Dru Nielsen

Dru Nielsen


Nielsen Weisz

Recognized since 2013

Denver, Colorado

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense: General Practice

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
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Dru Nielsen is a founding partner of Nielsen Weisz, LLC.

She focuses her practice on criminal defense. Dru is recognized as a top criminal defense attorney for the results she has achieved in pretrial investigations, prosecutions, and jury trials. She has over 25 years of extensive litigation experience.

Dru has successfully represented clients in high-stakes litigation, including obtaining “not guilty” verdicts in multiple domestic violence murder, sexual assault, and complex white collar trials in federal and state court. In 2022, Dru was named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyer for Criminal Defense: White Collar.

In 2023, Dru became a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state. Fellowship is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy.

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Location
  • 1800 15th Street, Suite 101
    Denver, CO 80202
Languages
  • English
Demographics
  • Gender: Female
Education
  • University of Colorado at Boulder, J.D., graduated 1997
  • University of California - Los Angeles, BA, graduated 1994
Bar Admissions
  • Colorado, Colorado Bar Association
Affiliations
  • Colorado Bar Association - Member
  • Colorado Criminal Defense Bar - Former Board Member

Nielsen Weisz

Denver, Colorado

1 The Best Lawyers in America® award

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Denver (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Awards:
  • "Top 50 Women Lawyers" in Colorado Super Lawyers® (2014 - 2023)
  • AV® rated by Martindale Hubbell®
  • Colorado Super Lawyers® (2012-2023)
  • Rising Star by Colorado Super Lawyers® (2010, 2011)

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