all output for errors, inconsistencies, and strategic misalignments
Identify issues the client did not raise — recognizing when a formation engagement should also address succession planning, when a contract negotiation reveals governance gaps, or when entity structure does not support stated objectives
Manage the full lifecycle of business advisory projects from intake through completion using the Astra platform, coordinating attorney review, AI-assisted drafting, and client communications
Build and maintain AI workflows and prompt libraries specific to business advisory work, developing structured analytical processes that ensure consistency across engagements
Collaborate with estate planning, tax, and other practice area teams when engagements cross disciplines
Participate in client meetings as an analytical contributor — preparing substantive materials and raising the questions that surface issues clients have not considered
Requirements
J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school strongly preferred; candidates without a J.D. must demonstrate equivalent analytical depth through extensive experience evaluating legal instruments and structures in business law or corporate advisory contexts
Substantive command of entity types (LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, partnership, joint venture), operating agreements, corporate governance, and commercial contracts — understanding when each instrument is appropriate and how they interact
Familiarity with Colorado business law, state filing requirements, and regulatory environment preferred
Demonstrated advanced proficiency with AI platforms (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, CoCounsel, or equivalent), with the judgment to critically evaluate AI-generated output for legal accuracy and strategic alignment
Understanding of how business advisory matters intersect with tax planning, estate planning, and succession planning — recognizing when a formation question is actually a tax or estate planning question
Proven capacity to manage multiple complex engagements simultaneously with minimal oversight, maintaining quality, deadline discipline, and client communication standards
Communication skills sufficient to have substantive conversations with business owners about their legal and strategic challenges
Proven analytical problem-solving in business law contexts — the ability to identify when a client's request diverges from their actual needs and to redirect accordingly
What We Offer
Competitive hourly rate with defined path to full-time conversion as practice volume grows
Professional development budget including AI certifications, CLE, and continuing education
Hybrid remote work with periodic in-office collaboration in the Colorado Springs area
Access to enterprise AI tools and proprietary practice management technology
Opportunity to define a new role in legal services that integrates analytical depth, AI fluency, and genuine client advisory capacity
About Relevant Law
Relevant Law is a legal services brand used by independent law practices in Virginia, Colorado, and Washington. Lawyers provide advisory and transactional counsel to businesses, individuals, and executives. Each engagement has its own scope and fee terms; technology supports, but does not replace, lawyer judgment.