About Craig
Craig Valentine built a career around legal questions that touch family life. He studied human relationships before he studied the law, completing undergraduate work in marriage, family and human development at Brigham Young University and then earning a law degree from Washington University School of Law. Those academic choices shaped the shape of his practice.
He entered private practice soon after law school. His earliest listed position was as an associate at The Carey Law Office in 2007. He spent the following years in associate roles, including a stint at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP beginning in 2010. By 2016 he had moved into a leadership role as managing lawyer at Norton Frickey P.C., a step that expanded his responsibilities beyond casework to include supervising other attorneys and handling firm operations.
In 2020 Valentine became managing partner at Modern Family Law. That move placed him at the head of a firm whose name signals its subject matter. Across his career he has balanced courtroom work and client counsel with the administrative demands of running a practice. Colleagues describe him as steady under pressure and attentive to procedural detail.
Valentine is licensed to practice in Colorado. His background—an undergraduate degree tied to family studies and years working at firms whose names and structures suggest family-law practice—has oriented him toward cases that involve personal relationships and household transitions. He handles the litigation and negotiation that accompany divorce, parenting plans and related financial issues, but he also spends time advising clients on practical choices during settlements and court proceedings.
His trajectory shows a lawyer who moved from associate-level assignments into roles that require both legal judgment and management skill. As a managing lawyer and then managing partner he has overseen case strategy, client intake, and the mentorship of junior lawyers. Those duties sit alongside client representation, so his days mix court appearances, drafting, client meetings and firm administration.
Outside the office he participates in professional circles in Colorado. That participation keeps him connected to the procedural and statutory developments that shape family law in the state. He currently practices at Modern Family Law, where his work centers on family law matters including divorce, child custody and related financial and parenting issues.
