Mechelle Faulk, Director
Practicing in the family law department, Mechelle Faulk is dedicated to helping clients and their families through the divorce and post-divorce process in a productive way. She is a tough advocate for her clients by consistently developing a thorough understanding of each client's objectives and the unique issues of each case.
Mechelle is an experienced litigator and negotiator, often representing clients with complex financial issues and high-conflict cases. She is also an experienced and compassionate advocate on allocation of parental responsibility issues (parenting time and decision making), as well as protection order issues. She has worked with numerous experts, including business valuation experts, vocational experts, child and family investigators, parental responsibility evaluators and tax experts, in order to obtain results in the best interest of her clients.
Career Highlights
Obtained successful orders after litigating complex dissolution and post-decree matters involving large marital estates, trusts, maintenance, child support, intricate financial plans, business ownership and contested parental responsibility issues
Represented and counseled numerous clients regarding domestic violence restraining order issues
Successfully negotiated numerous Separation Agreements and Parenting Plans involving complex marital property issues and difficult income determination, business valuation and contested parental responsibility issues
Represented families through the step-parent adoption process
Represented numerous clients in cases where both a Child and Family Investigator and a Parental Responsibilities Evaluator were appointed by the court
Community Involvement Affiliations
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado: Officer (2008-present); Board of Directors (2007-present); Membership Committee (2007-2008); Member (2003-present); Captain of Dragon Boat Team (2008); APABA Foundation Board (2009-2010)
Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training (2009)
Alliance of Professional Women: Member; Outreach Committee
Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce: Member
American, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations: Member; Public Legal Education Committee of the Colorado Bar Association; Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
Colfax Community Network: Board of Directors
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence: Dream Team member and Team Coordinator for Judge Daniel's team
Awards
Awarded "Compleat Lawyer" by Law Week Colorado on June 22, 2009.
Mechelle was one of only five attorneys in the Denver area chosen as
a Compleat Lawyer by her colleagues. As described by Law Week
Colorado, the "Compleat Lawyer" is the whole package, the equivalent
of a
modern day renaissance personality. Think of someone who not
only excels at their area of legal expertise, but generates business,
promotes their firm's values, stays on top of current trends and has a
personality that dazzles. As judged by her colleagues, Mechelle
possesses all of these skills, as well as her clear understanding of the
client's goals and unique issues of the case.
Named a 2009 Rising Star by Law & Politics and the publishers of
5280 Magazine.
Publications
"CFIs and APR Evaluators - Similarities and Differences"
37 The Colorado Lawyer 31 (Jan. 2008)
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