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Experienced. Trustworthy. Respected.

Serving Colorado since 1983

Areas of Practice

Areas of Practice

As your law firm:

One of our key priorities is to protect you from any events that might impact your legal right to absolute confidentiality through client-attorney privilege.

To that end, we have restructured our firm to pre-empt situations in which the licensed mental health professionals who consult with us are in conflict between your right to client confidentiality and their duty to report as required by Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) statute with the Mental Health Practices Act which requires mental health professionals to report you for any wrongdoing. We want to assure our clients that MH professionals will not be compromised. Many of you have expressed this concern.

Going forward, the firm's attorneys and certified paralegals will be responsible to DORA - or the courts - with mental health boards and DORA being the primary points of contact for all grievance matters and related issues.

What we are doing is getting ahead of any possibility that it becomes a problem in the future.

At the same time, our team of DORA licensed therapist consultants will continue to provide us with valuable insights by acting strictly as consultants, eliminating the potential risk of being in conflict with DORA duty-to-report requirements or having to testify in front of an administrative judge as to how they advised one of our clients to their harm.

We thank you for entrusting us with your needs and for helping to make us the premier professional licensure firm of Colorado over the decades and for many years to come.

A Full-Service Colorado Law Firm

Serving Colorado professionals since 1983

Since our inception in 1983, Robert A. Lees & Associates has focused on relationships. We believe that the relationship between a client and their lawyer should inspire comfort and confidence. We listen to you in order to resolve your problems. We take the time to thoroughly discover your needs and take decisive steps to accomplish your goals, and we always communicate with you about next steps, updates, and options. We also keep abreast of our relationships with regulatory agencies and the courts to stay ahead of developing legal trends which enables us to better protect our clients.

How we can help you

We have acquired a wide range of knowledge and expertise over our more than 40 year history. At the same time, we have cultivated vital relationships and partnerships over this period with the regulators. With the combined horsepower of these two factors, we are able to develop solutions to your problems. Our full-service law firm represents clients on issues involving the following:

Regulatory Law (DORA) and Consulting

  • Mental Health Law for Counselors, Therapists, Compliance for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners.
  • Administrative Law Defense
  • Administrative and Regulatory Proceedings
  • Grievance Defense and Negotiations
  • Investigation and Complaint Defense
  • Cease and Desist Orders, Protection Orders
  • Office of Administrative Courts
  • Administrative Law Hearings

Nurses & Nurse Practitioners

  • Regulatory defense Across All boards, including the Nursing Board
  • Business start-ups
  • Necessary forms
  • Comprehensive business representation and transaction for nursing professionals

Co-Responder Programs  

  • Author and Prepare Co-Responder Agreements and Protocols for compliance
  • Address and Prepare Operational Guidelines for Therapists, Peace Officers and First Responders

Non-Profit, Corporation Law and Business Formation

  • Business Formation and Sale for All Professionals
  • Business Practice Reviews and
    Consultations
  • Risk Management and Due Diligence
  • Profit and Nonprofit Corporations
  • Business Start-Ups for Licensed Professionals
  • Professional and Executive Defense
  • Nonprofit Formation for Religious Institutions and Organizations
  • All Related Business Contracts

Litigation

  • Civil Litigation in all Courts for Professionals
    • Subpoena Defense and Response
    • Depositions
    • Administrative proceedings and before regulatory agencies
    • Arbitration and Mediation
    • Federal
    • State

Audits  

  • Defense of all licensed professionals
  • Defense of Medicaid, Medicare Audits
  • Defense of Provider Insurance Audits

License Protection  

  • All administrative defense
  • Mental Health Professionals
  • Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
  • Other Professionals

Note: We are panel approved by most insurance companies. Please specify our firm to your insurance carrier.

Consultation and Continuing Education Courses for:

  • Professionals (counts as Professional Development or Continuing Education credit)
  • Mental Health Therapists (counts as Professional Development or Continuing Education credit)
  • Nurses & Nurse Practitioners
  • Risk Management
  • Safety Protocols
  • Business Management and Supervisory Personnel

Services for Mental Health Professionals

Mental health professionals, nurses, and nurse practitioners, have turned to us for years looking for answers to their legal problems. Our firm has successfully resolved issues of coaching standards in Colorado and how they apply to mental health practitioners. In February 2012, our firm successfully argued for and obtained a reversal from the Court of Appeals against the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) and the State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors. This is the only time in DORA’s more than 40 year history where it was compelled by the courts to issue a reversal as a result of our law firm’s actions. Despite this, we do not maintain an adversarial relationship with DORA, but work with them to resolve a variety of issues. It is through creative partnerships like this, and innovative corporate structures (like our Master Services Organization), that we are able to offer solutions to mental health professionals that fully address their needs.

What you will find at Robert A. Lees & Associates is a law firm that is on the cutting edge of the mental health and nurse practitioner fields. Our team takes pride in being on the front lines of the regulatory world. We study and understand the rules, laws, regulations, and policies so that we can provide you with superior protection. We are approved by almost all the major insurance panels, which allows us to defend you in any action brought against you.

We are not just a defensive measure, however. We want you to succeed. We want to see your practice grow and develop. We can consult with you and offer you proven strategies that will set your practice on a trajectory for growth.

Contact us today!

If you feel that we would be a good fit for your professional and personal goals, we would love to hear from you! Call Robert A. Lees & Associates at 303-292-1020 or contact us online so that we can determine how best to help you. Please be advised that we cannot provide you with any legal advice unless you are a client of the Firm.Â