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Cynthia J. Fletcher understands that family related legal matters extend beyond the traditional divorce and custody arenas and has dedicated her legal career to building a practice that assists families through all life's phases, in a variety of family related practice areas and courtrooms. 

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Cynthia graduated from Baylor University in 1993 with a degree in psychology/neuroscience and worked in the clinical psychology field as a group home manager, counselor, parenting supervisor, and community mental health case manager for the next five years. In that time she also worked towards a master's degree in counseling psychology.  As she gained experience in the psychology field she became increasingly aware of the number of vulnerable populations who were often under-represented and shifted her goals from becoming a licensed therapist to advocating for those in need.  She enrolled at the University of Montana School of Law  in 1998 and earned her Juris Doctor in 2001.  

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Upon passing the Colorado bar exam in 2001, she began her legal career as a Deputy District Attorney in Colorado's 10th Judicial District.  In addition to gaining extensive  courtroom experience while prosecuting domestic violence and child welfare cases as a member of the family violence unit,  she also served as the office's public liaison on domestic violence and taught constitutional, domestic violence, and child abuse law to new officers at the  police academy.  In 2004, she relocated to the Denver metro area to open her own practice and never looked back.  She has built a successful career and practice in the child welfare, adult protection, and family law areas and has served as court appointed counsel, private counsel, and guardian ad litem in well over one thousand child welfare, adult protection, and family law cases and appeals in Colorado. Her clinical psychology and counseling background, combined with twenty plus years as an attorney gives her  a  valuable perspective on the impact of substance abuse, mental health, and cognitive decline on family dynamics and a unique understanding of how to work with families in the legal system that are specifically affected by such issues.

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Cynthia's experience has led her to observe that, more often than not, when families fight, no one wins.  Her approach to these difficult and emotional  practice areas is to first and foremost listen, and then try to bring everyone to the table to find common ground and preserve the family connection.  However, there is a time and place to dig in and fight, and when those times arise she will aggressively and passionately advocate for her clients to the full extent of the law.  As a part of her commitment to families impacted by difficult times, Cynthia offers sliding scale rates based on  income, financial need, and emergency circumstances to private pay clients and also represents children and vulnerable adults though various state paid court appointments.