Westminster was Money Magazine’s 24th best place to live in the United States in 2006 and today is the 4th most populated city in the state of Colorado with 106,000 residents. The city boundaries of Westminster extend into both Adams and Jefferson Counties. The Open Space System provides Westminster with miles of trails, hikes, preserves, and natural habitat to explore Colorado wilderness.
A number of Westminster locals are also practicing lawyers who are familiar with local court procedures. Lawyers in Westminster take a number of different cases like divorce, bankruptcy, wrongful death, automobile injury, immigration, and criminal cases like DUI.
Recently in Westminster, Scott Richter, web marketer and owner of Media Breakaway LLC, was ordered by a Colorado U.S. District Court arbitrator to pay MySpace $4.8 million in damages in addition to $1.2 million in lawyer’s fees. The lawsuit stems from an investigation into Media Breakaway LLC’s phishing practices on MySpace. Phishing is a scam by which an unsuspecting victim voluntarily gives some type of personal or financial information to what they think is an official institution the victim already has some type of connection with.
If you have a lawsuit to file in Westminster, you will likely find yourself visiting a Colorado County Court. County courts in Colorado retain exclusive jurisdiction over small claims cases that do not exceed $7,500 and also hear cases like tort, contract, and traffic infractions. Colorado District Courts are exclusively responsible for hearing domestic relations cases like divorce and child custody issues as well as juvenile cases (except in Denver).
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