South Carolina Real Estate & Litigation Attorney, Independent Counsel (Remote)

Blue Peak Ventures Real Estate • SC, SC

53d • $100,000 - $125,000 • Remote

About The Position

Blue Peak is seeking an entrepreneurial South Carolina attorney to serve as Independent Counsel through a law practice the attorney independently owns or manages. This is a long-term, high-trust legal-services relationship between Blue Peak and an independent law practice. The attorney will serve as counsel to Blue Peak for the agreed scope of South Carolina work, working directly with the Founder & CEO, and alongside the business operations manager, transaction coordinator, acquisitions representatives, and field operations representatives. The role involves handling the legal work behind active acquisitions, including quiet title actions, partition actions, evictions, deed preparation and recording, title and ownership analysis, lien and payoff issues, and disputes arising from estate and heir-property transactions. Blue Peak will set business priorities and share necessary facts, while the attorney retains independent professional judgment over legal advice, strategy, staffing, representation decisions, and ethical compliance. The final agreement will define the represented Blue Peak entity/entities, scope, conflicts procedures, fees, expenses, term, and termination rights. Prior real-estate law experience is not required; candidates with strong experience in employment law, personal injury, civil litigation, creditor-side work, commercial disputes, or other high-volume, deadline-driven practices are encouraged to apply, provided they possess sound judgment, strong writing skills, comfort with litigation, the ability to learn quickly, and a genuine interest in complex real-estate matters.

Requirements

• South Carolina attorney in good standing.
• Approximately 3-5 years of progressively responsible legal experience.
• Experience handling demanding files, managing deadlines, writing clearly, and exercising sound judgment.
• Comfortable using technology, documentation, and automation to improve legal work.
• Ability to work directly with a founder and operating team, communicate legal advice without jargon, manage tension, and remain calm under pressure.
• Litigation capability, including managing filings, hearings, disputes, court and opposing-party communications.
• Ability to distinguish legal risk from noisy issues and provide clear, responsible options.
• Demonstrated ability to own a difficult matter, practice improvement, or process problem from start to finish.
• Willingness to travel across South Carolina when court, closing, property, or in-person requirements call for counsel’s presence.
• Commitment of prioritized, responsive capacity to Blue Peak's matters for the agreed term and scope.

Nice To Haves

• Prior real-estate law experience.
• Background in employment law, personal injury, civil litigation, creditor-side work, commercial disputes, foreclosure, title, or a comparable practice.
• Experience on the creditor side in foreclosure, collections, or bank-side litigation.
• A conventional firm pedigree.
• An advanced degree.
• Prior real-estate-law title experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on active Blue Peak matters, including acquisitions, distressed and off-market transactions, deeds, notices, title or ownership issues, transaction documents, foreclosure-related matters, and other issues within the agreed scope.
• Handle or coordinate dispute and court-facing work, including assessing legal risk, preparing or managing filings, correspondence, hearings, and time-sensitive matters, and traveling across South Carolina when required.
• Support transaction execution by coordinating with closing attorneys, title parties, courts, notaries, counterparties, and specialists to identify and address legal issues, missing documents, and decision points.
• Build practical legal processes by recommending and developing matter-intake standards, templates, checklists, document controls, escalation rules, and legal-status reporting.
• Identify the need for specialist support, determine when a matter falls outside the agreed scope or requires specialist counsel, and coordinate approved specialist involvement.
• Maintain appropriate legal-service boundaries, including protecting client confidentiality, preserving privilege, managing conflicts, and keeping legal advice separate from business coordination.
• Represent Blue Peak exclusively, without advising or representing heirs, sellers, or other counterparties.

Benefits

• Total annual value of $100,000-$125,000 for the agreed base scope of work.
• Separate compensation for work outside the agreed scope (litigation, hearings, closings, specialist coordination, urgent matters, etc.) under an approved fee schedule or written matter authorization.
• Travel reimbursement.
• Defined engagement period with renewal options.
• Opportunity to keep own practice and work directly with the Founder & CEO.
• No billable hour targets.
• No scattered caseload across unrelated practice areas.
• Predictable caseload.
• Substantive work on complex real-estate matters.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed