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Nelson Law Firm

Nelson Law Firm is a Denver construction-defect litigation firm founded in 2007, working from a historic two-story house at 1740 N High Street. We photographed the founders, attorneys and staff at work, the library, parlor and staircase of the house, and aerials for the construction-defect practice, as part of the website we designed and built for the firm.

Location: Denver, Colorado
Industry: Law firm
Photographs: 144

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Two members of the Nelson Law Firm team work together at a marble table in the law library, one on a laptop and one taking notes. — Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. Nelson · Denver, Colorado

01 · 46 photographs

Headshots and portraits

Individuals and teams, directed and lit.

Two members of the Nelson Law Firm team stand smiling in front of shelves of law reporters in the firm's library.

Seven members of the Nelson Law Firm team standing together at the foot of the oak staircase in the firm's Denver office

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, standing together in the firm's law library in Denver

Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, standing at the oak staircase of the firm's Denver office

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, side by side at the staircase of the firm's Denver office

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, standing together at the oak staircase of the firm's Denver office

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, smiling together in the firm's law library in Denver

Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, standing in front of law library shelves in Denver

Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, standing close together in the firm's Denver law library

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, smiling in the firm's law library in Denver

Colleen S. Nelson with a hand on Mark W. Nelson's shoulder, the founders of Nelson Law Firm in the firm's Denver law library

02 · 76 photographs

Ambiance and at work

People at work, and the rooms and details that make the place theirs.

Dawn Schulte, Office Manager, smiles from behind the reception desk beneath the Nelson Law Firm sign.

Kevin P. Ahearn, Attorney at Nelson Law Firm, chin resting on one hand, studies a computer screen.

Reception parlor with chandelier, antique fireplace and stained-glass staircase window at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.

View through a wood-trimmed doorway to the Nelson Law Firm reception desk and wall sign, with a grandfather clock at right.

A staff member answers the phone at the Nelson Law Firm reception desk beneath the firm's wall sign.

Mark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, wearing glasses in a doorway of the firm's Denver office with a lamplit hallway behind

Melissa J. Hessler, Partner at Nelson Law Firm, smiles while typing at a computer in a wood-paneled office.

Antique fireplace with carved tile surround and peacock fire screen beside an oak staircase with stained glass at Nelson Law Firm.

Antique fireplace, oak staircase with paneled newel post and stained glass in the parlor of Nelson Law Firm's Denver office.

Leaded-glass door with an etched N monogram opening onto shelves of law reporters at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member with glasses writes on a notepad beneath a brass cone lamp at Nelson Law Firm.

Close-up of a hand with manicured nails on a white mouse on a black desk mat, keyboard and desk phone blurred behind.

Close-up of hands typing on a laptop keyboard in blue satin sleeves at a wood table in the Nelson Law Firm library.

A staff member in a light blue shirt reads a document by a window while a colleague works at a laptop in the Nelson Law Firm library.

A staff member reads a document beside a window in the Nelson Law Firm library while a colleague works at a laptop behind.

Nelson Law Firm sign in front of the columned porch and wooden front door of the firm's historic Denver office.

Melissa J. Hessler, Partner, types at a keyboard beneath a desk lamp in a wood-paneled office at Nelson Law Firm.

Oak staircase and a wood-trimmed hallway with a runner rug inside Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office.

Oak staircase with turned balusters, paneled wainscot and a stained-glass window in Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office.

A staff member works at an iMac in a bright office with a framed concert poster on the wall at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member in a striped top faces an iMac screen in a Nelson Law Firm office.

A staff member with glasses looks over the top of an iMac while working at Nelson Law Firm.

Side view of a staff member typing at an iMac keyboard in a Nelson Law Firm office.

A staff member with glasses studies a monitor at a desk beneath a framed antique world map at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member looks down at a monitor at a desk with an antique world map on the wall at Nelson Law Firm.

Seen from behind, a staff member reviews a team-directory webpage on dual monitors at Nelson Law Firm.

Over-the-shoulder view of a staff member at dual monitors beside a brass lamp, framed photos on the wall at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member writes on a notepad at a dark wood desk under a brass cone lamp at Nelson Law Firm.

Close-up of hands writing on a notepad at a dark wood desk at Nelson Law Firm, monitors softly blurred behind.

A staff member with glasses writes on a notepad at a desk with a brass cone lamp and monitors at Nelson Law Firm.

A mounted jackalope with antlers sits on a bright windowsill in Nelson Law Firm's Denver office.

A staff member in a grey dress works at a computer in a wood-paneled office at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member writes notes on a document at a wood desk beneath a shelf of trailing plants at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member reviews a handwritten document at a wood desk in a Nelson Law Firm office.

A staff member annotates a handwritten document at a desk with a monitor and desk phone at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member in a white shirt and orange tie takes a call at a desk with two monitors showing a technical drawing.

A staff member takes a phone call at a desk with dual monitors, a technical drawing on screen, at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member reaches for a desk phone handset beside a monitor showing a technical drawing at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member, chin in hand, studies a monitor beside a glowing table lamp at Nelson Law Firm.

Close-up of hands on a white keyboard at a dark wood desk at Nelson Law Firm, shirt cuffs and tie in frame.

A staff member turns toward a legal pad at a desk with dual monitors and a wood hutch at Nelson Law Firm.

A staff member in a white shirt and orange tie writes on a yellow legal pad at a desk with dual monitors at Nelson Law Firm.

A bright corner office at Nelson Law Firm with a staff member at dual monitors, houseplants, framed diplomas and an area rug.

Mariana Gonzalez, Paralegal, works at an iMac with a desk phone and a brass lamp in a Nelson Law Firm office.

Mariana Gonzalez, Paralegal at Nelson Law Firm, looks at an iMac screen beside a desk phone and a brass lamp.

Close-up of a hand on a white mouse on a black desk mat at Nelson Law Firm, an iMac and desk phone blurred behind.

Mariana Gonzalez, Paralegal, at a desk with one hand on a mouse, in a dark green blazer at Nelson Law Firm.

Mariana Gonzalez, Paralegal at Nelson Law Firm, seated at a desk with a hand on a mouse, focus on the foreground.

Mariana Gonzalez, Paralegal, writes on a document at a desk with an iMac and desk phone at Nelson Law Firm.

Mariana Gonzalez, Paralegal at Nelson Law Firm, marks up a printed document at a desk with an iMac.

Mariana Gonzalez, paralegal, writing notes at a desk with two monitors in the Nelson Law Firm office in Denver

Mariana Gonzalez, paralegal, smiling at a computer monitor while working at a desk in the Nelson Law Firm office

Colleen S. Nelson, co-founder of Nelson Law Firm, reading on a phone in a leather armchair beside a carved fireplace mantel

Colleen S. Nelson reviewing documents in an armchair while Mark W. Nelson sits at a desk in the Nelson Law Firm office

Mark W. Nelson at a desk talking with Colleen S. Nelson, who reads a document from an armchair in the Nelson Law Firm office

Mark W. Nelson smiling from a desk chair as Colleen S. Nelson reads a file in an armchair in the Nelson Law Firm office

Colleen S. Nelson working on a laptop in front of shelves of law reporters and framed certificates at Nelson Law Firm

Colleen S. Nelson at a laptop beside shelves of law books and framed diplomas in the Nelson Law Firm library

Wide view of Colleen S. Nelson working on a laptop in the Nelson Law Firm library, with binders, law books and framed certificates

Colleen S. Nelson looking down at a laptop in front of framed diplomas and law reporters at Nelson Law Firm in Denver

Close view of Colleen S. Nelson concentrating on a laptop screen, with framed certificates and law books behind, at Nelson Law Firm

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson laughing across a conference table with a laptop and legal pad in the Nelson Law Firm library

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson smiling at each other across a conference table with a laptop in the Nelson Law Firm library

Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson talking over a laptop and legal pad at a marble conference table at Nelson Law Firm

Mark W. Nelson writing on a legal pad while Colleen S. Nelson works on a laptop in the Nelson Law Firm library

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson working at a conference table with a laptop and legal pad in front of law library shelves

Wide view of Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson at a conference table in the Nelson Law Firm library, bookshelves floor to ceiling

Colleen S. Nelson points at a laptop screen with a pen as Mark W. Nelson works, an antique American flag framed behind them

Colleen S. Nelson writing on a legal pad beside Mark W. Nelson at a laptop, a framed antique American flag behind them

Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson smiling at each other at a conference table under a framed antique American flag

Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson laughing together at a conference table with a laptop, antique American flag behind

03 · 22 photographs

Exteriors and aerials

The building in its setting, from the sidewalk and from the air.

Historic white two-story house at 1740 N High Street with the Nelson Law Firm sign on the front lawn in Denver.

Drone view over rows of two-story suburban homes and a neighborhood park in a Denver-area subdivision in winter.

Aerial view of a subdivision block beside a divided arterial road and signalized intersection in the Denver area.

High-angle drone view of two rows of two-story homes with rooftop solar panels in a Denver-area subdivision.

Drone view of suburban homes backing onto a shared greenway of bare trees in a Denver-area subdivision.

Aerial view down a divided road through a Denver-area subdivision, with a steel-framed building under construction at right.

Wide drone view along a divided road through a Denver-area subdivision toward a distant mesa, with a construction staging yard at lower right.

Top-down drone view of a row of suburban homes with rooftop solar panels and landscaped yards in the Denver area.

Straight-down aerial of suburban rooftops with solar arrays, patios and small backyards in a Denver-area subdivision.

Drone view over dense rows of two-story homes and a signalized intersection in a Denver-area subdivision.

Aerial view of a Denver-area subdivision with rows of new homes, open fields and the Front Range mountains on the horizon.

Drone view of a Denver-area neighborhood with a community park, rows of homes and snow-dusted mountains in the distance.

Top-down drone view of a new home's poured concrete foundation with an excavator and loader on a graded lot.

Aerial view of a residential foundation under construction with concrete walls, a loader, a trailer of lumber and mountains beyond.

Aerial view of a modern flat-roofed home under construction on a dirt lot in a Denver-area neighborhood.

Drone view of a contemporary home under construction with white flat roofs and stacked block on a bare Denver-area lot.

Top-down drone view of a modern home under construction with white flat roofs, stacked materials and a dumpster.

High-angle aerial of a contemporary home under construction on a corner lot, with sidewalks, street and a neighboring farmhouse-style home.

Aerial view of a modern home under construction on a corner lot, with a dumpster, boulders and dirt yard, neighbors beyond.

Front entrance of the Nelson Law Firm office at 1740 N High Street, Denver, with a wooden door, porch columns and a porch swing

Two-storey white brick house with dormer, bay window and columned porch, the Nelson Law Firm office at 1740 N High Street in Denver

The Nelson Law Firm sign on the lawn in front of the firm's historic white brick house in Denver under a blue sky

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