Law Office of Jacob E. Martinez

Criminal defense focus in Colorado

The Law Office of Jacob E. Martinez is a Denver criminal defense firm founded in 2014. Jacob E. Martinez created the firm after working for six years at another Denver criminal defense firm. Its website describes legal services for people facing misdemeanor and felony matters across Colorado.

The listed practice areas cover DUI, DWAI and DUID cases, domestic violence, assault and violent crimes, drug crimes, theft, property crimes, white collar crimes, fraud and sex crimes. These categories give prospective clients a direct view of the firm's criminal defense focus. The firm also handles juvenile cases and municipal court crimes.

Record sealing and expungement form another part of the firm's work. The website also names protection and restraining orders among its services. Those matters can arise outside a standard criminal prosecution, but they fit the firm's stated focus on criminal law and related court proceedings.

How the legal team is built

Jacob E. Martinez is the founding partner and a Denver native. He earned his undergraduate degree at The Colorado College and his law degree at the University of Colorado. His background also includes work in the University of Colorado School of Law's criminal defense clinic.

Before opening the firm, Martinez clerked for Colorado law firms and spent six years with another Denver criminal defense firm. That path gives readers a useful timeline of his work before 2014. It also ties his education and early legal work directly to Colorado.

The website names Brett M. Eliasen and Tyler B. Selcer as associate attorneys. It also identifies Leigh Krieger and Alyssa Marroquin as members of the legal team. The named roster helps readers understand that the firm includes several attorneys rather than only its founder.

Background of the associate attorneys

Brett M. Eliasen represents clients in criminal defense matters. The National Trial Lawyers has included him in its Top 40 Under 40 list for criminal defense. The firm presents that recognition as part of his attorney profile.

Tyler B. Selcer is a Colorado native who first joined the firm as a law clerk in 2015. At the time, he was completing his law degree. He later returned as a licensed attorney and handles criminal defense cases.

The National Trial Lawyers has also included Selcer in its Top 40 Under 40 list for criminal defense. His history with the firm gives readers more context than a basic attorney listing would provide. It traces his connection to the office before he began working there as a licensed lawyer.

Types of cases listed

Impaired driving defense is a defined part of the firm's work. The website separates DUI, DWAI and DUID matters, which are distinct terms used in Colorado criminal cases. This naming is useful because it tells readers that the firm addresses alcohol and drug related driving allegations.

The firm also lists domestic violence, assault and other violent crime matters. Property and financial allegations appear through categories for theft, property crimes, white collar crimes and fraud. Drug crimes and sex crimes complete the main group of criminal charges identified on the website.

The service list reaches beyond charges filed in the usual state court setting. Juvenile cases and municipal court crimes appear among the matters handled. Record sealing and expungement address the status of eligible records after a case, while protection and restraining order work involves separate court orders.

People and situations the firm addresses

The website says the firm works with people who have been arrested or placed under investigation. It also represents people who have received a summons or have been charged in court. This wording recognizes several common ways that a person may enter the criminal legal process.

The distinctions matter because an investigation, summons, arrest and filed charge do not describe the same procedural position. The firm's own description includes each of them. As a reviewer, this makes the stated client scope easier to understand without relying on slogans or broad claims.

Geographic reach stated on the website

Denver is the firm's base, and Colorado criminal defense is its stated field. The website says the firm represents people facing criminal charges across the state. It also names service pages for Durango and La Plata County, plus Fort Morgan and Morgan County.

Those location references show that the website addresses people outside the Denver area as well. They do not change the firm's central identity as a Denver based criminal defense office. They do give readers in other named parts of Colorado a clearer reason to review the firm's services.

The firm's Colorado ties also appear in the attorney backgrounds provided. Martinez is a Denver native who attended Colorado schools and worked with Colorado firms. Selcer is a Colorado native as well, and his relationship with the firm began while he was still completing law school.

What the published record shows

The firm's website provides a stated founding year, a founder history, a named legal team and a defined set of practice areas. It connects Martinez's education and prior work to the creation of the firm in 2014. It also gives a clear account of Selcer's path through the office as a law clerk and later as an attorney.

In my opinion, the most useful feature of this listing is its specific description of the matters the firm handles. Readers can identify impaired driving, domestic violence, violent crime, drug, theft, property, fraud, sex crime and record related services without having to infer the firm's focus. The additional references to juvenile and municipal cases add useful scope.

The available facts present a Colorado criminal defense firm with a Denver base and several named attorneys. Its work covers people under investigation as well as those who have received a summons, been arrested or faced charges in court. For directory users, that creates a practical and evidence based picture of the firm.