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Nicole L. Jones

Of Counsel

P. 303.244.1906

Biography

Nicole Jones represents clients in complex commercial litigation, professional liability matters, and government investigations. She has drafted and argued successful dispositive motions, and has experience handling witness prep and depositions, managing discovery teams, preparing cases for trial, and conducting investigations. As a former appellate law clerk at both the Colorado Supreme Court and the Colorado Court of Appeals, Nicole also brings valuable appellate knowledge and experience and has served as Amicus Curiae in appellate matters.

Nicole is a meticulous manager of client teams who effectively and consistently uses deep knowledge of clients’ businesses to obtain successful outcomes.


 

Cases

  • Obtained an award of monetary and non-monetary sanctions against an adverse party for intentional destruction of relevant information, which led to the highly favorable settlement of a breach of contract action.
  • Secured a very favorable settlement for a fund manager involved in an SEC investigation.
  • Represented a residential treatment facility in 16 high exposure cases involving professional liability claims.
  • Drafted amicus brief for the University of Colorado Law School's Korey Wise Innocence Project, which successfully convinced the Colorado Supreme Court to revisit the standard for appointing indigent pro se criminal defendants post-conviction counsel.
  • Drafted amicus brief on the merits urging the Colorado Supreme Court to adopt a pleading standard promoting indigent pro se and incarcerated petitioners access to justice and protecting their right to effective assistance of counsel.
  • Secured voluntary dismissal with prejudice with no money paid for leading behavioral healthcare company. The plaintiff stipulated to dismissal after WTO filed a dispositive motion.
  • Secured a dismissal with prejudice after drafting and arguing a motion for case-terminating sanctions in professional liability matter.
  • Successfully drafted and argued a motion to dismiss claim for civil conspiracy and motion to strike pleadings in a high-exposure professional liability matter.
  • Secured a favorable settlement in a case alleging improper administration of an antipsychotic medication against an addiction and trauma treatment center.
  • Represented an Alabama hospital in a medical malpractice case involving wrongful death.
  • Successfully represented one of the nation's largest grocery and foodservice distributors as a direct action plaintiff in antitrust litigation concerning broiler chickens.
  • Successfully represented a Florida hospital in a medical malpractice case involving injuries allegedly arising from sepsis.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

    Articles

  • "A Catastrophic Collision: Due Process and Section 363 Free and Clear Asset Sales Meet Head-On in the GM Bankruptcy," 26 J. Bankr. L. & Prac. 183, (November 2017).
  • "Citizens United Round II: Campaign Finance Disclosure, the First Amendment, and Expanding Exemptions and Loopholes for Corporate Influence on Elections," 93 Denv. L. Rev. 749, (November 2016).
  • "Shareholder Proposals, Director Elections, and Proxy Access: The History of the SEC's Impediments to Shareholder Franchise," 93 Denv. L. Rev. Online 233, (October 2016).

Other Experience

Fortis Law Partners
    Law Clerk

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Colorado General Counsel Mentoring Program 
    2025 Cohort 

Minoru Yasui American Inn of Court
    Board Member, 2023-2025
    Program Committee Member, 2023-2025

Thompson G. Marsh American Inn of Court 
    Board Member, 2019–2023
    Treasurer, 2022-2023
    Program Committee Chair, 2020–2022
    Assistant Program Committee Chair, 2019–2020

University of Denver Sturm College of Law
   Judicial Clerkship Alumni Committee Member, 2020–present

Colorado Women’s Bar Association 
    Editor in Chief, “Tales from the Trenches,” The 1891, 2018–2020

Denver Bar Association 
    Co-Chair, Access to Justice Committee’s Pro Bono Week, 2019

Colorado Bar Association

American Bar Association 

Colorado Defense Lawyers Association

DRI Association of Lawyers Defending Business 

Faculty of Federal Advocates 

Community Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation 
    Impact Denver Alumnus, Spring 2020

Personal Interests

Ballet, travel photography, scuba diving, and golf

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