Current Employment Position(s)

Founder and Senior Partner

Lawyer Overview

DOUGLAS J. TRAEGER is a partner in Olsen & Traeger, LLP specializing in estate planning, estate administration, estate litigation, guardianships, conservatorships, elder law, and personal injury. Mr. Traeger is a lecturer and speaker on will contests, trusts, wills and probate litigation matters.  Mr. Traeger is highly experienced as a trial attorney and devotes approximately 60% of his practice to litigation. He is a member of the Statutory Revisions Committee of the Estate and Trust Section of the Colorado Bar Association, and the Arapahoe and Jefferson County Bar Associations. He is a founder of the National Association of Counsel for Children. He is also a member in the Guardianship Alliance of Colorado, Inc., a former board member of the Riverside-Ft. Logan Memorial Day Soccer Tournament benefiting the Children's Division of Ft. Logan Mental Health Facility, and a former President, Soccer Coach and Referee of the Riverside Soccer Association.

Areas of Practice

• Estate and Trust Litigation
• Wills and Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Guardianship and Conservatorship
• Estate and Trust Administration
• Probate
• Personal Injury

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Trusts, Wills, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1972
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1972
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1972

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section (Member)
• Colorado Bar Association (Member)
• Colorado Bar Association, Estate and Trust Section (Member, Statutory Revisions Committee)
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Arapahoe County Bar Association (Member)
• First Judicial District Bar Association (Member)
• Jefferson County Bar Association (Member)
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. (Member)
• Guardianship Alliance of Colorado, Inc. (Member)
• Denver Estate Planning Council (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer; Probate Seminars, Senior Resource Center, retirement homes
• Lecturer, CLE Seminars on ethics, litigation, estate and probate matters

Past Employment Positions

• Law Offices of Douglas J. Traeger, P.C., Attorney, 1991 - 2001
• Kraft & Johnson, Attorney, 1989 - 1991
• Playton & Traeger, Attorney, 1984 - 1989
• Law Offices of Douglas J. Traeger, Attorney, 1973 - 1984
• Hayes & Thompson, Attorney, 1972 - 1973
• Wells Fargo Bank- San Francisco, CA, Securities Trading Desk, 1969

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1972
  J.D.
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1968
  B.A.
  Major: Mathematics
  Minor: Chemistry

References

• Available Upon Request

Address

Suite 850
650 S. Cherry Street
Denver, CO 80246

Phones

(800) 410-8496 (Toll Free)
(303) 329-4670

Faxes

(303) 329-4671

Emails

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