Publications:

Land Use Planning at the National Parks, 68 U. Colo. L. Rev. 795 (1997)

Professional Activities and Affiliations:

Assistant La Plata County Attorney, 2001-2007

Assistant Archuleta County Attorney, 2004-2006

Member, Colorado and Southwest Colorado Bar Associations

Durango DEVO, Inc. Board of Directors, 2015-2021 (President, 2018-2021)

Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado Board of Directors, 2016-2022

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Board of Directors, 2021 to 2026

Lindsey Nicholson has practiced law in Colorado for over thirty years - first, in Breckenridge with noted real estate attorney J. Albert Bauer, and then in Durango, with Goldman, Nicholson & Mack, PC, with whom she practiced for twenty-five years. Ms. Nicholson opened her solo practice in 2026.

She represents private clients in all aspects of real estate and business transactions. Her representative clients range from individual investors to large-scale real estate developers and from ski resort operators to local retail stores and microbreweries.

She volunteers regularly by speaking at small business workshops organized by the Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and by providing pro bono services through Colorado Legal Services.

Education & Experience:

Education:

1997     UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF LAW, Boulder, Colorado, Juris Doctorate, May 1997

1992     UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, Virginia, Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, May 1992

1991     UNIVERSITE DE PARIS IV-LA SORBONNE, Paris, France, Cours de Civilisation Francaise, Spring 1991

Bar Admissions: State of Colorado; US District Court, District of Colorado

Experience:

Goldman, Nicholson & Mack, P.C., Durango, Colorado

Partner, January 2006 to February 2026

Associate, August 2001 to December 2005

Law Office of J. Albert Bauer, P.C., Breckenridge, Colorado

Associate, August 1997 to August 2001

  • Real Estate (Commercial, Residential, and Vacant Land)

    • Acquisition

    • Leasing

    • Financing

    • Development

    • HOAs

  • Business

    • Start-Up

    • Partnership Arrangements

    • Buying & Selling

    • Contracts & Operational issues

  • Nonprofit

    • Bylaws

    • Governance & Ongoing issues

Areas of Practice:

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