Elder Law Attorneys in Colorado

22 elder law firms in Colorado, by county and firm type.

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22 firms

FirmPueblo, CO

Banner, Bower & Coultrip, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Serves Pueblo County from an office on the Pueblo Riverwalk. Provides Colorado probate court representation, trust administration including disputes over a trustee's administration, and guardianship and conservatorship matters. Also drafts wills, trusts, and Medicaid and special needs plans alongside its business and real estate work.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 8 more

Office: 115 E. Riverwalk, Suite 400Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone: (719) 544-5086

Solo PracticeEnglewood, CO

Frigon & Beversluis Law

Serves 2 counties

Serves clients from offices in Englewood and Steamboat Springs. Advises personal representatives and trustees on estate and trust administration, including tax returns, creditors, and distribution, and handles will contests and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Nationally recognized for special needs planning and tax matters, including Medicaid liens in personal injury settlements.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 1100Englewood, CO 80111
Phone: (720) 200-4025

FirmGrand Junction, CO

Brown & Brown, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Serves Mesa County and Western Colorado from a Grand Junction office. Handles estate administration after a death, including probate when a court must appoint a personal representative, alongside trust, estate, tax, long-term care, and special needs planning. Two of its attorneys are members of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planning

Office: 1250 E. Sherwood DriveGrand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: (970) 243-8250

FirmDenver, CO

Chayet & Danzo, LLC

Serves the whole state

Serves Colorado from offices in Denver and Edwards, and travels statewide to meet clients. Represents personal representatives, trustees, beneficiaries, and heirs in estate and trust administration and probate litigation, and handles guardianships and conservatorships. Managing partner Marco D. Chayet is Public Administrator for the 18th Judicial District. Consultations are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 650 S. Cherry St., Suite 710Denver, CO 80246
Phone: (303) 872-5980

Free consultation

FirmDenver, CO

Coan, Payton & Payne, LLC (CP2)

Serves 3 counties

Serves clients from offices in Denver, Fort Collins, and Greeley. Represents personal representatives, trustees, conservators, and guardians in estate administration, intestate estates, will contests, and trust litigation, and handles complex trust and estate administration with post-mortem tax planning. Also advises family-owned businesses on succession planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 999 18th Street, South Tower, Suite S3100Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 861-8888

FirmArvada, CO

Colorado Estate Planning Law Center

Since 1990 · Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Colorado from an Arvada office, including Sterling, Wray, Burlington, La Junta, and Ouray. A Probate and Trust Administration Department led by attorney Caroline Poole guides families through probate and trust settlement, alongside estate, business succession, elder law, and special needs planning. Founded in 1990; initial meetings are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 6870 W 52nd Ave, Suite 103Arvada, CO 80002
Phone: (303) 420-2863

Free consultation

Solo PracticeSterling, CO

Mark Earnhart, P.C., Attorney at Law

Since 1982 · Serves 1 county

Sterling solo practice. Attorney Mark Earnhart, a CPA, handles probate estate administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and Medicare and Medicaid issues, and prepares wills, revocable living and special needs trusts, and advance medical directives. Established in 1982.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 6 more

Office: 316 Poplar StreetSterling, CO 80751
Phone: (970) 522-4135

FirmDenver, CO

Evans Case, LLP

Serves the whole state

Serves clients statewide from a Denver office. Handles probate administration, determination of heirs, will contests and estate and trust litigation, trust administration, and guardianships and conservatorships, plus estate planning and elder law. The first call is at no cost, by phone or Zoom.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 1660 S. Albion Street, Suite 1100Denver, CO 80222
Phone: (303) 757-8300

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmDenver, CO

Gantenbein Law Firm

Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Colorado from a Denver office. Handles probate administration, probate disputes and litigation, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and estate accountings, and drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, alongside real estate, business, and tax work.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 1760 Gaylord StDenver, CO 80206
Phone: (303) 618-2122

FirmDenver, CO

Glatstein & O'Brien LLP

Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Colorado from a Denver office. Practice is limited to elder law, estate planning, probate and trust administration, and probate litigation, including will contests, breach of fiduciary duty, and contested guardianships and conservatorships. Schedules phone appointments for out-of-state clients dealing with a Colorado estate.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 2696 South Colorado Boulevard, Suite 350Denver, CO 80222
Phone: (303) 731-3986

Virtual consultations

FirmColorado Springs, CO

Hammond Law Group, PC

Since 2005 · Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Colorado from offices in Colorado Springs and Denver. Handles probate, trust administration, and professional trustee services, guardianships and conservatorships, and Medicaid and long-term care planning, and drafts wills, living trusts, special needs trusts, and advance directives. Runs monthly estate planning workshops and webinars.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 2955 Professional Place, Suite 300Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Phone: (719) 520-1474

Free consultation

FirmPueblo, CO

Kwitek McMillan Law

Serves 1 county

Serves Pueblo County from Pueblo. Handles probate and estate administration, wills and living trusts, and elder law matters including Medicaid long-term care planning, alongside business and real estate law. Attorney Linda McMillan is the Pueblo County Public Administrator.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planningand 2 more

Office: 601 N. Main Street, Suite 200Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone: (719) 544-5081

Solo PracticePueblo, CO

Johnston Law Firm, LLC

Serves the whole state

Serves clients statewide from Pueblo, including El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Otero, Crowley, and Las Animas counties. Guides personal representatives through probate and trustees through trust administration, handles guardianships, conservatorships, and will and trust disputes, and drafts wills, trusts, and Medicaid plans, alongside workers compensation and personal injury work.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 10 more

Office: 421 N. Main St., Suite 315Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone: (719) 309-9484

Free consultation

FirmGunnison, CO

Law of the Rockies

Serves 1 county

Serves Gunnison County from offices in Gunnison and Crested Butte. Probate work ranges from small-estate distributions by affidavit and ancillary administration of Colorado real property owned by non-residents to formal estate proceedings. Associate Tess Clouse leads the estate planning and probate practice, covering wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and elder law.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawBusiness Lawand 3 more

Office: 525 N Main StGunnison, CO 81230
Phone: (970) 641-1903

FirmGrand Junction, CO

Mahre & Mahre

Serves 1 county

Serves Mesa County and surrounding areas from Grand Junction, where the firm has practiced for over 20 years. Assists clients through the probate process and sets up guardianships and conservatorships, alongside wills, trusts, and elder-law planning. Attorney Trish Mahre is a former Assistant District Attorney for the 21st Judicial District.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipGuardianship

Office: 1525 Poplar DrGrand Junction, CO 81505
Phone: (970) 241-1564

FirmDenver, CO

Robinson & Henry, P.C.

Serves 5 counties

Serves the Front Range from eight offices in Denver, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Broomfield, and Colorado Springs. Guides personal representatives through formal, informal, and ancillary probate, from validating the will and appraising property to paying debts and distributing assets, and handles probate litigation, guardianships, and conservatorships.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 7555 East Hampden Avenue, Suite 600Denver, CO 80231
Phone: (303) 688-0944

FirmEnglewood, CO

Solem Woodward & McKinley, P.C.

Since 1990 · Serves 2 counties

Serves the Denver area from an Englewood office just south of the city. Handles probate and estate administration, intestate estates, will contests, trust and estate disputes, and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Founded in 1990, the firm also does Medicaid applications and appeals and special needs trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 5 more

Office: 750 W. Hampden Ave, Suite 505Englewood, CO 80110
Phone: (303) 761-4900

Solo PracticeColorado Springs, CO

Schroer & Williams Law Offices, PLLC

Serves 1 county

Serves El Paso County from a Colorado Springs office. Attorney Ron Williams handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, and adult guardianships and conservatorships, along with wills and trusts. A retired Air Force judge advocate, he offers free initial consultations and evening or weekend appointments on request.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 7045 Campus Drive, Suite 103Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Phone: (719) 900-3967

Free consultation

Solo PracticeLoveland, CO

Stone Law, LLC

Since 2010 · Serves 2 counties

Serves the Front Range from offices in Loveland and Lakewood. Handles adult conservatorship and guardianship proceedings, Medicaid and long-term care planning, and wills, revocable, special needs, and irrevocable Medicaid trusts. Andrew Stone established the firm in 2010 and has practiced elder law in Colorado since 2003.

PracticesEstate PlanningElder LawTax PlanningConservatorshipand 4 more

Office: 430 E 6th StLoveland, CO 80537
Phone: (877) 897-6591

Solo PracticeDurango, CO

The Soignier Law Firm LLC (Amos Soignier)

Serves 1 county

Serves Southwest Colorado from a Durango office. Attorney Amos Soignier handles probate administration, will contests, trust disputes, and guardianships and conservatorships, along with wills and trusts. He has practiced in Durango since 2004 and offers free initial consultations.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more

Office: 2855 Main Ave, Suite B101, Room 1Durango, CO 81301
Phone: (970) 247-3510

Free consultation

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Elder law attorneys in Colorado work the legal issues facing aging adults and their families: Medicaid planning for long-term care, drafting and updating durable powers of attorney and healthcare directives, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, special needs trusts, and asset protection. Many also handle probate and estate planning; elder law is the subset focused on care planning and benefits eligibility. The Colorado healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms cover the two instruments.

Federal law, as Colorado applies it, sets a 5-year lookback period for Medicaid long-term care eligibility. An uncompensated transfer in the five years before the application (a gift, a transfer to a family member, a transfer to a trust that does not qualify) can trigger a penalty period during which Medicaid does not pay for nursing home care. It is why Medicaid planning starts years before the care is needed, and why elder law exists as its own practice area.

Estate planning attorneys in Colorado average $348 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,044 to $2,088 for a simple individual will and $3,390 to $5,085 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Colorado will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Colorado, estates with personal property of $88,000 or less skip probate with the Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit, 10 days after death. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Colorado probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Colorado, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Elder Law Attorneys in Colorado

Elder law attorneys in Colorado charge $173 per hour, focused on Medicaid planning, long-term care funding, guardianship, and asset protection for aging families. The work is often time-sensitive: Medicaid eligibility has a 5-year lookback period, so planning typically needs to start well before nursing home care is needed.

Estate planning attorneys in Colorado charge $348 per hour for wills and estates work. A simple will done through an attorney typically runs $1,044–$2,088; online services cost $30–$300 for the same document.

Colorado runs a conventional probate system, so the decision to hire an attorney usually comes down to general factors: blended families, business ownership, special-needs dependents, or property in multiple states. If none of those apply, simpler tools are often enough.

Estates under $88,000 in Colorado can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

Legal Sources

Data sourced from Colorado statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Colorado

Free Colorado forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Colorado allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2 witnesses or a notary.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Colorado treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirement.

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Last Will and Testament

In Colorado, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Colorado

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Colorado: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Colorado runs $3,390 to $5,085 and a simple will $1,044 to $2,088, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?

In Colorado, four years at a public university cost about $95,372 and the cost of living is near the U.S. average; no state estate or inheritance tax applies.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Colorado costs an estimated $26,082 and takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2% to 3.1% of the estate. Estates under $88,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Colorado takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2% to 3.1% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Colorado automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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