Assistant Attorney General (MLB- Bankruptcy)
State of ColoradoAbout the role
Posting number: LAA-9080-5/2026
Department: Department of Law
Job classification: NON-CLASSIFIED
Posting type: Open
Categories: Legal, Attorney
Summary
The Revenue & Regulatory Law Section is seeking an attorney to join its dynamic and collaborative legal team. This is an opportunity to litigate and provide general counsel legal services in challenging areas of law that frequently present novel legal questions. Attorneys in the Section address a wide variety of interesting and complex issues. The selected attorney will handle a diverse caseload of significant administrative, licensure, and disciplinary actions, primarily for the
The Revenue & Regulatory Law (R&R) section of the Colorado Department of Law is seeking a dynamic and committed Assistant Attorney General to join the Marijuana, Liquor and Bankruptcy (“MLB”) Unit In this role, you will address a wide variety of interesting and complex legal issues of significant importance to the State of Colorado primarily in bankruptcy and state court.
WHO WE ARE
The Office of the Attorney General/Department of Law is the "People's Lawyer." The Attorney General, Phil Weiser, was elected by the people of Colorado and is the State's chief lawyer and law enforcement official. Our vision for the Department of Law is: "Together, we serve Colorado and its people, advancing the rule of law, protecting our democracy and promoting justice for all." Our core values and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, drive our actions and demonstrate our focus on being principled public servants who are innovative and better together.
Visit our website to learn more: https://coag.gov/.
Examples of duties
The MLB Unit is one of 10 units in the R&R section. The R&R section represents state regulatory agencies, including the Department of Revenue, the Department of Regulatory Agencies, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Local Affairs. R&R is the largest section in the Department of Law, comprised of approximately 125 team members who tackle a diverse array of legal challenges for nearly 100 state agencies, boards, commissions, and divisions.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
The Marijuana, Liquor & Bankruptcy (MLB) Unit offers the opportunity to practice the bankruptcy and tax collection aspects of the Unit’s work. This attorney will work with the bankruptcy team advising all state agencies when a bankruptcy matter arises that impacts the agency. The issues typically include collection issues, consumer protection issues, environmental issues, the inability to discharge criminal restitution, enforcement of regulations when a regulated entity files for bankruptcy protection and others. The bankruptcy lawyer will work in close collaboration with the subject matter experts and other bankruptcy attorneys on topics including: bankruptcy compliance, scope of bankruptcy discharges, the automatic stay, bankruptcy claims, and prosecution or defense of adversary proceedings and contested matters.
The attorney will also advise the Colorado Department of Revenue in tax enforcement both in and out of bankruptcy cases. This advice includes defending tax claims in bankruptcy courts under Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13; advice regarding the dischargeability of taxes owed by debtors; defending the Department in adversary proceedings and contested matters; bankruptcy compliance; and advice regarding obtaining warrants and effectuating tax seizures and sales for nonpayment of trust fund (sales, excise and other) taxes owed to the Department.
The attorney will be part of a team that represents the state in the matters described above, but will be expected to take primary responsibility for the attorney’s own cases, with increasing responsibilities over time.
The attorney’s responsibilities may also include any of the following:
Independently handle litigation, negotiation, and hearings on behalf of clients represented by the Unit, the R&R Section and the DOL;
Litigate matters that require immediate action;
Provide training to DOL attorneys and/or client representatives and staff.
The attorneys on our team represent our clients’ interests in a variety of settings, including federal bankruptcy court and state court. The position is primarily a bankruptcy law practice, with some practice in Colorado District Court.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple attorney positions in the Revenue & Regulatory Law section.
Salary Note: The Department of Law uses a wage progression compensation model. Although a salary range is listed, salary
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