New attorney joins Warren, Carlson and Moore in Niwot

A new attorney has joined the team at Warren, Carlson and Moore (WCM) from another Boulder County law firm. Jeff Foltz started at WCM just a couple weeks ago, coming from Hensley and Kennedy law firm in Boulder.

Foltz, who lives in Gunbarrel, moved out to Colorado to attend law school at CU Boulder in 2002. After working in Boulder County for awhile, he said his interactions with the attorneys at WCM led him to apply for an open position there.

“I had worked with some of the attorneys here before, just on other matters I had encountered them,” Foltz explained. “I knew of their great reputation and thought it would be a good place to work. I started talking to them and ended up working here.”

Foltz is going to be taking over the cases of attorney Brett Landis, who recently left WCM to become the staff attorney at Boulder County Legal services. In addition to those cases, Foltz will also be working in general law practice.

“I’m going to be doing kind of a general practice here,” Foltz explained of his new role. “I’m taking over Brett’s family law caseload—divorce, child custody, those types of matters. I also do a lot of real estate [and] small business, what I’ve historically worked on as well.”

In his most recent job, Foltz didn’t have as much contact with his clients and he’s looking forward to expanding that in his position at WCM.

“I’m looking forward to interaction with the community here,” Foltz said. “ [At] my past law practice, a lot was done by email and by phone so I didn’t get to interact with people that often. With this office there’s always people walking in and phones constantly ringing, so I look forward to working directly with people and helping them with their legal problems.”

As an attorney, Foltz knows how important it can be to have face-to-face interactions with his clients.

“On certain matters it’s definitely a big benefit, family law being one of those areas,” he said. “You can understand where the person is coming from and connect with them.”

Outside of his law office, Foltz has been a member of Front Range Rescue Dogs (FRRD) for the past 10 years. Founded in 1984, FRRD is a non-profit volunteer group that provides canine search and rescue teams to missing persons emergencies.

“When people go missing in Boulder County, the sheriff’s office calls us to find them,” Foltz said. “When I moved out here for law school I just started looking into various search and rescue groups because I liked being outside and volunteering.”

In addition to volunteering with FRRD, Foltz is also on the board of directors for Attention Homes, a non-profit organization that has been providing resources and housing for homeless youth in Boulder County for 50 years.

“We have a proposed project in downtown Boulder for a permanent supportive housing project for 40 people ages 18-24,” Foltz, who’s been on the board for over four years and is currently the treasurer, said. “We currently have a runaway and homeless youth shelter on Broadway, and a residential foster care program in South Boulder.”

Foltz said his experience being a foster parent for a 17-year-old led him to become involved in the non-profit organization. Volunteering comes naturally to Foltz and is something he grew up doing.

“I think because my parents were always involved in the community where I grew up,” Foltz said, “I just see it as something people should do—to find a way to get involved in the community.”