Service Areas: Denver, Greenwood Village, Metro, I-70, Northeast CO
The origin story of Colorado Lawyer Team (COLawTeam) started in 2015, when Justie Nicol started her solo law firm, Nicol Law Offices.
Since then, the firm has grown, tried a few new practice areas, and come back to what we do best.
What was once Nicol Law Offices is now COLawTeam, a criminal defense and animal law practice built to be the law firm of the future.
Early in her legal career, Justie Nicol looked around at the legal community and realized efficient use of technology and a feminine perspective could be strong pillars of a new type of law firm. Currently, COLawTeam is an all-woman team by happy accident. Our team knows what it means to strive for work-life balance and flexibility in practice. Many of us are parents, and we juggle many hats. We understand that our clients usually have jobs and commitments throughout the day, so they can’t be available for calls with their lawyers at the drop of a hat. So, it’s no surprise they call their lawyer’s office on weekends and evenings. Our COLawTeam phones are manned 24 hours a day for just this reason!
Call 970-670-0738 any time day or night to make an appointment to speak with an attorney.
Criminal Defense
COLawTeam founder, Justie Nicol, has been practicing criminal defense for many years, and she cut her teeth trying cases as a Deputy District Attorney and by working for the ACLU prior to that. In fact, Justie worked on class action lawsuits for the ACLU where she got to work closely with prisoners incarcerated in a for-profit prison to protect their constitutional rights. Justie has used this experience to build a criminal law practice and train all of our COLawTeam attorneys about how best to represent clients. Our attorneys have also worked as public defender overflow attorneys and have prepared as many as 18 trials for court on the same day. All of our COLawTeam attorneys realize that it is important to support our clients and their families, and have built whole defense teams of experts, investigators, social workers, mitigation specialists, and others who can help make sure that a criminal case isn’t the end of the world. Although there are several women who practice in this high-intensity area of law, there are not many women-owned/ women-led criminal defense firms with whole teams and networks available to clients to help them through their respective situations.
Colorado Lawyer Team is focused on doing what’s best for clients holistically, and not just pleading your case out to move onto the next one as quickly as possible. Being women, our attorneys generally tend to be more empathetic to a client’s problems, more creative in their solutions, and more persistent in court.
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Animal Law & Replevin
Our attorneys are comfortable in court and in front of a judge, and animal cases are where that experience and our passion meet. Colorado law treats pets like property, but we know they’re family. We don’t just dabble in animal law. We teach it, including training prosecutors and police on these cases.
We defend clients facing animal cruelty, neglect, hoarding, and dangerous dog charges, and we help owners get their animals back through replevin when an ex, roommate, family member, or rescue won’t return them.
Please note: We do not handle housing discrimination, service animal, or emotional support animal (ESA) issues, or landlord-tenant and housing disputes of any kind.
How We Can Help You!
Getting an Experienced Attorney to Handle Your Case Can Create Peace of Mind
Your legal team should not treat you as a number or just a file full of papers. Our clients get personalized attention every step of the way. They can book an update call any time they want by using our automated calendaring system. Our phones are manned 24 hours a day. Our office staff supports every client, so even if your attorney isn’t available, someone on our team will be.
We aren’t just looking to cash in on your case. For example, we don’t want to just plead your case out at the first hearing and move on to the next case or client in our practice. We meet with clients regularly, both virtually and in person, to make sure we’re meeting their expectations. As a firm, we’re committed to Access to Justice and are excited to offer alternative fee arrangements, including interest-free payment plans on most criminal defense cases. We often field client questions that have very little if anything to do with their cases but are vitally important to their lives and well-being. That–and more–is why we are proud to say many clients have chosen to refer their friends and family members to us.
Your Case is Not Less Important Because You Have Less Money to Spend on an Attorney!
We understand the value of hard work, and our time representing folks suffering financial hardships helped to shape Colorado Lawyer Team’s financial policies. We are proud to say we help those who cannot afford high-priced lawyers (hint: higher legal fees do not mean better lawyers). By going with the Colorado Lawyer Team, we can keep costs down, and we utilize the most recent technology to stay in close communication with our clients. We also offer external financing for several types of flat fee cases and we are always looking for ways to make quality legal representation more affordable for our clients.