Hannah Westmont
Top rated Family Law attorney in Lakewood, Colorado
Beattie, Westmont & Simpson, LLC
Practice areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in Colorado since: 2011
Education: Vermont Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2018 - 2025 Call today:
303-936-3300
Beattie, Westmont & Simpson, LLC
900 S. Kipling ParkwayLakewood, CO 80226 Visit website
Details
Ms. Westmont is a partner with Beattie, Westmont & Simpson LLC. She has concentrated her practice in the area of family law throughout her career, and is dedicated to assisting clients who are experiencing transition and conflict.
Ms. Westmont grew up in northern New York. She graduated from Colorado College with a B.A. in History in 2007. Ms. Westmont earned her J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2011.
Ms. Westmont handles domestic relations cases ranging from complex financial disputes to difficult child custody matters. Ms. Westmont is deeply aware that each family is different, and each case requires a personalized approach. Ms. Westmont is a strong advocate for her clients while always striving for an amicable resolution when possible. Ms. Westmont is also an experienced and skilled trial lawyer with experience successfully trying domestic relations actions throughout her career.
In 2019, Ms. Westmont received the First Judicial District Bar Association’s 2019 George Holley Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. Ms. Westmont has also been recognized as a Best Lawyer in Family Law by the Best Lawyers in America annually since 2021 and was given the distinction of Rising Star annually since 2018 in publications of Super Lawyers Magazine. Ms. Westmont holds an AVVO “Superb” rating and was awarded the AVVO “Client’s Choice Award” in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.
Ms. Westmont is the current Chair Elect of the Colorado Bar Association’s Family Law Section’s Executive Council and is a 2023 graduate of the Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training (COBALT). Previously, Ms. Westmont proudly served on the Colorado Women’s Bar Association Board of Directors from 2016-2021.
In 2016 Ms. Westmont co-wrote an article for the May 2016 Colorado Lawyer: “Who’s Their Daddy: Navigating Allocation of Parental Responsibilities and Paternity Actions”. Ms. Westmont is the Chair of the 2025 Colorado Bar Association’s annual Family Law Institute, and frequently lectures on a variety of family law topics.
Prior to attending law school Ms. Westmont was a nationally competitive figure skater. Ms. Westmont strives to use the same persistence and dedication she used in her athletic career when advocating for her clients in their cases. In her free time, Ms. Westmont enjoys skiing, hiking and traveling with her family.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Marital Property, Paternity
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 2011, Colorado
Professional Webpage: https://bwsfamilylaw.com/hannah-westmont-esq/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Client's Choice Award AVVO, 2022
- Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training Graduate, 2023
- Executive Council, Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, 2021
- Treasurer, Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, 2022
- Secretary, Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, 2023
- Co-Chair, Family Law Section Judicial Endorsement Committee, Colorado Bar Association, 2024
- Mentor, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 2024
- Chair-Elect, Family Law Section Colorado Bar Association, 2024
- Co-Chair of Family Law Section Judicial Endorsement Committee, Colorado Bar Association, 2024
- Chair, Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, 2025
- Mentor, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 2025
- Chair, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section’s annual Family law Institute, August 2025, 2025
- Member, Colorado Collaborative Divorce Professionals, 2020
- Co-Chair Programs Committee, Colorado Women's Bar Association, 2020
- Board of Directors, Colorado Women's Bar Association, 2020
- Colorado, 2011
- Board of Directors, Colorado Women's Bar Association, 2019
- Co-Chair, Membership Committee, Colorado Women's Bar Association, 2019
- Colorado Bar Association, Member, 2011
- Colorado Women's Bar Association, Member, 2014
- Board of Directors, Colorado Women's Bar Association http://www.cwba.org/board, 2017
- Co-Chair, Membership Committee, Colorado Women's Bar Assocation, 2017
- Arapahoe County Bar Association, 2011
- Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, Member, 2014
- Board of Directors, Colorado Women's Bar Association http://www.cwba.org/board, 2018
- Denver Bar Association, Member, 2011
- Public Policy Committee, Colorado Women's Bar Association, Member, 2014
- Co-Chair, Membership Committee, Colorado Women's Bar Assocation, 2016
- Co-Chair, Membership Committee, Colorado Women's Bar Assocation, 2018
Pro bono / Community Service
- First Judicial District, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, Post-Decree Clinics, 2018
- Pro Bono Services, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 2025
- Pro Bono Services, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 2024
- Pro Bono Services, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 2022
- Pro Bono Services, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, 2021
- Denver Legal Nights , 2020
- First Judicial District, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, Post-Decree Clinic, 2019
- First Judicial District, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, Post-Decree Clinic, 2014
- Volunteer Attorney, Denver Legal Night, Denver Bar Association, Colorado Lawyers Committee Denver Legal Night, 2017
- First Judicial District, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, Post-Decree Clinics, 2017
- Post-Decree Clinic training. Lectured and created extensive materials for the Colorado Attorney General's Office to train volunteers as to how to provide legal advice at Mentro Volunteer Lawyer's Pro Bono Clinics. , 2017
- Volunteer Attorney, Denver Legal Night, Denver Bar Association, Colorado Lawyers Committee Denver Legal Night, 2011
- First Judicial District, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, Post-Decree Clinic, 2016
- Second Judicial District Law Day, 2017
- Law School Si Se Puede, Mentor Law School... Yes We Can, 2014
- First Judicial District, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, Post-Decree Clinic, 2015
Educational Background
- Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont, Juris Doctor Degree May 2011, Legal Research Teaching Assistant
- The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bachelor of Arts, May 2007, Major: History
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Practitioner's Perspective on how practitioner's and Colorado's judicial system could better serve families., Panelist, Family Law Bench Bar Summit, SCAO, Family Law, 2025
- Redefining Advocacy: Family Lawyers as Problem Solvers, Family Law Institute, Chair, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2025
- Initial Client Interview and Running a Family Law Practice, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2025
- This year’s Family Law Fall Update highlights evolving landscapes in family law while also focusing on some key features of the Colorado family law terrain. Check out sessions on new territory: Updates to the Civil Protection Order Statute from HB24-1122 [effective January 1, 2025] Gift Tax in Family Law Embracing AI Learn more about important legal landmarks: Gray Divorces Minimizing Costs When Engaging Financial Experts Effective Practices for Presenting the Best Interests of the Children , Co-Chair, Navigating Family Law Fall Update, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2024
- Initial Client Interview and Running a Law Practice, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2024
- This year’s Fall Update covers practical topics including how to prepare a client for a custody evaluation and how to use shadow experts in domestic relations cases. Helping Family Law Clients Navigate Child Welfare Calculating Income After DePumpo: Good, Bad and Ugly Child Support Legislative Updates 2023 Criminal and APR Interplay Judges Panel on Hot Topics, Lecturer, Family Law Fall Update, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2023
- Evidence Battle: Practical Application of Evidence Rules and Case Law, Lecturer, Family Law Institute, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2023
- Initial Client Interview, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2023
- The Spousal Maintenance Bible: Beyond the Worksheets, Lecturer, Domestic Relations and Probate Judicial Institute, SCAO, Family Law, Probate, 2022
- Whose Their Daddy? Navigating APR and Paternity Cases, Lecturer, Family Law Young Lawyers Breakfast Series, Family Law, 2022
- Initial Client Interview, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2022
- This year’s Fall Update is covering timely topics like how inflation impacts domestic relations cases, trying psychological parent cases. In addition, you’ll hear fresh perspectives on how to issue effective discovery, and prepare for timed trial. The program closes with a Judges Panel on hot topics like in-person versus in-person hearings, maintenance and business evaluations and inflation, and mental health and parenting time issues. , Co-Chair, Family Law Fall Update, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2022
- Initial Client Interview, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skils, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2021
- Annual Family Law Fall Update, Co-Chair, Family Law Fall Update, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2021
- Trial Preparation A-Z, Lecturer, Colorado Bar Association Annual Family Law Institute, Family Law, 2021
- Practicing in a Pandemic, Co-Chair, Family Law Fall Update, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2020
- Family law in Colorado is constantly evolving. This year’s Fall Update will provide you everything you need to know about recent developments from some of the area’s most esteemed practitioners and judicial officers. In addition to substantive updates, this course contains an ethics segment and a panel discussion featuring Colorado family law judges and magistrates. , Co-Chair, Family Law Fall Update- Kids and the Court in Colorado, October 2019, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2019
- Initial Client interview, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills, Family Law, 2020
- Rookie Mistakes that Evan the Seasoned Attorney Makes, Lecturer, 2020 Annual Family Law Institute, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2020
- Lecture on enforcement mechanisims in Colorado Family Law Cases., Lecturer, Alternative Enforcement: Enforcing Orders Without Filing Contempt, 1st Judicial District, Family Law, 2019
- Journal article on paternity and allocation of parental responsibility actions in Colorado., Author, Who's Your Daddy: Navigating Paternity and Allocation of Parental Responsibilities Actions, The Colorado Lawyer, 2016
- Introduction to Client Intake, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2020
- Family Law Evidence CLE, Faculty, Family Law Evidence Practicum, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2019
- Family Law Basic Skills Seminar, Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2019
- Family Law Fall Update Self-Care, Settlement, Self-Employment, and Skills! Co-Sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section Program Description: The leaves will soon be changing, but topical updates and practical skill refreshers are always in season! The Fall Update will focus on the needs of modern family law practitioners, addressing the new tax law, mediation preparation, stress management, and so much more. Join us for the 2018 Family Law Fall Update – Register today! Timely Topics Include: - The Ethics of Self-Care and Stress Management - Expert Alphabet Soup: How to Choose Between a PRE, CFI, ENA, and BFA - Challenges in Calculating Income: The Self-Employed Spouse - Family Law Mediations: Preparing for Success - Spousal Maintenance and the New Tax Law - Evidence Battle: Practical Application of Evidence Rules and Case Law, Co-Chair and Lecturer, Family Law Fall Update- Self-Care, Settlement, Self-Employment, and Such, October 2018, CBA CLE, Family Law, 2018
- Critical Differences Between a Title 14 Paternity Action, and a Title 19 Allocation of Parental Responsibilities Action, The Nuts and Bolts of Representing a Party in a Paternity Action, http://cle.cobar.org/Seminars/Event-Info/sessionaltcd/FL102116L, 2016
- Metro Volunteer Lawyers (MVL), in partnership with the Colorado Attorney General's Office, is hosting a workshop on navigating the process of post-decree cases. Post-decree matters comprise approximately a quarter of MVL’s caseload, and are largely handled through consultation clinics in conjunction with local law firms and the AG’s office. Topics to be covered in the workshop include modification of child support and maintenance, modification and restriction of parental responsibilities, and enforcement of orders., Lecturer, Navigating the Post-Decree Maze, Metro Volunteer Lawyers and Colorado Attorney General's Office, 2017
- Annual Family Law Institute in Vail Colorado., Lecturer, Alternative Enforcement: Enforcing Orders Without Filing Contempt, Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2017
- http://www.rockymtnparalegal.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=8, Lecturer, Alternative Enforcement: Enforcing Orders Without Filing Contempt, Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association- Family Law, 2017
- Don't miss the opportunity to practice the elements of courtroom evidence that are most important for family law practitioners to know. First, as a larger group, you will learn the evidentiary technique. Then you'll break out into small groups for role-playing and discussion. A faculty member will lead your small group as you practice the technique and give you individual attention and feedback. Whether it's learning the hearsay rules, how to lay a foundation, expert testimony or electronic evidence, don't miss this chance for one-on-one learning from some of the most knowledgeable family law judges and litigators in the State. , Lecturer, Family Law Evidence Practicum, Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2018
- This Sherlock-focused session will cover alternative means of enforcing orders without the need to pursue – or prove – contempt, such as motion for entry of support judgment, Rule 70 motions, motions to enforce parenting time, motions to enforce separation agreements and motions for status conference, as well as common pitfalls and missteps for each. , Lecturer, Order Enforcement for Sherlocks, including Out of State Orders, Colorado Domestic Relations Judicial Institute, 2018
- A comprehensive presentation on C.R.S. 14-10-129(4) Motions to Restrict Parenting Time Actions. Our presentation will guide practitioners through a CRS 14-10-129(4) action from start to finish., Lecturer, In Case of Emergency...File a Motion to Restrict Parenting Time Pursuant to C.R.S. 14-10-129(4), 2018 Annual Family Law Institute, 2018
Honors
- Client's Choice Award, AVVO, 2022
- Best Lawyer, US News and World Report, 2025
- Best Lawyer, US News and World Report, 2024
- Best Lawyer, US News and World Report, 2023
- Best Lawyer, US News and World Report, 2022
- Best Lawyer, US News and World Report, 2021
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2025
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2024
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2023
- 2018 Client's Choice Award, AVVO, Client's Choice Award, AVVO, 2018
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2022
- , Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2021
- Selected as a Rising Start by Colorado Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2020
- This is given to an attorney under the age of 37 or in practice for less than 5 years who is a member of the First J.D. Bar and is deserving of recognition for her or his activities with the Bar, the community and in the practice of law. The recipient is someone who reflects a strong commitment to the legal profession and to community service., George Holley Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, First Judicial District Bar Association, 2019
- 2019 Client's Choice Award, Client's Choice Award, AVVO, 2019
- Best Law Firms awarded by US News and World Report, Best Law Firms, US News and World Report, 2019
- Best Law Firms, US News and World Report, 2016
- Selected as a Rising Start by Colorado Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2019
- Client's Choice Award, AVVO, 2017
- Selected as a Rising Star by Colorado Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2018
- The Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon is a joint initiative of the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority(FINRA). For two days, student teams from law schools around the country meet to test their advocacy skills in the negotiation, mediation and arbitration of a securities dispute., Negotiation Champion, Securities Dispute Resolution Triathalon, 2010
- Distinguished as a Top Attorney by AVVO.com, Top Attorney, AVVO, 2018
- Best Law Firms, US News and World Report, 2017
- Distinguished as a Top Attorney by AVVO.com, Top Attorney, AVVO, 2017
- Firm Selected as a 2018 Best Law Firm, Best Law Firms, US News and World Report, 2018
Industry Groups
- Family Law
Selections
1 Year Super Lawyers
8 Years Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers: 2026
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2025
