Mortgage Compliance & Loan Servicing Attorney

Overview

This in-house legal role provides broad-based legal support across mortgage and financial services business lines, banking partners, and operational departments. The attorney will serve as a legal generalist, advising leadership on corporate governance, commercial transactions, litigation strategy and oversight, mortgage origination and loan servicing matters, banking compliance, employment law, intellectual property, risk management, and the direct supervision of paralegal staff.

Responsibilities

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 with 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, including loan sale and purchase agreements, secondary market transfers, and financing arrangements.
• Ensure third-party vendor contracts conform to organizational 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

• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

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

• Attorney I: 1–3 years of corporate, contractual, financial services, or general civil legal practice.
• Attorney II: 3–6 years of experience advising corporate clients on contract law, mortgage/banking compliance, employment matters, litigation management, or general corporate affairs.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Equal consideration is given to candidates meeting the stated education, licensure, and experience requirements.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Ranges

• Mortgage Compliance & Loan Servicing Attorney I: $95,000 - $125,000 per year
• Mortgage Compliance & Loan Servicing Attorney II: $125,000 - $155,000 per year
• Mortgage Compliance & Loan Servicing Attorney III: $155,000 - $200,000 per year
• Plus benefits, depending on experience.

Benefits (for eligible employees)

• 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 and Long-Term Disability and Supplemental insurance
• Option to participate in a retirement plan
• Paid time off (PTO)

Location

• Corporate Region – Colorado Springs, CO
• 7450 Campus Drive, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
• Remote status considered, but not preferred

Additional Information

• Position Type: Full Time
• Job Shift: Day
• Exempt Status: Non-Exempt (I) / Exempt (II/III)
• Travel Percentage: None

Equal Opportunity Employer

The employer is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates are considered equally regardless of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information, or veteran status. Reasonable accommodation is available to enable qualified applicants and employees to complete the application process and/or perform the essential functions of the job, when necessary.