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Tess Hand-Bender is a litigation associate with Reilly Pozner LLP. Tess focuses her practice on complex civil litigation. Prior to joining Reilly Pozner, she was a law clerk to the Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The previous year, she served as law clerk to the Hon. Philip A. Brimmer of the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. In these clerkships, Tess gained valuable research and writing experience – as well as exposure to diverse areas of civil and criminal law. Tess earned her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she often received the highest or second-highest grades in her courses and was a member of Order of the Coif, which recognizes scholarship. She was a research assistant to two professors and submissions editor for the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law. Tess holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa and departmental honors, from Stanford University. Between college and law school, Tess was a legal assistant in a solo criminal defense office in San Francisco. After this experience, she knew she wanted to become the kind of litigator who uses her skills to excel in the courtroom.

Terri Harrington  has received the 2016 and 3017 Super Lawyer award. and has been a litigation attorney for over 35 years.   She has  dedicated herself to  conflict resolution since 1997 and Collaborative Law since 2001.  She specializes in helping couples divorce in an amicable manner. She is a dedicated mediator who helps couples reach full agreement and helps them with the divorce paperwork.   She  teaches non adversarial communication, peacemaking for lawyers and mediation skills.  Terri has the  highest peer review rating for both legal ability and ethical standards with Martindale Hubbell and believes she was put on this earth to help families.  She is very knowledgeable about family law but also about conflict resolution and is a trained conflict coach and mediator.  She  provides unbundled legal services so that her clients get only the help they need in the most efficient way.. Terri has served as President of the Colorado Collaborative Divorce Professionals for two years, as President of the Metro Denver Interdisciplinary Committee, and President of the Rocky Mountain Collaborative Law Professionals. She has been a  board member of the family law section executive council for over 8 years.. Terri is a frequent speaker at the University of Colorado Law School, the Family Law Institute and the collaborative law organizations.. Terri has served as a guardian ad litem for many children and has represented thousands of parents.. Areas of practice include: Family Law, domestic disputes, child support, custody, parenting time, children, visitation, domestic partnerships, prenuptial agreements, collaborative divorce, high net worth divorce, modifications of parenting time and child support, contested divorce, uncontested divorce, legal separation, divorce mediation, mediation, and collaborative practice.

Terence Ridley focuses his practice on civil litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of class actions, personal injury, employment, and environmental matters.  He has defended numerous bad-faith claims made against insurance companies, resolved multimillion-dollar bad-faith life insurance class actions, and defeated numerous attempts to certify class actions against insurance companies.

Tayo Okunade is an experienced attorney who handles litigation matters for clients across a number of industries.  He has appeared before state and federal courts, including administrative courts.  In his multidisciplinary practice he has litigated cases involving employment discrimination, probate disputes, franchise disputes, breach of contract, and other business disputes.  Tayo also counsels clients on a variety of contracts, restrictive covenant agreements, employee handbooks, severance and separation agreements, and a number of other business and employment-related matters.  Tayo's practice extends to counseling U.S. companies and non-governmental agencies (NGOs) looking to expand their operations globally on issues related to employment agreements, memorandum of understandings, breach of contract, and other business-related matters.

Taylor Jordan is an Attorney who focuses on representing clients in divorce, child support, spousal maintenance, and other family law matters. Taylor’s practice is driven in part by her ability to connect and empathize with clients while providing the experienced counsel they need to navigate turbulent times.. Taylor grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and was inspired at a young age by her mother, who is also an attorney, to pursue a career that would allow her to help and advocate for people facing difficult situations. Her passion for advocacy, compassionate approach, and own personal experience as a child of divorced co-parents made focusing on family law a natural fit.. In her practice, Taylor prides herself on providing quality representation by educating clients about the complex legal process, advising them on the best routes to achieve desired outcomes, negotiating settlements when possible, and defending their interests in court when necessary. She believes it’s important for attorneys, especially those in family law, to wear many hats and she values her role as advocate, advisor, and support system for clients facing major turning points in their lives.

Tammy Westerberg's practice focuses on a wide range of commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts. She has represented clients from Fortune 500 companies to small business entities and individuals in securities actions, employment disputes, corporate governance matters, contract and partnership disputes, and internal investigations.

Tamara Trujillo began practicing elder law and joined Chayet & Danzo, LLC in December 2009.  She works in the areas of elder law, contested guardianships and conservatorships, complex estate litigation, probate administration, and estate planning.  Ms. Trujillo is also an adjunct professor in Elder Law at the University of Colorado School of Law with Marco Chayet.. Ms. Trujillo is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys where she is an incoming Director, a member of the Guardianship Steering Committee, a past chair of the Steering Committee for the New and Transitioning Attorney's Section, and a member of the Trends Committee.. Ms. Trujillo is also a member of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law and Trust and Estate Sections.  She serves on the Elder Law Section Executive Council.  She is also a member of the Denver Bar Association. She also volunteers for Metro Volunteer Lawyers.. Ms. Trujillo received her Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University School of Law where she was active in the Trial Advocacy Program, the Client Counseling Program, the Volunteer Income Tax Program and assisted clients through Valparaiso's Low Income Taxpayer Clinic.. Ms. Trujillo earned her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University.  She grew up in the Denver area, graduating from Colorado Academy, and now resides in Parker, Colorado with her husband and two daughters.  She enjoys running, horseback riding, reading, and traveling.

Symons & Ratner, LLC is an estate planning and estate administration firm that provides compassionate and personalized legal services. Amy practiced in large firms before founding her own firm and now is grateful to partner with Julie D. Ratner and Janelle Duncan to provide estate services to clients in a much more intimate environment.

Suzanne was born in a cabin in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. She comes from a fifth-generation Colorado family, with a background in community, family, environmentalism, business, alternative dispute resolution and academia. She has studied and worked from Colorado to Vermont, Paris to Alaska, San Francisco to Seattle, earning her bachelors chemistry and biology from Fort Lewis College, her law degree from Seattle University School of Law and Masters in Science and Law from Vermont Law School.. Suzanne has spent most of her life in Colorado and Alaska, practicing law, building businesses, engaging community, helping people build better lives. Her fundamental philosophy is that life can be wonderful, often it takes deep work, but the journey is better made when taken with innovative perspective, strength, integrity and diligence. To that end, she works closely with clients to understand the context of their lives and needs to help them determine their goals and arrive at their destinations with as much potential and resilience as possible.. Suzanne has owned and operated multiple businesses and is committed to the innovative use of entrepreneurship. She has worked with individuals, corporations, educational organizations and business incubators to help people bring their best ideas to successful fruition.. Suzanne’s legal experience started in 1993 when she worked for the best environmental lawyer in Colorado for two years in Denver. The firm amassed multimillion dollar judgments and settlements for Colorado citizens, helping to clean up Colorado. She moved to Alaska where she eventually opened her own law firm, keeping Alaska wild and its citizens safe. She worked on land use cases, native issues, domestic issues, business development and more. She won two cases before the Alaska Supreme Court securing both land use provisions and the ability for litigants who work for the common good to recover attorneys’ fees.. Suzanne then moved her growing family to the northern most tip of Alaska where she represented the North Slope Borough, a local government that covered 90,000 square miles with an annual budget of $360,000,000. NSB territory included remote Alaskan villages as well as the Prudhoe Bay oilfields and the Artic National Wildlife Reserve. She helped the NSB navigate issues including regulations, capital projects, facility upkeep, housing, human resources, healthcare, risk assessment and was the point person for all municipal contracting. Yes, she did get to fly around in helicopters and planes to visit the villages and residents, count bowhead whales, and experience the polar ice cap. She saw multiple polar bears and walrus, snowy owls and caribou.. After five years Suzanne moved back to Colorado and reopened her law firm representing people in business, domestic issues and community organizing. She eventually was offered an amazing job in the San Luis Valley directing a burgeoning nonprofit land trust to build its wildlife and regenerative agriculture program. This land trust was funded by a historic hot springs that served 27,000 day visitors a year, which she also managed.. From there Suzanne was hired by the Western Colorado University’s Masters in Environmental Management Program to teach business and nonprofit development, leadership and collaboration, environmental law and more. To facilitate this, She was provided with a gorgeous 350 acre ranch along the Tomiche Creek where the mission was to build enterprise around regenerative agriculture, green building, renewable energy and wildlife. For their masters projects, her students developed the programs that built the new non-profit Coldharbour Institute.. In Fort Collins, for three years Suzanne served family law clients with the highest of legal services, including complex financial, business and child related issues. Her thirty years of experience allowed her to help her clients navigate a better future.. In her 40 years of legal and business experience, Suzanne has represented diverse groups of clients in Colorado and Alaska. She is dedicated to helping build a healthy, positive, diverse and joyful future for all of us.. Family, wilderness, and community engagement feed Suzanne’s soul.

Steven was raised in the Denver area and has spent most of his life in Colorado.  He graduated from Colorado State University at which time he became a deputy sheriff with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.  As a sheriff's deputy he started to recognize the injustices against those accused of committing a crime.  The system always seemed to be stacked against them.  He decided to leave the sheriff's office to attend law school to support the rights of those accused.  Mr. Franger graduated Cum Laude from Thomas M. Cooley in Lansing Michigan.  After graduation he returned home to begin his new commitment to support and fight for the rights of the accused.  Since then, he has represented clients from charges of DUI to murder.. Mr. Franger's commitment to his clients is unmistakable.  He displays this by personal attention to the case and to his clients.  He is usually the one who answers the firm's phones and is available 24 hours a day.  Steven also recognizes that being accused of a crime can be an uncertain and scary situation for both the client and their family, which most people have not planned for.  This is why Mr. Franger offers flexible payment plans for his clients.. Areas of Practice:100% Criminal Defense. Bar Admissions:. Colorado, 2007. Education:Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MichiganJ.D.Honors: Cum Laude. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, ColoradoB.S.

Steven Murray is an experienced attorney in employment law, civil rights, and trial practice. Steven’s legal experience has been virtually exclusively devoted to practicing private and public sector employment and civil rights law, representing clients in jury trials, litigation, and appeals before federal and state, trial and appellate courts, and in federal, state, and local government agency proceedings. This experience includes representing employees, supervisors, managers, executives, professionals, applicants, former employees, professional entities, and employers.. Steven Murray, as lead trial counsel, has successfully represented clients in all phases of employment and civil rights cases. In civil rights actions, Steven represented prevailing individuals in multiple and consecutive jury trials before the United States Court for the District of Colorado-achieving verdicts in favor of employees, applicants, and former employees, against private sector employers, the United States Government, and the City and County of Denver. He has represented prevailing public sector employees before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and government agencies, including the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the United States Foreign Service Grievance Board, and the Career Service Board for the City and County of Denver.. Prior to opening this practice, Steven Murray served as a Senior Trial Attorney with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Steven represented the EEOC in civil rights cases before United States District Courts in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Arizona.. Prior to serving with the EEOC, Steven Murray practiced as an employment and civil rights attorney. Steven worked as a private practitioner, law firm partner, and lawyer for a public sector labor organization attorney in Denver, and served as a law firm attorney and labor organization lawyer in Washington, D.C.. Steven Murray received a Masters of Laws degree in Employment and Labor Law from the Georgetown University Law Center. Steven received a Juris Doctor degree from the Saint Louis University School of Law, where he served on the Saint Louis University Law Journal. He has written published articles addressing public and private sector employment and labor law, political patronage and First Amendment issues in public sector employment, and constitutional law--the articles appearing in the DePaul Law Review [Lead Article], Saint Louis University Law Journal, and Government Executive Magazine [co-author]. Steven Murray is admitted to practice law in Colorado, the District of Columbia, and Illinois [inactive]. Steven is admitted to practice before United States District Courts for the District of Colorado, and the District of Columbia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth, Federal, Third, and Fourth Circuits. He is a member of the Denver Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.

Steven Mandelaris’ practice focuses on litigation and appeals involving the defense of police officers, sheriffs, and governmental officials in disciplinary actions in state, federal, and administrative courts throughout Colorado. Mr. Mandelaris’ practice also focuses on complex civil litigation involving workers’ compensation, first and third party insurance coverage, personal injury, wrongful death, dram shop liability, criminal defense, and actions for divorce, custody, and the modification and enforcement of judgments in domestic relations cases. Mr. Mandelaris has litigated cases throughout Colorado involving catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, and insurance bad faith and had tried numerous cases to verdict.

Steve represents and advises individuals, small businesses, and financial institutions in all facets of commercial and real estate litigation. He has managed cases from the pre-litigation stages through trial in both state and federal courts. Steve excels in assessing clients' risks and liabilities and identifying the most effective and efficient methods of resolving disputes.. Steve attended DePaul University College of Law where he also gained invaluable experience as an intern for the Honorable Jack B. Schmetterer of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois and with the Office of the U.S. Trustee. During law school Steve also served as a Rule 711 licensed law student with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services advocating for indigent clients in the areas of Family Law, Bankruptcy, and Guardianships.. As a Colorado native and outdoor enthusiast, Steve enjoys spending time with his family any chance he gets in the great outdoors.

Steve Kelso's extensive jury trial experience enables him to strategically develop pending matters with an eye toward effective trial presentation.  Mr. Kelso's practice focuses on defending complex commercial disputes, particularly ones involving franchises.  Mr. Kelso has successfully represented franchisors in various state and federal courts, before administrative agencies, and on appeal.  He also has defended national companies in commercial, product liability, labor and employment, intellectual property, personal injury, and insurance coverage disputes.. Before joining the firm, Mr. Kelso served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps.  While in the Air Force, he tried over 30 jury trials and served as lead trial counsel and supervising attorney on the Air Force's most complex jury trials.

Stephen Whitmore is the leading partner of the firm’s Civil Litigation Practice and the Denver Metro Office. Having practiced law for more than 30 years, Steve has successfully litigated hundreds of cases in state, federal, and administrative courts.. Steve handles cases involving commercial litigation, contract disputes, landlord and tenant matters, collections, foreclosures, replevin actions, construction defects, mechanic’s liens, and more.. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants, and his clients have included banks, management companies, lenders, construction companies, car dealers, small businesses, and individuals.

Stephen W. Wahlberg is one of the founding partners ofWahlberg, Woodruff, Nimmo & Sloane, LLP, the leading personal injury and medical malpractice law firm in the State of Colorado. Mr. Wahlberg received his B.A. degree from The University of Colorado at Boulder and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1981.. Mr. Wahlberg can take credit for some of the largest settlements and verdicts in Colorado and is experienced in auto accident, motorcycle accident, train crash, plane/aviation crashes, medical malpractice, elevator/escalator claims and catastrophic personal injuries.. Mr. Wahlberg is the co-chair of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Auto Litigation Committee and serves on the Board of Directors for CTLA. Mr. Wahlberg has been selected by his peers in the Best Lawyers in America for the personal injury division, and recently, he was named in 5280 Magazine’s second annual list of the top lawyers in Denver for 2016. He is also the immediate past president of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an elite group of trial lawyers who have 20 or more trials. Mr. Wahlberg’s acceptance in Best Lawyers in America and The American Board of Trial Advocates was based on a vote of opposing attorneys and co-counsel. Mr. Wahlberg has also received the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum based on his jury verdicts.

Stephen is an associate with Kelly & Walker. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, employment law, and appellate advocacy. While attending the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Stephen served as an intern with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as an editor of the Denver Law Review.. Aside from being an accomplished attorney, Stephen is also an avid singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is also professionally involved in the Minoru Yasui Inn of Court and local bar associations.

Spencer is an experienced trial attorney who specializes in employment and disability law. His practice also includes contract and business litigation. While working for a prominent defense law firm in Colorado, Spencer litigated cases throughout the United States and was one of Chipotle’s trial attorneys in a high stakes, multi-million dollar lawsuit. His wide breadth of experience is valuable in advising his clients, developing strategies, and navigating lawsuits. Spencer is a fearless advocate who works tirelessly to ensure that his clients’ goals are met.. Spencer’s disability practice focuses primarily on working with Deaf, and deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Spencer’s employment practice focuses on discrimination claims involving age, race, gender, sex and disability discrimination. Spencer’s employment practice also includes wage and hour claims including claims for unpaid minimum wage, overtime, and rest/break periods. His litigation experience includes cases before juries, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD).. Spencer was born with a profound hearing loss. When Spencer was six, he lost his hearing in his left ear; thus, he has unmatched personal knowledge of the legal issues that are related to hearing loss. Nonetheless, through the use of a cochlear implant and hearing aids, Spencer has excelled as a trial attorney. He is one of three individuals, in the history of the DU Law School, to receive the prestigious “Directors Award” for his work as a leading member of the National Trial Team. He takes pride in ensuring that all of his clients have an opportunity to be heard.. Spencer is involved with several charities in the Denver area. He is the co-founder of The Smile and Nod Project, a non-profit that is dedicated to bridging communication barriers for those with hearing loss. He also a member of Denver Active 2030 Children’s Foundation, which donates over a million dollars per year to at-risk youth in the Colorado community.

Special Counsel for The Harris Law Firm, John H. Tatlock handles complex litigation and appeals for Colorado family law cases. John is a highly skilled trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience representing clients in federal and state courts and before arbitration tribunals on complex litigation matters ranging from mass torts, product liability claims, securities enforcement actions, fraud, breach of contract, and other significant commercial disputes.  John was also twice selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer.  In addition, he has represented private equity funds in fund formation, mergers and acquisitions of portfolio companies, and corporate governance issues.. After graduating from Wichita State University with a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, with University Honors in Political Science, John held a four-year Teaching-Research Fellowship in Political Science at the University of Iowa, where he earned his Master’s Degree.  Following active duty in the Air Force, John was Director of Testing and an Instructor in Political Science at Wichita State, where he administered all of the University’s testing programs and taught Statistics to Political Science graduate students.. John then became Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston, before being hired by a large multinational oil company in Houston, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the Public and Governmental Affairs departments.  In those assignments John advised senior company management on legislative and public policy matters of concern to the company and represented the company on legislative matters and in key trade associations.. John and his family moved to Denver in 1985 where he attended the University of Denver College of Law, receiving his J.D. degree in 1988 and joining the Denver office of Kirkland & Ellis that same year as a litigation associate.  After Kirkland closed its Denver office in 1996, John joined some of his Kirkland colleagues at a litigation boutique, later moving to the private equity group at Arnold & Porter, then returning to litigation at McKenna Long & Aldridge’s Denver office.. John is a member of the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations, and has made presentations at CLE programs on depositions, civil litigation, trial tactics, and is the author of articles relating to civil litigation topics.  John has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. District Courts for Colorado and Arizona.  He is active in the Colorado Lawyers Committee and is a co-chair of itsTask Force on Denver Public Schools. In 2010, John joined theCBA Professionalism Coordinating Council, which promotes and assists in the development of professional standards among jurists and attorneys is also a Master Member of the Doyle Inn of the Court and a current member of the Board of Trustees of the YMCA of Metropolitan Denver. In May of 2011, the Colorado Lawyers Committee honored John by naming him the organization's "Individual of the Year"for his longstanding leadership in, and commitment to, the Denver Public Schools task force which closely monitors school closures, enrollment, and school restructurings within Colorado's second largest school district.. In 2011, John presented a CLE regarding businessvaluationdivorce cases at Patterson, Nuss,and Seymour, and  was selected for membership in the Doyle Inn of Court as a “Master,” an attorney with more than 13 years experience in active practice.. John and his wife Laurie live in Denver and have two daughters, both of whom are graduates of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Erin lives and works in Denver, and Beth, who currently lives in Park City, Utah, works for the U.S Ski and Snowboard Association.  John follows Major League baseball as a Rockies season-ticket holder, skis, runs, and lifts, while trying to stay current on politics, elections, and world events.

Small but scrappy. This description could be describing me or the small businesses and startups I represent. I'm a Denver based lawyer/mediator creating quality, affordable, and comprehensive legal solutions to help my clients reach their peak. I cut my teeth on employment law when I left law school. My career has grown in law firms and in-house. I've represented small businesses, the most populous county in the United States, and an up and coming media company. I have mediated cases in some of the busiest courthouses in the U.S.  In my career, I have found I'm happiest when I'm helping startups and small businesses find solutions that are right for them.

Skilled attorney with 35 years of experience representing clients in resolving complex commercial disputes through litigation, arbitration, mediation and settlement. Trial practice includes significant background of federal and state cases in trade secrets, non-competes, securities, banking and finance, fraud, fraudulent conveyances, real estate disputes, business torts and business divorces, and employment agreements. Skilled and experienced in federal and state court and jury trials, arbitrations, and other evidentiary hearings such as preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order hearings, in addition to vast experience in mediations. Best Lawyers: Commercial Litigation (2012 – 2024); Colorado Super Lawyers: Business Litigation (2009 – 2024); Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent (1999 – present).

Since opening her own firm, dedicated to the sole practice of criminal defense, Shannon D. Roy has provided quality representation for clients whose liberty is on the line. Ms. Roy has spent her entire career building a recognized reputation for positive results. Prior to opening her own firm, Ms. Roy spent more than 5 years at a Denver law firm, whose focus was criminal defense, zealously advocating for clients who were charged with various crimes, ranging from misdemeanors such as Driving under the Influence and Third Degree Assault, to serious felony charges like Kidnapping and First Degree Murder.. Ms.  Roy has extensive trial experience, and has conducted trials for individuals charged with assault, sexual assault, theft, and first degree murder, to name a few. Ms. Roy knows that an aggressive approach is necessary when results matter. Ms. Roy’s aggressive approach has led to many cases being dismissed prior to trial, such as Kidnapping and Felony Drug Possession.. Ms. Roy was named as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the field of Criminal defense in 2016 and 2017 and Top 40 under 40 Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2017. Ms. Roy has also been recognized by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys for Top Ten Attorneys for Client Satisfaction. Ms. Roy is a current member of the Denver Bar Association, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers Association, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.  Ms. Roy is licensed to practice in Colorado and The United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Since I started practicing law in Colorado in 2000, I have focused my practice on estate and tax planning and probate and trust administration.  I am committed to furnishing individuals and families with a wide range of estate, charitable, and transfer tax planning advice to achieve their legacy goals.  I also advise individual and professional fiduciaries regarding the legal, tax, and ethical issues arising in the context of estate and trust administration.

Since graduating from Drake Law School and passing the bar in 2003, I practiced law for 12 years in Minnesota - initially at a law firm where I successfully represented Fortune 500 companies, managing their accounts receivable, and then for 10 years on my own, concentrating in bankruptcy and estate planning matters.  After moving to Colorado in 2015, I have spent the last 2 years in the financial service industry at Fidelity Investments and JP Morgan Chase, passing my Series 7, 63, and 66 exams, and acquiring my Colorado Insurance Producer's License.  Recently, I have reopened my law practice to focus on bankruptcy and estate planning cases here in Colorado, with plans to either join an existing financial advising firm or affiliate with a registered investment advisor to provide comprehensive financial advising services.. My goals since opening my law practice in 2005 have always remained the same: provide compassionate and competent representation to people and small businesses who are either struggling financially or require strategic guidance concerning their financial affairs.  My job is to empower clients by educating and informing them of their options, guiding them through difficult and complex financial decisions.  My representation can be comprehensive in nature - I can help people get a fresh start by navigating them through the bankruptcy process, or I can put together a holistic estate plan for clients, which includes drafting the legal framework necessary to take care of their estate matters and incorporating independent and meticulous advice as a financial advisor, ultimately helping people choose investments that compliment their estate plan.. Specialties: Bankruptcy, estate planning, and wealth strategies and protection

Since earning his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Attorney Joseph VanLandingham has practiced in several areas of the law. Today, his own practice – VanLandingham Law – focuses on family law cases. Motivated by a desire to help others, Mr. VanLandingham represents clients in their challenging family matters, adapting his legal skills to fit each client’s unique needs. He offers legal services for cases that involve divorce, child custody, adoption, guardianship, alimony, and a variety of other matters.