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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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Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. Nelson · Denver, Colorado

01 · 46 photographs

Headshots and portraits

Individuals and teams, directed and lit.

Headshot · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder and attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic house in Denver.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder and attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonA portrait in the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, with shelves of Pacific Reporter volumes as the backdrop.
Team portraitThe Nelson Law Firm team gathered at the base of the oak staircase in the firm's historic Denver office, including founders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson, attorney Kevin P. Ahearn and paralegal Mariana Gonzalez.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson in the law library of Nelson Law Firm in Denver, shelves of case reporters behind them.
Team portrait · Colleen S. Nelson, Mark W. NelsonCo-founders Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson at the foot of the staircase in Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office, stained glass glowing behind them.
Headshot · Dawn SchulteDawn Schulte, office manager of Nelson Law Firm, photographed by the stained-glass staircase in the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Ivy SandersIvy Sanders, senior paralegal at Nelson Law Firm, photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Kevin P. AhearnKevin P. Ahearn, attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Marcia ForneyMarcia Forney, paralegal at Nelson Law Firm, photographed by the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mariana GonzalezMariana Gonzalez, paralegal, photographed with arms crossed at the stained-glass staircase of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson together at the oak staircase of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Melissa J. HesslerMelissa J. Hessler, partner and attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed by the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed beside the oak newel post of the staircase in the firm's Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team smiles for a portrait at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed in a hallway of wood-framed doorways in the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed in a hallway of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team, arms crossed, at the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team, arms crossed, photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder and attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed with hands clasped at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder of Nelson Law Firm, at the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder of Nelson Law Firm, photographed with arms crossed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder and attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed with arms crossed beside the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder of Nelson Law Firm, at the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder and attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, at the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, at the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder and attorney at Nelson Law Firm, photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, at the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Headshot · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, photographed with hands clasped at the stained-glass staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed beside the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team at the oak staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
HeadshotA member of the Nelson Law Firm team photographed at the staircase of the firm's historic Denver office.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson at the foot of the stained-glass staircase in Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson in the law library of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office, shelves of case reporters behind them.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonCo-founders Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson photographed together in the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonCo-founders Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson photographed in the law library of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson in the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.
Team portrait · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonCo-founders Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson together in the law library of Nelson Law Firm in Denver.

02 · 61 photographs

Environmental and at work

People in their own rooms, doing the actual work.

Environmental portrait · Dawn SchulteOffice Manager Dawn Schulte at the front desk of Nelson Law Firm in Denver, framed by the firm's blue-and-black wall sign.
Candid at work · Kevin P. AhearnAttorney Kevin P. Ahearn concentrates on a screen at Nelson Law Firm's Denver office, in a check shirt and patterned tie.
Candid at workFront desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver: a staff member takes a call under the firm's blue-and-black wall sign.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonCollaboration in the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver: one team member writes on a legal pad while the other works on a laptop, shelves of case reporters behind.
Environmental portrait · Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, photographed in a doorway of the firm's historic Denver office with the warm light of the hallway beyond.
Candid at work · Melissa J. HesslerPartner Melissa J. Hessler at a desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, smiling toward the monitor while typing.
Candid at workHandwritten notes at a dark wood desk: a staff member writes beneath a brass cone lamp in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver.
Candid at work · Mark W. NelsonIn the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, a staff member reads a document by the window while a colleague in a blue blouse works on a laptop at the table behind.
Candid at work · Mark W. NelsonLandscape view of the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver: a staff member reviews a document by the window as a colleague works at a laptop at the table.
Candid at work · Marcia ForneyParalegal Marcia Forney works at a computer beside a sunlit window with blinds at Nelson Law Firm's Denver office.
Candid at work · Melissa J. HesslerPartner Melissa J. Hessler at work in a wood-paneled office at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, with family photos and a desk lamp nearby.
Candid at work · Melissa J. HesslerPartner Melissa J. Hessler works at a computer in a warm wood-paneled office at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.
Candid at work · Kevin P. AhearnAttorney Kevin P. Ahearn at work at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, photographed in profile against the office's warm wood cabinetry.
Candid at workA staff member at a desk in a sunlit office at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, with an iMac, window blinds and a framed concert poster.
Candid at workProfile of a staff member working behind an iMac in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, a framed concert poster on the wall behind.
Candid at workA staff member concentrates on an iMac screen in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with a desk phone and tissue box behind.
Candid at workA staff member types at an iMac in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with books and a desk phone on the desk.
Candid at workA staff member at work in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with a framed antique map, wall calendar and a brass desk lamp.
Candid at workA staff member reads from a monitor in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, beneath a framed antique map.
Candid at workOver-the-shoulder view of a staff member at dual monitors in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, framed photographs on the wall behind.
Candid at workA staff member works at dual monitors in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, a brass cone lamp in the foreground.
Candid at workA staff member takes handwritten notes at a dark wood desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, a brass cone lamp and monitors nearby.
Candid at workClose view of a staff member writing on a notepad in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with a brass lamp and monitors behind.
Candid at workProfile of a staff member at a keyboard in a wood-paneled office at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, a monitor and desk lamp in the foreground.
Candid at workA staff member annotates a handwritten page at a wood desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, houseplants trailing from the hutch above.
Candid at workA staff member reads and annotates a handwritten page at a wood desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver.
Candid at workA staff member works through a handwritten page at a wood desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with a monitor, keyboard and desk phone nearby.
Candid at workA staff member on the phone at a desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, a technical drawing open on one of two monitors and notes spread across the desk.
Candid at workWider view of a staff member on the phone in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with handwritten notes and legal pads in the foreground.
Candid at workA staff member picks up the desk phone in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, legal pads and notes covering the desk.
Candid at workA staff member pauses to think at a desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, a warm table lamp glowing in the foreground.
Candid at workA staff member types at a keyboard beside a window in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, a printer and desk lamp behind.
Candid at workA staff member glances down at notes at a desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, dual monitors and a wood hutch behind.
Candid at workA staff member takes notes on a legal pad at a desk in a Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with a mountain landscape on one monitor.
Candid at work · Mariana GonzalezParalegal Mariana Gonzalez at a desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, with an iMac, a second monitor, a desk phone and a brass lamp.
Candid at work · Mariana GonzalezParalegal Mariana Gonzalez at work at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, an iMac and desk phone on a wood desk by the window.
Candid at work · Mariana GonzalezParalegal Mariana Gonzalez at a desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, focus on the hand resting on a computer mouse.
Candid at work · Mariana GonzalezParalegal Mariana Gonzalez at a desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, one hand on a mouse, the face softly out of focus.
Candid at work · Mariana GonzalezParalegal Mariana Gonzalez writes on a printed document at a desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, an iMac and desk phone behind.
Candid at work · Mariana GonzalezParalegal Mariana Gonzalez reviews and marks up a document at a desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.
Candid at workParalegal Mariana Gonzalez works through paperwork at a desk in the Nelson Law Firm office in Denver, with a desk phone and two monitors close at hand.
Candid at work · Mariana GonzalezParalegal Mariana Gonzalez at work on a desktop computer in the Nelson Law Firm office in Denver.
Candid at work · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder of Nelson Law Firm, checks a phone from a leather armchair in a private office of the firm's historic Denver house, beneath a carved fireplace mantel lined with family photos.
Meeting · Colleen S. Nelson, Mark W. NelsonCo-founders Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson confer in Mark's office at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, Colleen reading through a file from a leather armchair.
Meeting · Colleen S. Nelson, Mark W. NelsonMark W. Nelson, founder of Nelson Law Firm, talks through a file with co-founder Colleen S. Nelson in a private office at the firm's Denver headquarters.
Meeting · Colleen S. Nelson, Mark W. NelsonFounder Mark W. Nelson and co-founder Colleen S. Nelson in conversation in Mark's office at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, case materials in hand.
Candid at work · Colleen S. NelsonCo-founder Colleen S. Nelson works on a laptop in the library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, framed certificates and case reporters on the wall behind.
Candid at work · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder of Nelson Law Firm, at work in the firm's Denver law library.
Candid at work · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson at a laptop in the law library of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office, surrounded by case reporters, binders and framed credentials.
Candid at work · Colleen S. NelsonCo-founder Colleen S. Nelson reviews work on a laptop in the Nelson Law Firm library in Denver.
Candid at work · Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson, co-founder of Nelson Law Firm, focused on a laptop in the firm's Denver law library.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson share a laugh at a conference table in the law library of Nelson Law Firm in Denver.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonCo-founders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson in conversation at a conference table in the Nelson Law Firm library in Denver.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, work through notes at a conference table in the firm's Denver law library.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson at work side by side in the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson focus on their work at a conference table in the Nelson Law Firm library in Denver.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonA wide view of Nelson Law Firm's law library in Denver, with founders Mark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson at work at the conference table.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonColleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, review work on a laptop beneath a framed antique American flag in the firm's Denver office.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonFounders Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson at work in a conference room at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, an antique American flag on the wall behind.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonMark W. Nelson and Colleen S. Nelson, founders of Nelson Law Firm, share a light moment at a conference table in the firm's Denver office.
Meeting · Mark W. Nelson, Colleen S. NelsonCo-founders Colleen S. Nelson and Mark W. Nelson laugh together at a conference table at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.

03 · 15 photographs

Ambiance and detail

The rooms, signs and small things that make the place theirs.

InteriorA wide view of the front parlor at Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office: brass chandelier, tiled fireplace, and the oak staircase with its stained-glass window.
InteriorLooking into the reception area of Nelson Law Firm's Denver office through a heavy oak door frame, with the firm's sign above the front desk and an antique grandfather clock in the hall.
InteriorThe reception parlor of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office, with its carved tile fireplace, mirrored mantel, brass fan fire screen and stained glass over the staircase.
InteriorThe parlor of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office, where an oak staircase with a built-in bench meets a carved tile fireplace under a brass chandelier.
DetailA leaded and etched glass door, monogrammed with an N, opens onto the law library at Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office, its shelves lined with case reporters.
DetailDetail of a hand on a computer mouse at a Nelson Law Firm desk in Denver, with a keyboard and desk phone softly out of focus.
DetailDetail of hands on a laptop at a wood table in the law library at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, bookshelves softly blurred behind.
SignageThe Nelson Law Firm sign stands in the front garden at 1740 N High Street in Denver, the historic house's porch and oak door softly out of focus behind.
InteriorDark oak stairs, paneled doors and a long hallway leading to a sunlit window in the historic house that serves as Nelson Law Firm's Denver office.
InteriorThe centerpiece of Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver office: a quarter-sawn oak staircase with turned spindles and an amber stained-glass window on the landing.
DetailDetail of a pen and notepad on a dark wood desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver, with monitors out of focus behind.
DetailA touch of Western whimsy at Nelson Law Firm in Denver: a mounted jackalope perched on a sunlit windowsill.
DetailDetail of hands typing on a keyboard at a dark wood desk at Nelson Law Firm in Denver.
InteriorA sunlit corner office at Nelson Law Firm's historic Denver home, with a staff member at dual monitors, a monstera and other houseplants, framed diplomas and guest chairs.
DetailDetail of a hand on a computer mouse at a Nelson Law Firm desk in Denver, iMac and desk phone out of focus behind.

04 · 22 photographs

Exteriors and aerials

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

ExteriorNelson Law Firm's Denver office occupies a historic two-story home at 1740 N High Street, with a columned front porch, bay window and the firm's sign out front.
AerialAerial view of a Denver-area residential subdivision photographed for Nelson Law Firm's construction-defect practice, with rows of two-story homes, a community park with a playground and open plains beyond.
AerialA block of two-story homes sits between a divided arterial road, a park and a large modern building in this Denver-area drone view made for Nelson Law Firm.
AerialLooking steeply down on back-to-back rows of suburban homes, driveways and small yards in a Denver-area subdivision, part of an aerial series for Nelson Law Firm.
AerialBack-to-back rows of homes share a narrow greenway of lawns and bare trees in this high-angle aerial of a Denver-area neighborhood photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
AerialA divided arterial road runs through a Denver-area subdivision while the steel frame of a small commercial building rises beside it, one of the aerial views photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
AerialA higher, wider view down the same arterial road through a Denver-area subdivision, with a construction staging yard in the foreground and a lake beyond the homes, photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
Top-down aerialStraight-down aerial of suburban rooftops, solar arrays, patios and xeriscaped yards in a Denver-area subdivision, part of the construction-defect aerial series for Nelson Law Firm.
Top-down aerialA second top-down frame of the same suburban block, showing shingled roofs, solar panels and backyard patios in a Denver-area neighborhood photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
AerialRows of closely spaced two-story homes fill this aerial view of a Denver-area subdivision, with a signalized intersection at the upper right, photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
AerialNew homes give way to open fields, reservoirs and the snow-capped Front Range in this Denver-area drone view photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
AerialA Denver-area subdivision seen from the air, with a circular park feature at left, rows of two-story homes and the Front Range along the horizon, photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
Construction progressStraight-down aerial of a residential foundation under construction on a Denver-area lot: poured concrete walls, an excavator, a wheel loader and stockpiled soil, documented for Nelson Law Firm.
Construction progressConcrete foundation walls rise on a graded lot beside established homes and open fields in this Denver-area aerial, with the mountains on the horizon, documented for Nelson Law Firm.
Construction progressA contemporary flat-roofed house takes shape on a bare lot, its stucco walls, white membrane roof and windows in place, in a Denver-area neighborhood photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
Construction progressSecond frame of the contemporary house under construction, showing its stepped white roofs, stacked block and dumpster with the surrounding neighborhood beyond, photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
Construction progressStraight-down aerial of the contemporary house under construction, its white roof sections, concrete driveway, stacked block and dumpster laid out on the dirt lot, documented for Nelson Law Firm.
Construction progressThe contemporary house under construction sits on a corner lot in this high-angle Denver-area aerial, with a modern farmhouse next door and finished homes across the street, photographed for Nelson Law Firm.
Construction progressAnother angle on the contemporary house under construction on its corner lot in a Denver-area neighborhood, with a dumpster and landscape boulders staged in the yard, documented for Nelson Law Firm.
ExteriorThe front porch of Nelson Law Firm's historic white brick house at 1740 N High Street in Denver, with its wood-and-glass door and porch swing.
ExteriorNelson Law Firm's Denver office occupies a historic white brick house at 1740 N High Street, seen here from the sidewalk on a clear day.
ExteriorThe Nelson Law Firm's sign stands in front of the firm's historic house at 1740 N High Street in Denver, with traces of snow on the lawn.

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