Andrew John Contiguglia

WHAT I DO: I counsel and advise small and medium sized businesses and influencers to gain legal advantages and protection by providing original, success-focused strategies and legal know-how. I help protect business owners from making legal mistakes by educating them with knowledge about the legal issues that affect them in business. Business that thrive include a lawyer as part of their success team.

WHO I WORK WITH: Since 1996 I have helped small, medium, and large businesses, local and online influencers navigate and avoid legal mistakes.

WHY IT WORKS: By providing original, success-focused strategies to help businesses grow, I educate business owners with general knowledge and information about the legal issues that affect them in their business. Owners can be more successful in business if they maintain a more detailed understanding about the legal issues they can encounter while running their businesses.

WHAT MAKES ME DIFFERENT: My unique perspective as a trial lawyer and transactional attorney with almost 25 years of experience gives businesses an advantage when it comes to their long term goals and day to day operations. Education about the law empowers you with a framework to ask intelligent questions, take smart actions, and protect yourself, your customers, and your business future.

Want to schedule a business strategy session?
Contact me: ajc@contiguglia.com
Office: 303-780-7333
Website: www.contiguglia.com

• General Civil

• Free Consultation
• Credit Cards Accepted
• Contingent Fees
  Contingency Fees are utilized in my clients' personal injury cases.

California

Since 2010

Colorado

Since 1996

New York

Since 2006

10th Circuit

Since 2011

Owner and President

The Contiguglia Law Firm, P.C.

2015 - Current

Quality legal and client care is our top priority. We are here to lead you through unfamiliar situations, guide you where we have skill and provide you with insight on your case. We will be approachable while maintaining a true direction to help you accomplish your goals. Each case is approached with individual care and concern. Bring us your problems, we'll help you fix them.

Managing Shareholder

Contiguglia / Fazzone, P.C.

2007 - 2014

Associate Attorney

Miller & Steiert, P.C.

1999 - 2007

Associate Attorney

Hull & Zimmerman, P.C.

1998 - 1999

The University of Denver Sturm College of Law

J.D. (1995) | Law

1992 - 1995

Columbia University

B.A. (1992) | Political Science - International Affairs

1988 - 1992

SuperLawyer

Superlawyers

2019

SuperLawyer

Superlawyers

2018

SuperLawyer

Superlawyers

2017

SuperLawyer

Superlawyers

2016

SuperLawyer

Superlawyers

2015

State Bar of California

Member

2010 - Current

New York State Bar

Member

2006 - Current

First Amendment Lawyer's Association

Member / Fmr. President

2002 - Current

Colorado State Bar  # 26901

Member

1996 - Current

Andrew Contiguglia on School Search and Seizure Case

The Legal Satyricon

October 15, 2007

Social Media Law, First Amendment Lawyer's Association, Denver, CO

July 9, 2018

Phoenix Forum

The Defense Attorney Perspective, Nat'l Assoc. of Robbery Detectives, Vail, CO

February 10, 2018

Phoenix Forum

Legal Panel / Legal Update, Phoenix Forum, Tempe, AZ

March 28, 2019

Phoenix Forum

Speaker on legal panel for legal update; discussed business law related issues, GDPR, privacy, and IP updates;

Q. What kind of lawyer do I need? I own an assisted living home and one of my clients fell and they are sueing me

February 2, 2023

A: Assuming you are insured, you should tender the complaint to your insurance company and open a claim. Depending on the type of policy you have, they will likely assign a defense attorney to defend the action on your company's behalf. If you are uninsured, you will be required to hire a defense attorney to defend your organization. Under Colorado law, business entities are required to be represented by counsel.

Q. If a company allows a third party to under bid a current contract, is that bid rigging?

July 9, 2020

A: If you have a signed contract, then you have a signed contract. The terms will control termination and whether you will be obligated to lower your bid in the event someone underbids. But perhaps you get a right to match or get out of the deal. But this is all contract-driven. If there is a signed agreement, neither party can breach it unless it wants to face a lawsuit and damages. You would have to evaluate what your damages are going to be. As for bid-rigging, it could be if it can be proven that the parties manipulating the value of the deal are "in on it" together.

Q. If we are not legally required in Colorado to speak to police/open the door, how can a warrant be issued

November 10, 2019

A: You’ve asked a number of different quests over a few different posts. i will try to compound everything in to one answer to you don’t have to go to multiple places to get an answers.

Warrants are based on a very low legal standard called “probable cause.” There is no requirement that a police officer speak to an accused before getting a warrant. And if the accused was my client, i would say not to speak to the police anyway. So, really all that is needed is someone stating that he/she has been the victim of a crime. If there is any form of corroborating evidence, like another kid who was sent a buttock picture from your friend’s son, that would likely be enough. The interview stage is a great opportunity for the police to get the kid to confess, making their job that much easier. There’s much less to prove when you have a confession.

Now, getting in to the substance of the case, you raise an interesting point about privacy. If the image was shared around originally, then there might not be a privacy issue at play. But, this will be very factually specific. People can give consent to certain amounts of privacy and not others. Which means, for example, you can use the photo for your own personal reasons, but you can’t share it with your friends. And who knows what people are saying or what exactly the police are investigating. No one will know until the reports are reviewed.

Then there begs the obvious question, if this picture had images of someone under the age of 18, then that is possession and distribution of child pornography, which is a whole event animal. ... Read More