Dolan + Zimmerman LLP

Focus and practice areas

Based in Boulder, Colorado, the firm keeps four areas of law under one roof: criminal defense, family law, personal injury, and civil litigation. That range means one office can handle a criminal charge and a custody matter for the same household. In my opinion, a general practice of this shape fits people who prefer one firm on call for a range of problems, since a referral to a new office each time slows things down.

Colorado splits its trial courts between county and district benches, and a firm that runs criminal, family, and civil files appears in both. The overlap is practical. A divorce can involve a protective order, and a protective order can touch a criminal file, so one team that sees all three keeps the full picture in front of it.

The criminal defense side

The criminal work reaches across most of what a Colorado court sees. It covers DUI and DWAI cases, domestic violence, drug possession, traffic offenses, robbery, weapons charges, fraud and forgery, sexual assault, and murder. The firm takes matters at the municipal and petty level, through misdemeanors, and up to felonies. It also handles appeals, federal cases, and post-conviction relief.

Criminal cases move through stages that many clients never expect. An arrest leads to charges, then arraignment, then a run of hearings before any trial date. Post-conviction relief comes after a verdict, where a lawyer asks a court to revisit a sentence or a plea. A firm that lists this work tends to stay on a case past the first ruling.

The list covers petty offenses and felonies alike, and the stakes climb with each step. A traffic case and a murder charge call for very different preparation, so a single firm handling both lets a client keep one set of lawyers as a case grows more serious. Federal defense sits on its own footing, since federal court runs by its own rules and its own sentencing guidelines.

Family and personal injury matters

On the family side, the firm handles divorce, child custody and support, spousal maintenance, property division, marital agreements, and restraining orders. These cases often run on parallel tracks, where a court decides money and parenting time in one proceeding. Marital agreements can come before a marriage or during one, and they shape how a later dispute plays out. Restraining orders can move fast, sometimes within a day of a filing.

Personal injury work covers car accidents, dog bites and animal attacks, and premises liability. Each of these turns on who owed a duty of care and who breached it. In a premises claim, the question is whether a property owner kept the space reasonably safe for visitors. As a reviewer, I read the inclusion of dog bites as a sign the firm handles everyday injury matters alongside collision cases.

Civil litigation and trial work

The civil litigation practice handles contract and business disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and claims under the Colorado Wage Claim Act. That last item points to wage and payment cases, where an employee seeks money an employer withheld. The Wage Claim Act sets out how and when Colorado employers must pay earned wages, and it gives workers a path to recover them.

The firm carries these matters through jury trials, bench trials, arbitration, mediation, and appeals. The mix of trial and mediation matters for how a case can resolve. Mediation and arbitration settle disputes outside a courtroom, often faster and with more privacy. Keeping jury and bench trials in the picture shows the firm will litigate when settlement talks stall.

Landlord-tenant work and contract disputes make up steady civil business, and a firm that already runs a trial practice can take those matters to a courtroom when talks fail. Business disputes often start with a written agreement, so much of the early work is reading contracts closely and pinning down what each side promised.

How the team is built

Four attorneys carry the firm's named work. Sydney Dolan and Jennifer Robin Zimmerman are the founding partners. Lauren Shepherd is a partner, and Megan Heidel is an associate attorney. Iris Houck works as a legal assistant, and Kassidy Crome works as a paralegal.

The team page gives each person a name and a title. That alone sketches the shape of the firm. Two founders, a second partner, and an associate make a small bench where an associate can escalate a case to a partner. In my opinion, a paralegal and a legal assistant on staff suggest the firm keeps document work and client intake in house, which usually speeds up the day-to-day handling of a file.

Service area and reach

The firm is based in Boulder and also takes cases in Longmont and Louisville. All three sit close together in Boulder County and its neighboring jurisdictions. Because the criminal practice names federal defense and appeals, the firm's reach extends past local trial courts into federal and appellate settings.

Clients come to a general firm like this one with problems that cross practice lines, and the roster here can meet several of them. The site records the four attorneys and the practice areas by name, and it does not list a founding year.

Office details and public identity

The office address is 2315 Broadway St. For a prospective client, that gives a specific destination for an appointment or document delivery. The street address also helps distinguish the physical office from the firm's website, which is listed as https://dolanzimmerman.com. From a reviewer's perspective, those details matter when someone wants to confirm where an in-person meeting will take place before sharing records or discussing a case.

The firm uses Dolan + Zimmerman LLP as both its listed name and legal name. That consistency gives clients one name to look for on correspondence and formal documents. It also reduces the chance of confusion when a person moves between the directory entry and the firm's own website. The plus sign is part of the recorded name, while the LLP designation identifies the organization as a limited liability partnership.

Contact and appointment planning

The published phone number is (303) 593-1874. The record supplies one direct number rather than separate lines for individual lawyers or practice groups. A caller therefore has a single starting point for questions about an appointment, the delivery of documents, or the status of an existing matter. The record gives no separate after-hours number, so the posted office schedule is the clearest guide for when to make contact.

Office hours run from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every Monday through Friday. That is a consistent nine-hour window on each weekday, which makes the schedule easy to follow. It gives clients room to call near the beginning or end of a standard workday without having to check a different timetable for each date. People arranging an in-person visit can also use that window when planning travel and gathering paperwork.

I would still treat the published hours as office availability rather than confirmation that a particular attorney is free at any chosen time. The record identifies the firm's open hours, while an individual meeting depends on the lawyer's calendar. Calling the listed number before going to 2315 Broadway St. is the practical way to confirm an appointment and determine what records the office expects the client to bring.