Howard O. Bernstein, P.C.

I sought Howard as a second opinion on an employment matter in which I was being threatened by a large multimillion dollar corporation. My first attorneys were concentrated on just reaching a huge settlement, but Howard immediately gave us hope. He knew CO law better than anyone else I spoke with, and citing pertinent case law pointed out why the claim was frivolous and worth fighting. The matter has now been resolved for a fraction of what the first attorneys had predicted. Top quality legal team, highest possible recommendation!

My experience with this law firm has been horrific. The essential problem is that Mr. Bernstein, Elise Aiken, Christine Breen, Julie Lang practice outside of their areas of competence--without competence, ethics or shame. Three of those attorneys no longer work there--the place is a revolving door. Former staff attorney Robert Keating shared with me -- too late as I was already snowed in/under by Bernstein -- that he left employment with Howard Bernstein P.C. due to him having challenged Bernstein on ethical things that he was doing in his office, including having affairs with various staff members. I share this detail only because, again, a former employee of Bernstein told me this and attorneys such as Mr. Keating are under the obligation of professional standards to not repeat untruths. My experience with Mr. Bernstein literally resulted in his billing me over $100,000 for help with an HOA/First Amendment matter that would have been cursory work for actual HOA lawyers and First Amendment experts and instead of Bernstein referring me to those experts, he, with total hubris, boasted that he could handle all this. Then when I started to challenge him, he got angry and defensive. His ridiculous, one-sided legal fee contracts stipulate, I believe unethically if not illegally, that any "fee dispute" MUST GO THROUGH THE COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION LEGAL FEE ARBITRATION PROGRAM (CBA LFAP), problematic for myriad reasons, it's a conflict of interest because he is a member of the CBA as well as the fact that they assigned an arbitrator who had experience in any of the areas of relevant law and exhibited the "Biden Effect" -- was no longer fit to be practicing law letting alone serving as an arbitrator. Bernstein quickly turned that "award" into a judgement and the initial judges on the case did not challenge or even question the fact that Bernstein had submitted to the court an unsigned version of the Award (another problem with the CBA LFAP -- incompetence and ex parte communications. Working with Bernstein's settlement company, I was forced to settle with Bernstein and the only way I could that was to sell I had to sell my property -- one in the Affordable Housing Program with the City of Boulder--which took most of the equity of my home (which resulted in my being homeless). Then, after the sale where I was provided by the title company with documents signed by Bernstein on Howard O. Bernstein P.C. letterhead documents that said, "Full Judgement Payoff," he double backed and said I "should have known" this was only a partial payment of the Judgement and that I still owed him another $25,000.00. I filed a complaint against Bernstein's collection agency Summit Collects with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau where his own collection company sided with me stating that yes, it was a FULL PAYMENT of the Judgement. I requested a hearing with the court which was granted, and a new judge had been assigned to the case, one who was actually paying close attention, where I prevailed. Again, Mr. Bernstein's actions have made me go homeless though it is a relief that I prevailed in court where his incompetence and lack of scruples was on full display.

Howard Bernstein and his firm truly changed my life for the better. His professionalism, negotiation skills, and expertise navigated me in a way I couldn't have done on my own.

Howard and the team at Bernstein law are great. They handled a sensitive legal matter for me professionally and expertly, and saw it through to resolution on my behalf. I would definitely recommend them to anyone needing legal services in the Boulder / Denver area.

When faced with an unexpected situation that put us in a whirlwind of courtrooms, motions, and rulings, Howard and his team have been invaluable to us. Howard is wonderful to work with and really listens when that is what you need most. He is thoughtful in his approach and values a sound strategy to reach favorable outcomes. I hope to never need the services he provided to us again but would call him again in a heartbeat.