To verify a Colorado attorney, use the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel's Attorney / LLP Search & Disciplinary History at coloradosupremecourt.com/Search/AttSearch.asp. Search by registration number, or by last name combined with first name. That page states that an attorney or LLP must have a status of "active" and be in good standing in order to practice law within the state of Colorado, and it is the official place to research status and disciplinary history.

This guide explains how to read what the search returns, what the records do and do not tell you, and where verification fits with the rest of your research. It is general education only. It is not legal advice and not a recommendation of any person.

What the official search covers

The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel describes its search service as one for researching an LLP's or an attorney's status and disciplinary history (s7). The interface accepts two routes:

  • Registration # — if you already know the number.
  • Last Name and First Name — if you know the person's name.

One numbering distinction is stated on the search page itself: individuals with a registration number in the 600000 range are licensed legal paraprofessionals ("LLPs"), not attorneys (s7). If your search returns a 600000-range number, the result is not an attorney record.

What a record typically shows

A retrieved record for registration number 19646 lists a name, a license status of "Active," the registration number, an admission date, business information, and a disciplinary history table (s8). Disciplinary entries are listed by case number, date, disposition, term, status and Supreme Court citation where present. The same record includes fields such as "Is in Private Practice" and "Carries Professional Liability Insurance," and notes that case numbers can be clicked for additional information (s8).

A second retrieved record, for registration number 36086, lists a license status of "Suspended Grievance" and an admission date of 1/6/2005, with disciplinary entries dated 2010, 2017 and 2022 (s9).

Reading disciplinary entries without overreading them

Dispositions appear in specific terms. In the records supplied for this guide, dispositions include "Public Censure," "Suspension" with a stated term, "Portion of Suspension Stayed," "Probation," "Served Suspension," "Immediate Suspension," and "Immediate Suspension: Child Support" (s8; s9).

Those entries are records of what was issued. They are not a rating, not a ranking, and not an evaluation of seriousness, current fitness, or whether a person should be hired. This guide makes no such evaluation. Read each row on the official page, use the case-number links where the page offers them, and treat anything beyond the record's own words as outside what the source supports.

Using hypothetical examples to plan a search

The following are hypothetical illustrations only. They do not describe any real person.

  • Hypothetical: You have a registration number from a letter. Enter it in the Registration # field to reach a single record directly.
  • Hypothetical: You have only a name that is common in Colorado. Search by last and first name together, then compare registration numbers, admission dates and firm information carefully before deciding which record is the one you meant.
  • Hypothetical: A result carries a status other than "active." The search page's own statement about active and good-standing status is your reference point; check the record itself and consider confirming the practical consequences with the appropriate official office.
  • Hypothetical: A result carries a 600000-range number. Per the search page, that is a licensed legal paraprofessional, not an attorney.

Practical limitations to plan around

Status changes. The records retrieved for this guide are snapshots taken at one point in time. License status and disciplinary history can change, so check the official search at the moment you rely on it.

Search is not advice. The official service reports status and history. It does not tell you whether to hire someone, how strong a matter is, or what an outcome will be. Court self-help staff are similarly limited: the Denver self-help page states that court staff cannot provide legal advice or representation of any kind (s1), and the Self-Represented Litigant Coordinators page states that Sherlocks cannot and do not provide legal advice and cannot provide legal advocacy (s2).

Name searches need care. If two people share a name, the fields on the record—registration number, admission date, firm name and address—are what distinguish them. Copy the registration number from the record you intend to rely on, and search by that number next time.

No invented credentials on our side. This publication does not verify, endorse, rate or rank attorneys, and does not maintain its own attorney directory. The official search is the source; this page is navigation only.

Connect verification to the rest of your research

Attorney status is often one question among several. If you are checking a rule or statute referenced in a matter, the General Assembly's statutes page states that the Colorado Revised Statutes are available online as hosted by the current printer, alongside the Colorado Court Rules, the Colorado Constitution and the United States Constitution (s6). Uncertified and unannotated copies can be downloaded for personal use, and the 2026 download page lists Titles 1 through 44 in HTML and DOCX, including Title 13, Courts and Court Procedure (s5). Read more in Find Colorado statutes and court rules.

If you are unrepresented and want to understand forms or procedure, the self-help page and county coordinator listings are the place to start; see Use Colorado court self-help resources. To prepare what you will ask a lawyer once you have verified status, see Prepare a question for a Colorado attorney. Our source finder selects a topic and task and returns official URLs with brief navigation notes.

Suggested order of checks

  1. Search the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel by registration number, or by first and last name (s7).
  2. Confirm you are looking at an attorney record rather than a 600000-range LLP record (s7).
  3. Note the license status, registration number and admission date, and read the disciplinary history rows as written, using case links where offered (s8).
  4. Re-check the official record at the time you actually rely on it, since status and history can change.

This page is independent Colorado legal education and primary-source navigation. It is not a law firm or legal service, and nothing here is legal advice or a recommendation about any attorney.