Inventory Counsel

When an attorney is no longer able to perform his or her duties to clients, because the attorney (a) has been transferred to disability inactive status, (b) has disappeared, (c) has died, or (d) has been suspended or disbarred, and no other responsible party capable of conducting the attorney's affairs is known to exist, the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel may file a petition for appointment of Inventory Counsel. Inventory Counsel can be either a volunteer licensed attorney, or an attorney employed by the Office of Attorney Regulation.

Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 244, Inventory Counsel reviews the attorney's client files and takes steps necessary to protect the interests of the attorney and the clients with respect to those files and other client property that was in the attorney’s possession at the time of Inventory Counsel’s appointment. As part of Inventory Counsel’s duties, Inventory Counsel may seek a court order to disburse funds held in a lawyer’s trust account. Inventory Counsel does not, however, represent clients and does not assume any responsibility for the ongoing legal matters of clients. The file inventory and file return process may take months or years depending on the number of files, the area of practice, and the difficulty in locating the previous clients. The process of disbursing funds in a trust account can take a similar amount of time depending on documentation available from the lawyer’s practice, from financial institutions, and from clients.

If you believe an attorney is no longer able to perform his or her duties because he or she (a) has been transferred to disability inactive status, (b) has disappeared, (c) has died, or (d) has been suspended or disbarred, and there is no one else to manage client files, contact us to ask about appointment of Inventory Counsel.

Read Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure 244.1 through 244.4 – Protective Appointment of Counsel.

Learn about how other states handle inventory counsel matters.

Current Active Inventory Counsel Matters being handled by the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel:

• Rick Daniel Adams - Adams
• Lewis Raymond Anderson - Delta
• Andrew Cary Bubb - Arapahoe
• James Cooke - Boulder
• John D. Halepaska - Douglas
• Mark Jackson - Alamosa
• Mark L. Miller - Denver
• Christian Carl Samuelson - El Paso
• Frederick L. Swenson - Boulder
• Thomas Joseph Tomazin - Denver

If you are a client of one of the above attorneys, please contact Jay Fernandez, Inventory Counsel at jay.fernandez@csc.state.co.us or 303-928-7873.

Current Active Inventory Counsel Matters being handled by outside inventory:

• James L. Finegan - Jefferson
  Appointed Counsel - Kevin C. Flesch, 333 West Hampden Avenue, Suite 710, Englewood, CO 80110. (303-806-8886)
• John Patrick Glenn - Weld
  Appointed Counsel - Brett Payton, 1711 61st Avenue, Suite 100, Greeley, CO 80634. (970-584-1776)
• Jack Alden Holst - El Paso
  Appointed Counsel - Gregory John Hock, 703 H. Tejon, Suite F, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. (719-471-3275)
• Christopher J. Kulish - Boulder
  Appointed Counsel - James A. Sheridan 1600 Jackson Street, Suite 350, Golden, CO 80401 (303-953-9083)
• Marc Milavitz - Boulder
  Appointed Counsel - Jessie Aiken Rember, 6954 Independence Street, Arvada, CO. 80004 (720-933-4651).
• Ronald William Servis - Jefferson
  Appointed Counsel - Virginia A. Frazer-Abel, 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250, Denver, Colorado 80212 (720-638-1465)
• Thomas D. Smart, Jr. - Denver
  Appointed Counsel - Margrit Parker, P.O. Box 454, Firestone, CO 80520 (303-481-2866)
• Alan Lorenz Sulzenfuss - Chaffee
  Appointed Co-counsel - William Peat Alderton, 10025 County Road 156, Salida, CO 81201 (719-539-8007) Margaret B. Walker, PO Box 731, Salida, CO 81201 (719-539-3425)
• David A. Turner - Denver
  Appointed Counsel - John M. Seebohm, 999 18th Street, S3100, Denver, CO 80202 (303-861-8888)
• Appalenia Ruth Udell - Arapahoe
  Appointed Counsel - Anna Leigh Burr, 2851 S. Parker Road, Aurora, Colorado 80014. (720-500-2076)
• Robert C. Wolf - Jefferson
  Appointed Counsel – Eric Coakley, 2373 Central Park Boulevard, Suite 100, Denver, CO 80238 (303-500-1778)
• Carol Zeisler - El Paso
  Appointed Counsel – Kimberly Harter, 100 E. St. Vrain St., Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (719-632-4333)