Full Legal Defense coverage is part of your dues structure. The Colorado FOP State Lodge Legal Defense Fund is partnered with the National Fraternal Order of Police Legal Defense Fund. Colorado LDF provides coverage for all duty related administrative incidents. The National LDF covers all duty related incidents involving civil or criminal actions against the officer. The National LDF Plan has approved our Colorado Attorneys so members have direct access to high quality law enforcement legal representation.
Legal Defense Fund Services:
- Critical Incident
- Pre-Disciplinary Hearings
- Internal Affairs Investigations
- Criminal Proceedings Arising from a covered incident
- Administrative Actions
How Do I File a Claim?
Unlike all other legal plans available to peace officers in Colorado, we have NO third-party administrator that has to be contacted before you get an attorney! Just pick an attorney from the list below and call their law firm directly. Let them know you are an FOP member in good standing and advise which lodge you are a member of. That’s it! The attorneys will take it from there. Easy and simple with no third-party delay.
The Colorado Legal Defense Plan partnered with the National Legal Defense Plan to provide the best legal defense option for our members. As a result, the claims are processed internally depending on the initiating incident. All on-duty incidents that could result in a disciplinary action against the member and/or civil or criminal action are processed initially by our plan attorneys.
If you have a situation covered by legal defense, all you need do is contact one of our plan attorney firms and advise them you are an FOP member, what lodge you belong to, and that you need an attorney. All of the law firms contracted by the FOP are familiar with the terms and conditions of the FOP LDF Plan. You will be asked to give a brief synopsis of your issue. The law firm will handle the claim filing.
If you need further information on the plan, want to check claim status or have questions on how to process your claim, contact:
Colorado LDF Plan Administrator — JD Cordova
Cellphone: (970) 685-8000
Email: cofopjd@fop.net
Full Service & Critical Incident Attorneys
(For *CRITICAL INCIDENTS* contact any one of the Attorneys at the asterisked numbers listed below!)
Elkus Sisson & Rosenstein P.C.
elkusandsisson.com
7100 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 101, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Office (303) 567-7981
1-855-879-7068* (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Front Line Law LLC
thefrontlinelawyers.com
3401 Quebec Street, Suite 7000, Denver, CO 80207
Office (720) 282-1266* (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Email administrator@thefrontlinelawyers.com
Foster, Graham, Milstein & Calisher LLC
fostergraham.com
360 S Garfield Street, Suite 6, Denver, CO 80209
Office (303) 333-9810*
24 hour numbers 303-333-9810 & 303-319-8346 (*24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Law Office of Douglas Jewell, LLC
djewell-law.com
3000 Youngfield Street, Suite 185, Wheat Ridge, CO 80215
Office (720) 484-5760
Cell 303-482-7665* (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Fax 720-484-5761
Bruno, Colin & Lowe
brunolawyers.com
1999 Broadway Street #4300, Denver, CO 80202
24 hour number (303) 831-1099* (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Jack Roth – The Gasper Law Group, PLLC
gasperlaw.com
Historic Alamo Building – 128 S. Tejon St, Suite 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Office (719) 227-7779
Fax (719) 328-0329
Cell (719) 227-7779* (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Johnathan P. Datz, LLC
datzandfee.com
340 E. 1st Ave, Suite 205, Broomfield, CO 80020
Office (720) 879-1114 – FAX: 720-222-5122
Cell (720) 883-7658* (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Mark S. Ratner – Hall & Evans, LLC
hallevans.com
1001 17th Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202
Office (303) 628-3337
Email ratnerm@hallevans.com
Nicholas G. Cummings – Cummings & Petrone
cummingsandpetronelaw.com
417 W. Mtn View Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80521
Office (970) 484-2217
Cell (970) 212-6363* (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Email nick@cummingsandpetronelaw.com
Walter F. Bradley – Law Office of Walter Bradley
bradleylawinfo.com
York Street Depot – 12412 York Street, Thornton, CO 80241
Office (303) 301-7107
Email bradleylawfirm@msn.com
John Newsome & Associates
516 North Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Office (719) 246-7949
Grimalde & Kimde, PLLC
grimaldiandkinde.com
3401 Quebec Street, Suite 5070, Denver CO 80207 (serving the entire front range)
Office (303) 886-1667 or (720) 210-8155
24 hour numbers (970) 324-6462* or (720) 210-8155 (24 Hour Critical Incident Response)
Email Laura@grimaldidefense.com or mark@grimaldidefense.com
Weaver & Freeman, PLLC
weaverfreeman.com
12650 W. 64th Avenue, Unit 244, Arvada, CO 80004
24 hour number (303) 422-3966, ext. 3
Emails michael@weaverfreeman.com or michelle@weaverfreeman.com
Non-Critical Incident Attorneys Contact Information
Nora Kelly: (303) 866-9868
Jonathan Abramson (Kissinger & Fellman): (303) 320-6100
Nathan Chambers & Thomas Mulvahill: (303) 825-2222
Gerald Lackey (Colorado west slope only): (303) 963-8708
LDF Terms & Conditions
Colorado FOP Legal Defense Fund
8400 Alcott Street
Westminster, Colorado 80031
www.coloradofop.org
LDF Terms and Conditions
