Lisa R. Shellenberger

Lisa R. Shellenberger is a Managing Partner at Setter Roche Smith & Shellenberger LLP and leads the firm's Litigation Division. Widely recognized as one of Colorado's premier family law attorneys, Lisa has earned recognition from Super Lawyers throughout her career. She is regularly invited to teach attorneys and judges across Colorado on trial advocacy, family and juvenile law litigation, and emerging developments in the law.

Lisa represents clients in high-stakes family law matters where significant wealth, business interests, privacy, and family dynamics converge. Her practice also includes adoptions, guardianship proceedings, and ICWA matters.  In her family law practice, Lisa handles sophisticated divorce and post-decree matters for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and others with significant financial interests. Her work includes closely held and family-owned businesses, trusts and trust income, executive and deferred compensation, separate-property tracing, business valuation, and premarital agreements.

Her approach is defined by discretion, preparation, and strategic insight. Lisa brings substantial training and experience in settlement negotiation and collaborative divorce, allowing her to pursue efficient, private resolutions when possible. When litigation is necessary, she draws on deep courtroom experience, having successfully tried hundreds of cases.

Lisa also serves on judicial committees appointed by the Colorado Supreme Court, helping develop and refine procedures governing family and juvenile law proceedings. In addition to her family law practice, she advises clients on juvenile law, probate, and tribal-law matters, particularly where those areas intersect with family dynamics, jurisdictional questions, or multigenerational family interests. She also provides consulting and expert witness services in family law, juvenile law, ICWA, and international jurisdictional matters.