DescriptionAtlanta Family Law Group (AFLG) is a fast-growing, values-driven firm representing high-intent clients in complex divorces, custody, legitimation, and high-asset matters. We're obsessed with client experience, courtroom excellence, and measurable results-and we're hiring an Experienced Family Law Associate to help us win the right way.
Why Join AFLG- Serious Cases, Serious Support - Handle sophisticated matters (children, businesses, retirement assets, alimony) with a dedicated paralegal/legal assistant, strong intake, and modern tools.
- Clarity + Momentum - Clear goals, reasonable billable expectations, and weekly scorecards so you always know what "winning" looks like.
- Growth Path - First-chair opportunities, mentorship, business development coaching, and a path to lead/mentoring attorney for the right performer.
- Real Client Impact - We center empathy and advocacy-firm but fair-with communication standards that set clients at ease and keep cases moving.
Our Core Values (and how you'll live them)- Creativity - Craft strategies that fit the family and the facts: smart settlement frameworks, clean exhibits, persuasive visuals, and efficient motion practice.
- Winning - Pursue outcomes with discipline: tight pleadings, focused discovery, crisp hearing/trial work, and purposeful negotiating.
- Empathy - Explain options in plain English, set realistic expectations, and keep clients proactively informed (no dark gaps).
- Preparedness - Show up court-ready: organized files, deadlines met, witnesses prepped, remedies preserved.
- Integrity - Practice with professionalism and candor-internally, with clients, and with the court.
Compensation & Benefits- Competitive salary plus transparent bonus plan tied to production, quality, and client satisfaction.
- Medical/Dental/Vision, 401(k), PTO, paid holidays; CLE/bar dues covered.
- Training development budget (trial skills, financials, mediation).
- Hybrid flexibility with defined core hours; modern office resources.
- Real vacation: we plan coverage so you can actually take it.
How to ApplySubmit your resume, a short cover letter describing your best family-law win (and why it mattered to the client), and one writing sample (brief or motion; redacted). Please include your earliest start date and compensation goals.
ResponsibilitiesWhat You'll Do• Own a litigation docket (contested/uncontested divorce, custody/visitation, child support, legitimation, TPOs, post-judgment).
• Lead client strategy from intake to resolution: case plans, discovery, depositions, mediation, hearings, and trial.
• Draft and argue motions, briefs, and orders; prepare financial affidavits, equitable division analyses, and parenting plans.
• Collaborate with your team to maintain stellar client communication.
• Mentor junior team members when helpful; contribute to improving our SOPs and checklists.
• Uphold deadlines, ethics, and courtroom decorum; represent the firm's reputation with pride.
What Success Looks Like Here• Matter plans executed on schedule; no preventable deadline misses.
• Clients feel heard and informed; complaints are rare and resolved quickly.
• Smart settlements were achieved where appropriate; confident, prepared litigation when not.
• Consistent quality work product; professional feedback from judges/mediators/opposing counsel.
• Meets/Exceeds clear production and client-experience KPIs (shared in interview).
QualificationsWhat You Bring• Georgia Bar in good standing with 5+ years of focused family-law litigation (more is welcome).
• First-chair experience in hearings/mediations.
• Excellent writing and courtroom advocacy; strong financial acumen for support/equitable division.
• Organized, proactive communicator who partners well with paralegals and clients under pressure.
• Comfort with practice tech and curiosity to improve systems (templates, checklists, workflows).
