• United States District Court for Colorado
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• United States District Court for Utah
• United States District Court for Wyoming
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Representation in all Colorado District and County Courts, but most often in the following counties:

• Adams
• Arapahoe
• Boulder
• Broomfield
• Denver
• Douglas
• El Paso
• Jefferson

Representation in Municipal Courts for the following cities:

• Aurora
• Centennial
• Denver
• Englewood
• Greenwood Village
• Lakewood
• Littleton
• Parker

Representation in Administrative Agency hearings and proceedings:

• Colorado Civil Rights Division
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Licensing Hearings
• Colorado Regulatory Agencies
• Administrative Law Judge hearings
• Presiding Disciplinary Judge
• Unauthorized practice of law

Intellectual Property Lawsuits:

• Patent Infringement
• Patent Violations
• Copyright Infringement
• Copyright Violations
• Trademark Infringement
• Trademark Violations
• Trade Secrets

Civil Rights (Federal and State):

• First Amendment
• Free Speech
• Freedom of the Press
• Libel, Slander, Defamation
• Religious Liberties
• Establishment Clause
• Free Exercise of Religion
• Public School students’ rights
• Student clubs at public schools
• Equal Access rights
• Parental rights
• Central Registry issues

Home Schooling:

• Right to do home schooling
• Forms required
• Problems with school districts
• Problems with Social Services
• Truancy allegations

Contracts & Leases:

• Negotiation
• Drafting
• Lawsuits
• Breach of contract
• Breach of lease
• Buy / Sell business
• Franchises
• Litigation

Employment Law:

• Employment Contracts
• Non-compete provisions or clauses
• Employee handbooks
• Wrongful Termination
• Hostile work environment
• Racial discrimination
• Sex discrimination
• Religious discrimination
• National Origin discrimination
• Age discrimination
• ADA –Disabilities and handicap discrimination
• Obtaining unemployment benefits
• Denial of unemployment benefits
• Harassment
• Wage claims
• Unpaid wages
• EEOC complaints
• Severance agreements
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Covenants not to compete

Family Law:

• Divorce
• Legal Separation
• Annulment
• Custody
• Parental responsibilities
• Visitation
• Parenting time
• Child support
• Alimony
• Maintenance
• Post Decree issues
• Modification of child support
• Modification of parenting time
• Modification of visitation
• Modification of parental responsibilities
• Modification of custody
• Out-of-state moves
• Separation Agreements
• Psychological parent issues
• Parental rights
• Dependency and neglect proceedings
• Problems with Social Services
• Termination of parental rights cases
• Restraining orders
• Property division
• Contempt of court proceedings
• Uncontested divorces
• Prenuptial agreements

Real Property:

• Real estate litigation and lawsuits
• Ownership disputes
• Boundary line disputes
• Easement and right-of-way disputes
• Partition actions
• Trespass cases
• Title defects
• Review of purchase and sale contracts
• Representation at closings
• “Bad neighbor” problems
• Nuisance
• Interference with enjoyment of property
• Property rights
• Joint tenant problems
• Preparation of deeds
• Preparation of right-of-way and easement documents
• Lawsuits for damage to land and buildings
• Adverse possession cases
• HOA problems

Probate:

• Estates where there is a will
• Estates where there is not a will
• Intestate estates
• Small estate proceedings
• Probate litigation
• Contested wills

Wills, etc.:

• Preparation of Simple Wills
• Preparation of Medical Powers of Attorney
• Preparation of Property Powers of Attorney
• Preparation of Limited Powers of Attorney
• Preparation of General Powers of Attorney
• Preparation of Living Wills
• Preparation of Trust Documents
• Guardianships
• Conservatorships
• Name changes

James P. Rouse

James P. Rouse

Licenses:

• States of Colorado and Oklahoma
• Federal District Courts for Colorado, Eastern District of Texas, and Northern District of Oklahoma
• Federal Courts of Appeal for the 5th, 10th, & D.C. Circuits
• United States Supreme Court

Bar Associations:

• Member – American, Colorado, Arapahoe County, and Oklahoma Bar Associations
• Member – Christian Legal Society

Education:

• Colorado School of Mines, B.S. Geological Engineering, 1975.
• University of Oklahoma; J.D. 1978
  • Honors:
    • Editor for Oklahoma Law Review
    • American Jurisprudence Award for Remedies
    • Dean’s Fund Scholarship for 1975-76
    • Frank A. Liddell, Sr., Memorial Scholarship (for overall performance in law school).
    • Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity
    • Graduate of four National Litigation Academies conducted by Alliance Defense Fund

Sample of Reported Cases:

Mason v. Wolf, 356 F.Supp.2d 1147 (D.Colo. 2005) (free-speech rights of protesters violated when they were restricted from conducting activities in main speech area of Auraria Campus); Buonanno v. AT&T Broadband, LLC, 313 F.Supp.2d 1069, (D.Colo. 2004) (Title VII – religious discrimination in employment); Richmond Petroleum, Inc., v. Oil & Gas Conservation Com’n of State of Colo., 907 P.2d 732 (Colo. App. 1996).