Todd A. Stahly
Work in Stahly LLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Family Law, Child Custody
207 Canyon Blvd., Suite 302, Boulder, CO 80302
About Todd A. Stahly
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Child Custody
Education
- California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, 2003Juris Doctorate
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, 1996B.S.
- Major: Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting
Languages
- English (Primary)
Representative Cases
- Successfully helped a parent obtain 50/50 parenting time and proved that the other parent’s allegations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse were fabricated.
- Successfully achieved 100% parenting time for a parent after the other parent continued to fail court-ordered drug/alcohol tests and did not comply with Court ordered substance treatment.
- Successfully negotiated a child support reduction of over $1,200 per month for the payor.
- Successfully helped client to relocate out of state with young child in order to allow support of family and to craft a parenting plan that allowed both parents to spend time with child.
- Successfully litigated and obtained 100% of the assets in the marital estate for a mentally disabled client.
- Successfully obtained an attorney’s fees award of over $40,000 in a post-decree child support matter where a parent did not appropriately disclose his income and failed to comply with the disclosure/discovery requirements.
- Successfully obtained sanctions of excluding 100% of a represented party’s exhibits and witnesses during trial due to noncompliance with the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.
- During the middle of trial, obtained an order immediately discharging the Child & Family Investigator [then called a Special Advocate] from the case due to the Child & Family Investigator failing to complete any investigation and failing to issue a report.
- Successfully convinced a court appointed accountant to re-visit his business valuation calculations, resulting in a more favorable business valuation value for the client.
- Specially admitted by State of New Mexico and traveled to rural court in New Mexico to successfully litigate interstate child custody dispute. (Special admission in New Mexico was for one case only- should not be construed as Stahly LLC being licensed or currently being licensed to practice law in the State of New Mexico).
- Successfully litigated to retrieve a child who was abducted by a parent across state lines.
- Successfully litigated to defend a prenuptial agreement drafted in another state, using that state’s law, pursuant to the choice of law provision in the agreement.
Classes and Seminars
- March 2017 Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section, “The Motion in limine and Motions for Declaratory Judgement”, Denver, CO
- September 2016 AICPA Expert Witness Workshop Speaker, Denver, CO
- June 2016 Judicial Institute, “Child Support and Maintenance Modification”, Denver, CO
- October 2014 Boulder IDC, Presented with Shirley Thomas, “To Talk or Not To Talk – That is the Question. Communication Guidelines between Lawyers and Evaluators”, Boulder, CO
- 2014 Colorado Bar Association Family Law Fall Update , “Pre-Trial Motions & The Trial Management Certificate”. Denver, CO
- 2014 Colorado Bar Association Family Law Institute, “ Deposition Fundamentals”, Vail, CO
- Lectured about “Deposition Fundamentals” at 2014 Colorado Bar Association Family Law Institute in Vail, Colorado an event attended by over 400 family law attorneys, Judges, Magistrates, mediators and Court personnel
- Lectured about “Discovery” and “Disclosures”, Fundamental Class, at 2013 Colorado Bar Association Family Law Institute in Vail, Colorado an event attended by over 400 family law attorneys, Judges, Magistrates, mediators and Court personnel
- Lectured about Post-Decree Child Support Modifications, Intermediate level class, at 2012 Colorado Bar Association Family Law Institute in Vail, Colorado which was attended by over 400 family law attorneys, Judges, Magistrates, mediators and Court personnel
- Co-Presented “Interaction Between Domestic Relations Cases and Criminal Cases”, Boulder County Bar Criminal Law Section, Sept. 2017
- Panel Presentation of “Maximum Capacity: Working with Clients Who Have Diminished Capacity”, Boulder County Bar, Nov. 2017
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 2003
Other Affiliations
- The American College of Family Trial Lawyers (ACFTL), Member, Jan 2022
- Boulder County Bar Association, 2003 - Present
- Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee (IDC), 2006, 2008-present
- Fellow Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2017 - Present
- Colorado Judicial Institute, 2013 - Present
- Colorado Bar Association, 2003 - Present (Family Law Section)
- Colorado Bar Association Legal Fee Arbitration Committee, 2008 - 2011
- Colorado Bar Association, 2003 - Present
- Past Chair, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2016 - 2017
- Chair, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2015 - 2016
- Chair-Elect, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2014 - 2015
- Secretary, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2013 - 2014
- Treasurer, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2012 - 2013
- Elected Executive Council, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2011 - Present
- Elected to Board of Directors, Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee (IDC), 2009 - 2012
- President, Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee (IDC), 2011 - 2012
- Co-Chair Family Law Section, Boulder County Bar Association, 2005 - 2006
- Scoring Panelist, Colorado Bar Association High School Mock Trial Competition (Regional level), 2009 - 2011
- Scoring Panelist, Colorado Bar Association High School Mock Trial Competition (State level), 2009 - 2011
- Served on State of Colorado Division of Real Estate Forms Committee, 2007
- Member of the Steering Committee for the “Honoring Families Initiative” at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
- Accepts Credit Cards
Office Info
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