Every day, Colorado Legal Services‘ attorneys across Colorado help families stay safe, seniors remain housed, survivors escape abuse, veterans secure benefits, and children access the care they need. Through the Legal Aid Foundation’s Law Firm Campaign, Colorado law firms make that work possible. A leadership contribution of $475 per Colorado attorney can make a meaningful impact in sustaining civil legal aid across Colorado, helping Colorado Legal Services support families like Raya Bernal’s.
Raya’s child needs an adaptive car seat, a specialized car seat tailored to fit his medical needs, which was recommended by his doctors to ensure his safety while traveling. But despite the medical necessity, Medicaid denied their request for coverage, leaving Raya to navigate an impossible choice between safety and taking her child to doctor’s appointments and elsewhere without medically necessary safety precautions.
Across Colorado, families of children with disabilities faced similar Medicaid coverage denials, even when adaptive car seats were essential for their children’s well-being. With support from Colorado Legal Services, Raya and other families pushed back. Attorneys worked alongside them to challenge repeated Medicaid denials and advocate for their right to keep their children safe on Colorado roads.
Although the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing told Colorado news outlet Denver7 that it has changed its practice, Colorado Legal Services is still seeing denials for adaptive car seats. It shouldn’t take an often months- or years-long legal battle for a child to have what they need, but attorneys at CLS continue to help as many families as they can.
Colorado’s legal community has long demonstrated that access to justice is a shared responsibility, and law firms continue to lead the way through collective giving and partnership. Give today and help families like Raya’s get the support they need to keep kids safe.
Thank You to the Firms Supporting Access to Justice
The following firms have already contributed to this year’s Law Firm Campaign. Firms in bold have donated at the leadership level or above.
Arnold and Porter
Baird Quinn
Baldwin Cortes
Bartlit Beck
Bendelow and Wolfson
Bloch Ongert, LLC
Boland Law and Mediation
Brenna M. Francy
Butler Snow
Cambridge Law
Chayet and Danzo
Cook Varriano
Crane and Tejada
Crowell & Moring LLP
Dailey Law
Danborn, Thiessen and Dunham
Davis and Ceriani
Davis Graham
Deisch Marion and Klaus
Dill Dill Carr Stonbraker and Hutchings
Downey and Associates
Epstein Patierno
Faegre Drinker
Foley Hoag
Goodspeed and Merrill
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Greenberg Traurig
Greene and Associates
Griffiths Law
Hoffman Nies Dave and Meyer
Holland and Hart
Ireland Stapleton Pryor and Pascoe
Jeri D. Shepherd Attorney at Law
Johnson and Klein*
Jon Sirkis, LLC
Killmer Lane
Kinnett and Cordes
Lathrop Law Office
Levin Sitcoff
Mari C. Bush LLC
Marla Underell
McGeady Becher Cortese Williams
Means Law Group
Milgrom Daskam and Ellis
Mill Construction Law
Miller and Urtz
Miller Cohen Peterson Young
Morey Law, PC
Nelson Mullins
Norton Rose Fulbright
Nossaman LLP
Otten Johnson Robinson Neff and Ragonetti
Palmer Polaski
Perkins Coie
Phillip D. Barber PC
Pickard Law
Polsinelli
Purvis Thomson
Quarles
Rathod Mohamedbhai
Recht Kornfeld
Ritsema Law
Robinson Waters and O’Dorisio
Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb
Shook Hardy and Bacon
Somach Simmons & Dunn
Squire Patton Boggs
Stinson LLP
Sweetbaum Miller
Taft Stettinius and Hollister
The Babcock Law Firm
The Dorsey and Whitney Foundation
The Irwin Law Firm
The Law Office of Josh W. Mack*
The Moore Law Firm
The Morrison and Foerster Foundation
Trout Raley
Walker Law Offices
Warkentine Law Office
Welborn Sullivan Meck and Tooley
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Wiegand Attorneys and Counselors
Williamson | Lowery | Fredregill
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation*
Winzenburg Leff Purvis & Payne
Womble Bond Dickinson
Workman Law Office
We are deeply grateful for the firms and attorneys who have stepped up to support civil legal aid in Colorado.
If your firm has not yet participated this year, there is still time to join the campaign before June 30.
Together, we can help ensure that more Coloradans have access to the legal help they need when it matters most.