Law Firm Overview

McAllister Law Office, P.C. is dedicated to professionalism and exceptional service. McAllister Law Office, P.C. is focused on three areas: criminal defense, divorce, and real estate. Sean T. McAllister is the primary attorney and he has successfully tried or managed hundreds of criminal, divorce, and real estate cases. Sean has handled every type of criminal defense case, from common DUIs, to felony drug cases, to sex assault cases, and even homicide cases. Due to the quality of Sean's work, he is regularly appointed by the Colorado Courts to represent low income individuals in criminal defense and family law cases.

Sean handles complex and contentious divorce cases, dealing with issues of alimony (maintenance), property division, and child custody and support. In addition, Sean practices real estate law, handling common residential real estate transactions and contentious litigation over real estate matters. As part of this work, Sean represents people subject to government condemnation of their land to try to get them the most value for their land. While Sean is an aggressive advocate for his client, he often seeks to find a way to resolve cases short of litigation in order to save the client money and heartache.

Sean has also has extensive experience with public interest environmental litigation. From 2000 to 2003, Sean served as an Assistant Attorney General with the State of Colorado in the Natural Resources Division. At the Attorney General's Office, Sean worked on the Leadville Superfund Site and other mining contamination sites around Colorado. In addition, Sean has represented groups in fights against pollution and development, including Environmental Defense, National Wildlife Federation, Western Resources Advocates, Forest Guardians, Western Mining Action Project Western Colorado Congress, Sierra Club Kentucky, FightTheFence.org, and Coloradans Concerned Against Toxic Waste. Sean represents private citizens in zoning disputes with local planning departments and helps private landowners fight against gravel mines and other unwanted development in close proximity to their homes.

Sean's philosophy is that honest people need determined advocacy from a quality lawyer to protect themselves against unscrupulous people. McAllister Law Office, P.C. provides that kind of determined advocacy to honest people at an affordable price.

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• Sexual Harassment
• DUI/DWI
• Drug Violations
• Felonies
• Misdemeanor
• Sexual Assault
• Traffic Violations
• White Collar Crimes
• Contested Divorce
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Litigation & Appeals
• Real Estate Law
• Medical Marijuana Defense
• LLC Creations
• Foreclosures

Published Works

• Criminal Sentencing Reform in Colorado, The Colorado Lawyer, March, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2007
• Indigenous People, Environment and the Law, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Fall , 2005
• Unnecessarily Hesitant Good Samaritans: Conducting Voluntary Cleanups of Inactive and Abandoned Mines Without Incurring Liability, 33 Environmental Law Reporter 10245, April, 2003
• Unnecessarily Hesitant Good Samaritans: Conducting Voluntary Cleanups of Inactive and Abandoned Mines Without Incurring Liability, Rocky Mtn. Mineral Law Foundation at 40 Public Land and Resource Law Digest 261, 2003
• The Confluence of a River and a Community: An Experiment with Community-Based Watershed Management in Southwestern Colorado, 3 U. Denver Water L. Rev. 287, Spring, 2000
• Community-based Conservation: Restructuring Institutions to Involve Local Communities in a Meaningful Way, 10 Colo. J. Intntl. Envtl. L. & Pol. 195, 1999
• Community-based Conservation: Restructuring Institutions to Involve Local Communities in a Meaningful Way, Indigenous People, Environment and The Law, Lawrence Watters ed., Carolina Academic Press, 2004
• Convention on Public Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters., Colo. J. IntaAAA€l. Envtl. L. & PolaAAA€y 1998 Y.B. 187, 1999
• Post-War Democracy in Guatemala and the URNG, National Lawyers Guild Practitioner, Vol. 55, No. 2, Spring, 1998
• Erosion of Civil Liberties under the USA-Patriot Act, NLG Guild Notes

Classes and Seminars

• Criminal Justice Reform - Testimony to Denver Public Safety Review Commission on the Illegal Police Spy Files Kept on Peaceful Protesters
• Alternatives to War Under International Law to Respond to Terrorism - Speech to 3,000 Anti-war Marchers, September 29, 2001

West Practice Categories

Foreclosures, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Criminal Law, Criminal Fraud, DUI/DWI, Drug Violations, Federal, Felonies, Grand Jury Proceedings, Juvenile Crimes, Misdemeanor, Parole & Probation, Prosecution, RICO Act, Sex Offenses, Traffic Violations, White Collar Crimes, Estate Planning, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Childrens' Rights, Collaborative Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Juvenile Law, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Real Estate Law, Eminent Domain, Landlord/Tenant, Foreclosure & Alternatives