Overview

Alpine Legal Services offers a spectrum of legal support for our clients from referrals to direct representation in court.  In service to our mission, we aim to help the largest number of people possible who meet our eligibility criteria.  However, we also have a finite capacity, which means we dedicate our limited resources to the most urgent cases first.  Urgency is determined primarily by assessing the threat level to our clients’ health and safety and our clients’ access to financial and other supportive resources.  

The balance between offering free legal assistance to as many people as possible and addressing urgent needs is a constant challenge, which speaks to the value of our organization and how essential our services are to the Aspen to Parachute region of Colorado.  

Priority is given to those with greatest social and economic needs as follows:

1.  Protection Orders

2.  Modifications of Custody Orders as a Result of Protection Order

3.  Divorce or Custody Orders Involving Domestic Violence

4.  Guardianships and Conservatorships for children or at-risk adults

5.  Estate Planning (Simple Wills, Powers of Attorney, Medical Directives) for Seniors

Depending on the specifics of your legal case, Alpine Legal Services may be able to help.  We provide the following programs and legal services to people who live or work between Aspen and Parachute, Colorado.

• Domestic Violence and Child Safety Issues
• Protection Orders
• Divorce and Custody (including Modification of Prior Court Orders)
• Guardianships/Conservatorships for At-Risk Children

• Basic Estate Planning (Living Wills, Medical Durable Powers of Attorney, and more) 
• Guardianships/Conservatorships
• Elder Abuse Prevention

• Eviction Defense 
• Landlord/Tenant Mediation
• Homelessness Prevention

• VAWA
• U-Visa
• T-Visa
• Asylum for Unaccompanied Minors (case by case basis)
• Advise on Asylum for Adults
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 

Call our hotline from 5 - 7 p.m. on Wednesdays of each week for a free 15-minute consultation with an attorney.  This service is offered in English and Spanish.  See our schedule by area of legal expertise here. 

We engage with our community to uphold fundamental legal rights for as many people as possible.  Events include Know Your Rights clinics, Senior Law Day and Family Law Resource Day.

Click here to learn more about this program.  Any long-term care facility residents or their representatives who need help from our local Ombudsman can call Andrea Dazzi at 970-315-2253.  

If you are eligible for our services, we may be able to assist you in one of the following ways. Determinations are made based on attorney availability, agency resources, staff capacity, and case specifics.  

If we are unable to assist with a particular area of law, we will work to connect you with the appropriate resource for your legal need. 

Our attorneys can provide legal advice so that you know your rights and are able to make decisions about your legal issue.  We may also be able to help you navigate our legal system through document preparation, document review, and preparing for trial. 

Our attorneys may be able to represent you in your civil case, for a limited purpose or for the duration of your case.   

If you have questions regarding whether you qualify for legal assistance from Alpine Legal Services or whether we can represent you directly, please contact us for an intake.  

• Adoptions (both Domestic and International)
• Consumer Debt, Medical Debt, Bankruptcy or Foreclosures
• Criminal Defense and Criminal Expungement
• General Civil, Commercial, or Construction Litigation
• Employment Law and Worker’s Compensation
• Eviction Defense (cases are currently referred to CED Law, CPLP, or CLS)
• Property, Water, or Real Estate Law
• Personal Injury or Medical Malpractice
• Probate or Disability Law (see Disability Law Colorado or Colorado Cross Disability Coalition)
• Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, or other government benefit issues
• Tax Law