Janet Frickey

Attorney Janet Frickey is the founder and owner of The Frickey Law Firm in Lakewood, Colorado. Nationally recognized as one of the top trial lawyers in the country, Ms. Frickey has more than 40 years of total legal experience, and she provides unmatched counsel and support to clients throughout the greater Denver metro and all across the state who have legal needs involving any of the following:

·  Workers' compensation

·  Personal injury and wrongful death

A renowned leader in her field, Ms. Frickey has written extensively and conducted many lectures and continuing legal education seminars on workers' compensation and other related topics. She has also achieved remarkable success helping injured and disabled workers obtain the full amount of compensation they need when they can no longer work.

At all turns, she delivers highly personalized counsel to help her clients make the best-informed decisions as she fights aggressively to help them pursue the favorable outcomes they seek as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Honored for her outstanding professionalism and service, Ms. Frickey has earned an AV Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell along with recognition from The Best Lawyers in America** as well as the organization's Lawyer of the Year award in 2019.

Among her other notable accolades, she has received the Claimant’s Attorney of the Year award from the Professional in Workers’ Compensation in 2005 and 2014, and she received the 2006 Lance Butler Award from the Colorado Bar Association's Workers’ Compensation Section. She has also received many other consistent top rankings and endorsements from her peers, including being named among the Top 10 Attorneys in Personal Injury from the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, Inc. 

A 1976 graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Ms. Frickey obtained her Juris Doctor in 1980 from Washburn University School of Law. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and the District of Nebraska, and she has served as president, secretary and board member of the Workers’ Compensation Education Association. 

She is also an active member of the Colorado Bar Association's Workers’ Compensation Section, where she has served as secretary/treasurer, and she is a member of the State of Colorado's Workers’ Compensation Division, Department of Labor and Employment, and Medical Care Accreditation Board.

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