Areas we cover
Lakewood criminal defense
West Metro cases run through Golden, with an active municipal court in Lakewood itself.
How a case runs in Lakewood
Jefferson County state cases are heard at the combined courts in Golden. Lakewood also runs a busy municipal court that handles traffic, shoplifting and lower level offenses under the city code, and the two systems have very different sealing consequences.
The First Judicial District covers Jefferson and Gilpin counties. Its district attorney's office operates diversion programmes for first offenses, and our Lakewood office exists partly to make those applications easy to attend.
West Colfax, Union Boulevard and the 6th Avenue corridor generate a steady traffic and DUI docket. Those cases move quickly, which makes the seven day DMV window especially easy to miss.
Three things specific to Lakewood
- Lakewood Municipal Court sits on West Alameda Parkway and has its own prosecutors and plea practices.
- Golden is a fifteen to twenty minute drive from Lakewood, longer in winter along the 6th Avenue corridor.
- Jefferson County runs its own juvenile diversion programme with distinct eligibility criteria.
What we defend in Lakewood
- DUI and DWAIClass 1 misdemeanor up to a class 4 felony on a fourth offense
- Drug chargesLevel 2 drug misdemeanor up to a level 1 drug felony
- Assault and menacingClass 1 misdemeanor up to a class 3 felony, often as a crime of violence
- Theft and propertyPetty offense up to a class 2 felony, purely by dollar value
- White collarClass 1 misdemeanor up to a class 2 felony, with parallel regulatory exposure
- Federal chargesUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado
- Traffic and vehicularTraffic infraction up to a class 3 felony
- Juvenile casesDelinquency petitions in Denver Juvenile Court and the surrounding districts
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