The origin story of Colorado Lawyer Team (COLawTeam) started in 2015, when Justie Nicol started her solo law firm, Nicol Law Offices. Since then, multiple team members, an entirely new practice area, and two partners have been added. What was once Nicol Law Offices is now COLawTeam, a full-fledged criminal defense and family law practice built to be the law firm of the future.
The current iteration of COLawTeam rolled out in 2019 when long-time colleagues and friends, Justie Nicol and Jennifer Gersch looked around at the legal community and realized partnering up was the way to go. Currently, we have an all-woman team by happy accident. But our partners know what it means to strive for work-life balance and flexibility in practice.
After all, our clients usually have jobs and can't work on their cases 8-5, so it's no surprise they call their lawyers office on weekends and evenings. Our COLawTeam phones are manned 24 hours a day for just this reason! Not only are Justie and Jenn working together now, but they've litigated cases together for about 15 years-all the way back to their Moot Court days at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
The current iteration of COLawTeam rolled out in 2019 when long-time colleagues and friends, Justie Nicol and Jennifer Gersch looked around at the legal community and realized partnering up was the way to go. Currently, we have an all-woman team by happy accident. But our partners know what it means to strive for work-life balance and flexibility in practice.
After all, our clients usually have jobs and can't work on their cases 8-5, so it's no surprise they call their lawyers office on weekends and evenings. Our COLawTeam phones are manned 24 hours a day for just this reason! Not only are Justie and Jenn working together now, but they've litigated cases together for about 15 years-all the way back to their Moot Court days at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
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Justie Nicol is a feisty, red-headed, nerdy, dog & toddler mom, with a variety of legal experience who's actually a PERSON (human first, then attorney) and who wants to GENUINELY HELP her clients.
Justie practices primarily criminal defense work but is also well-known for innovation, systems-design, and using legal tech to achieve great results for the firm and her clients.
Justie is often teaching other lawyers about tech stacks, guest-lecturing at local universities about animal law, teaching animal control officers how to testify and investigate, or giving webinars on law firm automation.
Justie practices primarily criminal defense work but is also well-known for innovation, systems-design, and using legal tech to achieve great results for the firm and her clients.
Justie is often teaching other lawyers about tech stacks, guest-lecturing at local universities about animal law, teaching animal control officers how to testify and investigate, or giving webinars on law firm automation.
I am passionate about my career and family and have never been the kind of person to take no for an answer.
Ever since I was a little kid, my dad always used to say "she's going to make a great lawyer" because I liked to argue constantly and MAYBE meant yes and NO meant I will try to negotiate in about 10 minutes and that should be a yes.
I am an only child and therefore didn't take NO as an answer ever.
This is good for my clients because you know I will not go down without a fight because I don't like the judge or DA telling me that word.
Ever since I was a little kid, my dad always used to say "she's going to make a great lawyer" because I liked to argue constantly and MAYBE meant yes and NO meant I will try to negotiate in about 10 minutes and that should be a yes.
I am an only child and therefore didn't take NO as an answer ever.
This is good for my clients because you know I will not go down without a fight because I don't like the judge or DA telling me that word.
For the past 5 years, Debby Spaulding has worked part-time as a legal assistant for Jennifer Gersch (Schneider).
When Jennifer decided to partner with Justie Nicol, she asked Debby to come along and be part of the dream team at Colorado Lawyer Team.
Besides working part-time as a legal assistant, Debby is also a nurse who specializes in pain management.
In her (not so abundant spare time) she also somehow finds time to travel, play golf and cook.
Debby is a lifelong learner and has loads of experience in interpersonal relationships.
When Jennifer decided to partner with Justie Nicol, she asked Debby to come along and be part of the dream team at Colorado Lawyer Team.
Besides working part-time as a legal assistant, Debby is also a nurse who specializes in pain management.
In her (not so abundant spare time) she also somehow finds time to travel, play golf and cook.
Debby is a lifelong learner and has loads of experience in interpersonal relationships.
Criminal Defense is a very broad term and can cover everything from petty offenses in municipal court all the way to serious felony matters in District Court.
The good news is we handle all of it.
We work to ensure clients have effective and efficient criminal defense no matter what level of offense they are charged with.
Because although it may not be a life or death case for us, it's still our client's lives and we care about their well-being!
DUI, DWAI, and traffic cases involve much more than going to court to represent yourself.
The good news is we handle all of it.
We work to ensure clients have effective and efficient criminal defense no matter what level of offense they are charged with.
Because although it may not be a life or death case for us, it's still our client's lives and we care about their well-being!
DUI, DWAI, and traffic cases involve much more than going to court to represent yourself.
Animals are part of our families.
We sleep in the same beds as our dogs.
We share our food with the cat.
Hell, we even have an #OfficeHorse (it's a real hashtag on Twitter, if you care to follow along).
So, it's only natural that we have dedicated a portion of our practice to animals.
Unfortunately, animals are often considered property in Colorado.
As such, our legal system isn't positioned to help them.
A skilled legal advocate in Greenwood Village and throughout Colorado is often the only way to get animals the help they (and their owners) need.
We sleep in the same beds as our dogs.
We share our food with the cat.
Hell, we even have an #OfficeHorse (it's a real hashtag on Twitter, if you care to follow along).
So, it's only natural that we have dedicated a portion of our practice to animals.
Unfortunately, animals are often considered property in Colorado.
As such, our legal system isn't positioned to help them.
A skilled legal advocate in Greenwood Village and throughout Colorado is often the only way to get animals the help they (and their owners) need.
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