Denver · since 1998
Whatever it is, someone here does it every day.
Corporate, criminal, family, injury, employment, wills and estates — six practices in one Denver office, so your first call is never the wrong one.
The index
Six practices, one office
Corporate Law
Formation, contracts, financing and the eventual sale, for Colorado companies with no legal department of their own.
Learn more about Corporate LawCriminal Law
State and federal defence across Denver and the Front Range, from first appearance to trial — DUI, assault, drug and white-collar charges.
Learn more about Criminal LawFamily Law
Divorce, parenting time, child support and post-decree changes in Denver-area district courts, handled without theatrics.
Learn more about Family LawPersonal Injury
Car, truck and premises injuries along the Front Range, on contingency — no fee unless we recover.
Learn more about Personal InjuryEmployment Law
Severance review, wrongful termination, discrimination and unpaid-wage claims, read confidentially before anyone is contacted.
Learn more about Employment LawWills & Estates
Wills, trusts, powers of attorney and Colorado probate — including the family cabin, the family business and the blended family.
Learn more about Wills & Estates
A general practice is only as good as its narrowest desk. Ours are run by attorneys who each do one thing all day — down the hall from one another, so a matter that turns out to be two never becomes two firms.
The firm in figures
Where that leaves you
- practices in one office, sharing one intake desk and one file for your matter
- 6
- the year Omnia opened on the eighth floor of the Equitable Building
- 1998
- attorneys, so a hearing date never waits on one person’s calendar
- 11
Call to plan
How the first week goes
One call, one desk
You describe the problem once. Whoever answers finds the attorney whose practice it is and books the consultation with them — nobody asks you to ring a different number.
A read and a price
Inside a week you have a plain read on where you stand, what we would do first, and what it costs — flat fee, hourly or contingency, named before you commit to anything.
One file, however it grows
A company sale that turns into an employment claim, or an estate that turns into litigation, stays one matter with one team. Nothing gets explained from the beginning twice.
The partners
Who runs each desk
Mary Lathrop
Managing partner · Corporate and estates
Mary has practised business and estate law in Denver for twenty-three years and runs the corporate desk. Her work is mostly owner-operated Colorado companies: formations, buy-sells, and the succession planning that sits between a company and a will. She is admitted in Colorado and a member of the Denver Bar Association’s business law section.
Benjamin Lindsey
Partner · Criminal defence
Ben has defended state and federal cases in Colorado for nineteen years, including sixty-one jury trials in Denver, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties. He takes first appearances the week they are set and gives clients the likely outcome before he gives them a fee. Admitted in Colorado and the District of Colorado.
Sydney Carton
Partner · Family law
Sydney has handled Denver-area divorce, parenting and post-decree matters for fourteen years, most of them resolved without a contested hearing. He is trained in collaborative practice and mediates for other firms in the district. Admitted in Colorado.
Esther Summerson
Partner · Injury and employment
Esther tries injury and employment cases along the Front Range and has recovered for clients against trucking carriers, premises owners and employers. She reviews severance agreements confidentially, before a resignation is signed, and takes injury work on contingency. Admitted in Colorado.
Speaks English and Spanish.
In their words
From clients
“I came in about a contract and left with the contract fixed and the will I had been avoiding for six years signed. Two attorneys, one afternoon, one bill.”
“My son was in court on the Tuesday. I called on the Monday and spoke to the attorney who took the hearing. Nobody made me ring around.”
“They told me in the first meeting that the claim was worth less than I hoped, and they were right. I have sent them three people since.”
Straight answers
What people ask a general practice
Is a general practice as good as a specialist firm?
For the work we take, yes — because each practice here is run by an attorney who does only that work. Our criminal desk is not a corporate lawyer covering a hearing. What a general practice adds is that those desks are down the hall from each other. What it does not do is take everything: patent prosecution, immigration appeals, maritime and class actions go out to firms we know and trust.
Who will actually handle my matter?
The partner whose practice it is, named on the first call, with a direct line and an email that reaches a person. Associates and paralegals do the work that does not need a partner, and you are told which is which on the engagement letter.
Can one firm handle my company and my divorce?
Usually, and it is often cheaper, because the firm already has your company documents. What we cannot do is act for two people whose interests conflict: if your spouse is a co-owner, one of you keeps us and the other gets a referral. We run that conflict check before the first meeting, not after it.
What does the first conversation cost?
Nothing, and it is about twenty minutes. You get a read on whether you have a matter, which practice it belongs to, and what the next step costs. If it is not work we do, we will say so and point you somewhere it is.
Do you go to court, or settle everything?
Both, and we tell you which one your matter looks like early. Our criminal and family attorneys are in Denver-area courtrooms most weeks. Injury and employment matters settle more often than they are tried — but they settle better when the other side knows the file is ready to be tried.
What if my problem turns out to be two problems?
That is the reason to start here. A business sale that surfaces an employment claim, or an estate that turns into a dispute, is brought to the attorney who handles that work by the one you already have — as one matter, on one file, without you explaining it twice.
Start with the thing you have been putting off.
One call, twenty minutes, no charge — and you leave knowing which desk your matter belongs on.