The five best law firms in Fort Collins
By: Dustin Pokorny
The era of COVID-19 has caused unrest among the United States and even the individuals of Fort Collins. This uneasiness combined with stores and bars slowly reopening is sure to lead to an increase of crime, divorce, and injuries with members of the community finally leaving their houses from quarantine. It is for this reason that if a situation like this occurred to you, the best legal advice will be easy to find as these five firms go above and beyond to protect you and your rights as each has fantastic reviews from organizations such as the BBB Accredited Businesses and Expertise.
- Wick & Trautwein, LLC
The Wick & Trautwein Law Firm is based in Fort Collins featuring a brick and mortar in Windsor but can meet clients throughout northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. Being quite a big firm, Wick & Trautwein specialize in personal injury, insurance law, business law, estate planning and probate, family law, real estate, and construction law. This is a firm based off of experienced lawyers, one of which is Robin L. Wick, who has studied law for 45 years after going to law school at the University of Denver. It is this experience along with multiple awards, such as the 10 best in client satisfaction from the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys in 2017 and the Expertise best car accident attorneys in Fort Collins in 2018. One can expect experience and professionalism when choosing Wick & Trautwein.
2. Nicol Gersch Petterson Law
The Nicol Gersch Petterson Law Firm is located in Fort Collins but is willing to travel throughout the Colorado Springs area to meet their clients needs. This criminal defense firm specializes in domestic violence cases, driving under the influence cases, and post-conviction relief. What separates this firm from others is the fact that all three attorneys are females, in Justie Noel, Jenn Gersch, and Brandi Petterson. Being an all female firm gives each of these lawyers a unique perspective to add to cases they take on. A former client, known as MB, described their experience with Petterson, saying she, “...has a comforting bedside manner, an eye on reality, and the ability to treat clients like human beings. It was a tough war to fight but I’m sure glad I had her on my side.”
3. Fort Collins Family Law
Fort Collins Family Law is located, as one would expect, in Fort Collins. This firm is one that specializes in domestic issues such as family law, divorce, wills and trusts, adoption, and child custody. Seeing as this firm only has one brick and mortar location and deals with the very serious issue of families, it is imperative to them that a hands-on approach is taken to each case as well as each client being given personalized attention. These are a must when the firm is small as each client has a deeper effect on the firm’s success as a whole. All of this has correlated to numerous awards such as the premier top 10 ranking from The National Academy of Family Law Attorneys. Fort Collins Family Law should be regarded as the go-to option for domestic law issues.
4. Mac Hester Law
The Mac Hester Law Firm is located in Fort Collins but also serves clients in Northern Colorado, Denver, and Boulder. This firm specializes in personal injury cases and is proud to have an A+ Better Business Bureau rating. What seperates this firm from many others is the passion behind becomming a lawyer for one of their attournys, Mac Hester. Holly Hester, wife of Mac and office manager at the firm, described this saying, “When he [Mac] read To Kill A Mockingbird he was touched by Atticus Finch and wanted to stand up against racism and defend the rule of law.” In the current times of a global pandemic and civil rights movement, a lawyer who cares about more than just winning is something that is vital for Fort Collins.
5. Jorgensen Brownell & Pepin
The Jorgensen Brownell & Pepin Law Firm has offices located in Broomfield, Longmont, and Loveland. This firm describes themselves as an ‘all-purpose” as they specialize in everything law from arbitration to criminal defense to intellectual property. It is here where Jorgensen Brownell & Pepin separate themselves from other firms as they have expertise in so many forms of law that one can expect legal advice for just about everything. On top of this, each of their practice areas have specific legal advocates which specialize directly in said area, giving the client numerous options when it comes to picking an attourny. Saying this, however clients still feel as though they are treated as if it was a small firm, like former client M.H. who described the office saying, “Stephanie greeted me today. What a fantastic person to have at the front desk. She was friendly, kind, and very informative. Keep up the great work Stephanie! You rocked!”
Each of these firms is running as usual in face of the COVID-19 dilemma and due to their combined experience should be the first choice for those in the Fort Collins area in need of legal help.
