Areas Outside Our Scope
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911, 988, or your county crisis line.
Please note:
- We do not handle emergency situations or walk-ins.
- We do not guarantee a response to every request for assistance.
- You may have deadlines; you could lose the ability to act on a legal claim as time passes.
- We are not able to advise you on these deadlines.
Spot a problem that we should know about? Email contact@disabilityjustice.co.
We do NOT respond to the following requests, even if disability-related:
- Any issue for a person who already has an attorney working on the same issue
- Any issue or problem not directly related to a disability
- Anything that is not the wish of the person with the disability
- Applying for or appealing denial of Social Security benefits
- Becoming the guardian of a person with a disability
- Consumer or bankruptcy issues
- Criminal law
- Evictions
- Family law
- Help finding employment, housing, or financial assistance
- Individual Medicaid appeals (unless the appeal raises systemic concerns)
- Medical malpractice or personal injury
- Issues outside Colorado
- Workers’ compensation
How we prioritize requests
Every year, we ask Coloradans with disabilities what we should prioritize. We then prioritize issues that will have the greatest impact on the greatest number of Coloradoans. Review our focus areas here.
External Resources
Consumer and bankruptcy
Colorado Attorney General’s Office – **Has list of information about specific debt management services that are registered in Colorado** Enforces consumer protection laws. Regulates debt management services. Consumer complaint mediation, consumer education, public information. (720) 508-6000, Debt Management, Debt Management Registration Information.
Colorado Bar Association – List of legal resources and specific attorneys for various matters. (303) 860-1115.
Colorado Bankruptcy Law Group – Provides bankruptcy legal assistance and offers flexible payment options. (303) 331-3403, email: hello@coloradobankruptcyguide.com.
Colorado Legal Services – Legal help for low-income Coloradans seeking assistance with civil legal needs, Host bankruptcy clinics in different counties (find on website). Resources for bankruptcy assistance for low-income. (303) 837-1313, Clinics Information.
Community Resources Housing Development Corporation – Counseling on foreclosure prevention, credit, finance, closing costs. (303) 428-1448, TTY: (720) 542-6579.
Criminal law
The Mental Health Law Firm – (303) 747-6898, specializes in mental health
Mulligan, Breit, and McConnell – (303) 295-1500, specializes in mental health
Dolan and Zimmerman – (720) 943-4964
Clawson & Clawson LLP – May be able to assist with personal injury, family law, workers’ comp, criminal defense, and Social Security Disability benefits if they are denied, with appeal, or just to help with the process. Offices in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Denver Metro Area. (719) 602-5888, (303) 805-4900.
Colorado Bar Association – List of legal resources and specific attorneys for various matters. (303) 860-1115.
Colorado Criminal Defense Bar – (303) 758-2454, income dependent criminal defense
Colorado State Public Defender’s Office – (303) 764-1400
Evictions
Colorado Affordable Legal Services – 3 days demands, notice-to-quit, evictions, security deposits, bugs, mold, heat, etc. roommate disputes, housing discrimination (race, religion, etc.), marijuana use, Service Animal disputes, RA request denial, etc. some Pro Se guidance also. (303) 996-0010.
Colorado Bar Association – List of legal resources and specific attorneys for various matters. (303) 860-1115.
Colorado Legal Services – Legal help for low-income Coloradans seeking assistance with civil legal needs, (303) 837-1313.
Colorado Poverty Law Project – May help with evictions, housing, and other civil legal issues. Matches low-income Coloradans with volunteer attorneys.
Family law
Brett W. Martin, Esq. – Father’s rights attorney, divorce, child custody, child support, etc. (303) 861-4290.
Brian Popp LLC – Divorce, separation, family law, personal injury. (720) 225-9135.
Clawson & Clawson LLP – May be able to assist with personal injury, family law, workers’ comp, criminal defense, and Social Security Disability benefits if they are denied, with appeal, or just to help with the process. Offices in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Denver Metro Area. (719) 602-5888, (303) 805-4900.
Colorado Bar Association – List of legal resources and specific attorneys for various matters. (303) 860-1115.
Colorado Legal Services – Legal help for low-income Coloradans seeking assistance with civil legal needs, (303) 837-1321
Elkus & Sisson, PC – Private attorneys. Child support, custody, visitation, grandparents’ rights, fathers’ rights, guardianship, modification issues. (303) 567-7981.
Harris Family Law – Parents with disabilities who have custody issues. Denver: (303) 622-5502, Englewood: (303) 720-7667, Evergreen: (303) 622-5199.
Jennifer Anntoinette Rivera & Associates – Private attorneys. Child support, fathers’ rights, paternity, divorce, post-decree modifications issues. (888) 431-4624.
Law Office of Alexandra White – May assist with divorce, child custody, child support, etc. (303) 647-4245.
Marrison Family Law – Divorce, military divorce, property division, spousal support, child custody, grandparents’ rights, etc. (719) 577-9292.
Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel – Parents with disabilities who have custody issues. (303) 731-8770.
Shapiro Family Law – May be able to help with divorce, legal separation, common-law-marriage, child custody, child support, post-decree, grandparents’’ rights, adoptions, etc. (303) 695-0200.
Housing, employment, and financial assistance
211 Colorado – Provides various resources, 211.
Centers for Independent Living
Colorado Bar Association – Legal resources and specific attorneys for various matters. (303) 860-1115.
Colorado Cash Assistance Program – Colorado provides several types of cash assistance benefits. The program for families with children is Colorado Works, also known as TANF. Other types of cash assistance are part of Adult Financial Programs, including Aid to the Needy Disabled, Old Age Pension, Burial Assistance, and Home Care Allowance. (303) 866-5700.
Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Colorado Employment Assistance – Provides various types of employment-related assistance, (303) 866-5700.
Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade – COVID economic recovery and business news, (303) 892-3840.
Disaster Loan Assistance – May provide loans for businesses, nonprofits, homeowners, and renters, (800) 659-2955, TTY/TDD: (800) 877-8339.
Mile High United Way – May connect families to critical resources like childcare, housing, food assistance, and more, (303) 433-8383.
Need Help Paying Bills – Provides information for various sources of financial assistance.
Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation – Raises and distributes funds to grow the power of workers in public discourse and workplace policies on wages, equity and health for restaurant workers.
USBG National Charity Foundation – May provide economic resources, (855) 655-8724.
Individual Medicaid appeals
Ambler and Keenan LLC – Medicaid services, special needs trusts, estate planning, elder law, etc. (303) 407-1542.
Christina Ebner, Esq. – Social Security Disability benefits, Medicaid/Medicare, Retirement, etc. (303) 544-2124, email: celawinc@gmail.com.
Law Office of Claire E. Dineen – Estate planning such as: wills, trusts, financial durable powers of attorney, medical durable powers of attorney, advanced directives. Estate & Trust Administration, Fiduciary Representation, Elder Law, Medicaid Planning for Long-term Care, Disability, and Personal Injury, and Special Needs Trusts. (303) 567-7950.
Colorado Center on Law and Policy – Medicaid Appeals Guides / Las Guías de apelaciones de Medicaid – CCLP
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition – Instructions for people who need assistance with Medicaid appeals processes
Colorado Department of Human Services – Helps to protect you from discrimination in certain healthcare and social service programs. Some of these programs may include Hospitals, health clinics, nursing homes, Medicaid and Medicare agencies, Welfare programs, Day care centers, Doctors’ offices and pharmacies, Children’s health programs, Alcohol and drug treatment centers, Adoption agencies, Mental health and developmental disabilities agencies. (303) 866-3275.
Olsen & Mahoney, LLP – Special needs trusts, estate planning {POA/wills, trusts), fraud, Medicaid consultation, etc. (303) 329-4670.
- Carl Glatstein: Glatstein & O’Brien – Elder law, Estate planning, probate and estate administration. Guardianship, conservatorship, wills and trusts, and Medicaid. (303) 757-4342.
Wallace and Kling, P.C. – Elder law, special needs trusts, Social Security, Medicaid, estate planning, divorce, etc. (970) 221-5602.
Medical malpractice and personal injury
Bachus & Schanker – May assist with motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice, workman’s comp., SSDI, wrongful death, etc. Denver: (877) 653-9800, Fort Collins: (970) 222-2222, Colorado Springs: (719) 888-8888.
Brian Popp LLC – Divorce, separation, family law, personal injury (720) 225-9135.
Clawson & Clawson LLP – May be able to assist with personal injury, family law, workers’ comp, criminal defense, and Social Security Disability benefits if they are denied, with appeal, or just to help with the process. Offices in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Denver Metro Area. (719) 602-5888, (303) 805-4900.
Colorado Bar Association – List of legal resources and specific attorneys for various matters. (303) 860-1115.
David S. Woodruff Denver Trial Lawyers – May assist with medical malpractice cases. (303) 647-4435.
Ogborn Mihm, LLP – Denver Law Firm – Trial Lawyers Colorado – Personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, real-estate transactions and litigation. (303) 861-1000.
Frederick W. Newall, Esq. – May be able to assist with personal injury, Social Security Disability, and Workers’ Compensation. (719) 633-5211.
Leventhal Pulga Braley Trial Lawyers – Medical malpractice and personal injury. (303) 759-9945, (877) 433-3906.
McDivitt Law Firm – Personal injury, medical malpractice, etc. (720) 513-3648.
The Sawaya Law Firm – Car accidents, workman’s comp., personal injury, commercial truck accidents, VA disability, and employment. Denver: (720) 709-2855, Sheridan: (303) 377-2665, Greeley: (970) 372-0834, Colorado Springs: (719) 888-4887.
Out-of-state issues
Report Abuse, Neglect, or Fraud
We know it can be difficult to know where to turn when you suspect abuse, neglect, exploitation, or fraud — especially when it involves a person with a disability.
While Disability Justice is often not the best place to report these issues, we want to make it easier for you to find the right agency or authority in Colorado that can help.
This page provides information and links to appropriate reporting options, depending on the situation.