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 STEVEN R. NEWELL
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Steven
R. Newell is a Colorado native and received his
undergraduate degree from the University of
Colorado in 1974 and his Juris Doctorate degree
from Seattle University in 1977. That same year,
he became a member of the Colorado Bar and
opened his own private law practice.
His pursuit of justice for the criminally
accused began in 1975 when he interned at the
Seattle Public Defender’s Office while enrolled in the
Robert F. Kennedy Street Law Program. Once a
licensed attorney, his passion for defending the
accused led him to increasingly focus his
practice on criminal defense work.
Mr. Newell
has held the highest attainable peer rating in
legal abilities since 1989 and is in the Bar
Register of Preeminent Lawyers™. He has twice
been elected by his peers to the Board of
Directors for the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
and was an original member of its Legislative
Action Committee serving as a
registered lobbyist at the Colorado Legislature
for three years. He is also a long time member
of the National Association of Criminal Defense
Attorneys and state and local Bar Associations.
Mr. Newell has tried over 150 criminal jury trials and
won acquittals for his clients in the vast
majority of those cases. These include numerous
high-profile cases alleging sexual assault,
first degree murder, and other serious crime
allegations. Just as importantly, he has secured
the favorable resolution of thousands of cases for clients
without the necessity of a jury trial.
In the case of People v. Steele,
Mr. Newell won acquittals for his client on
first degree murder and conspiracy to commit
murder charges despite hand-written and
video/audio taped confessions by his client. The
trial gained heavy local media coverage for over
three weeks and the verdict drew national media
attention.
As an
essential component of his practice, Mr. Newell is a
highly-qualified appellate advocate for his clients.
He has successfully challenged adverse trial court rulings
at the appellate level and has eight published decisions. The most notable decision overturned
a trial court’s refusal to seal the criminal
justice records of a school teacher and church youth
leader for whom Mr. Newell gained an
acquittal/dismissal of 26 counts of sexual
assault-related charges.
Steven Newell and Christopher Decker combined
forces to strengthen their capacity to give each
client the finest representation and advocacy
available at a reasonable cost.
If you wish to
discuss your criminal case with Mr. Newell
confidentially and at no charge, please e-mail
Mr. Newell:
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