Staying Power Denver attorney found an early, yet lasting home at litigation firm
S By Tom Kirvan
ome people cringe when Denver attorney Nicole Quintana mentions that she sues lawyers for a living.
Or, more accurately, part of her living. Quintana readily acknowledges that it’s an understandable reaction, especially considering a historical reluctance by members of the legal profession to target one of their own. And yet, Quintana rightly professes to have no qualms about going to bat for clients
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who have suffered damages on account of a lawyer’s negligence. “To some, it might be a matter of degree, but in the area of legal malpractice, it’s not about splitting hairs,” said Quintana, a partner in the Colorado-based firm of Ogborn Mihm, LLP. “Actually, it’s more about upholding the high standards of the legal profession that clients have a right to expect when they hire a lawyer.” With that in mind, Quintana over the past few years has watched her caseload grow in the field of legal malpractice, a trend that began when attorney Michael Mihm became a co-founder of the firm a decade ago.
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“Michael is regarded as one of the top legal malpractice attorneys in the country and heads our legal malpractice group,” said Quintana of the team that also includes James Fogg, Elizabeth Hyatt, Susan Jacks, and Leigh Horton. “What I find particularly fascinating about the field is that the cases are invariably complex and can touch on virtually any area of the law,” noted Quintana. “In effect, they involve a case within a case, the one in which the alleged negligent action occurred and then the other regarding the improper conduct itself. With each case that I handle, I generally get an education on a different