Elizabeth Rose Hardman practices adult and juvenile criminal defense, DUI/DWAI defense, and family law along the Front Range of Colorado.
Elizabeth’s passion for law began in middle school when she joined Anchorage Youth Court, a problem-solving court focused on juvenile justice and rehabilitation, in her home state of Alaska. As a teen, and with guidance from a licensed attorney, Elizabeth served as a defense attorney and judge in cases brought against her adolescent peers. From the outset, Elizabeth deeply empathized with her clients, hoping to provide them with a source of personal support and stability as well as a strong voice in the courtroom.
Background
Prior to joining Kalamaya | Goscha, Elizabeth worked as a Deputy State Public Defender in Weld County, Colorado. She represented hundreds of clients, both adult and juvenile. As a public defender, Elizabeth attended various trainings on juvenile justice, mental health defenses, trial practice skills, motion practice skills on Fourth Amendment issues, criminal investigations, litigating access to protected DHS and police records, sex cases, DUI/DWAI cases, and sentencing, to name a few.
Elizabeth has gone to jury trial 14 times on cases involving forcible sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact, assault on a peace officer, assault, domestic violence assault and obstruction of telephone service, violation of a protection order, child abuse, DUI/DWAI, and theft. In those cases which did not proceed to trial, Elizabeth fought for plea agreements to lower and lesser charges, lesser sentences, and also obtained numerous diversionary agreements and dismissals.
Education
Elizabeth received her law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and her undergraduate degree in International Studies and Spanish from the University of Idaho.
In law school, Elizabeth took several trial practice courses in order to develop her trial skills, receiving the Scholastic Excellence Award for earning the highest grade in Trial Practice I. She subsequently mentored high school students in a statewide mock trial competition. During her final year of law school, Elizabeth practiced law as a student attorney in the Criminal Defense Clinic representing adult and juvenile clients on misdemeanor charges in the Denver metro area. She received an Outstanding Student Attorney Award from her clinical professors for her work.
Elizabeth Hardman Reviews
Kalamaya | Goscha
Average rating: 8 reviews Apr 13, 2023
by Jazmin
Elizabeth helped above and beyond what was expected or previously experienced with lawyers! She was amazing and informative every step of the way. I cried the last day I worked with her. She helped me so much with everything. Truly passionate and great at her job!
Mar 23, 2023
by Matthew
Elizabeth Rose Hardman – eloquent writer, lifesaver, hero, and knowledgeable. Writing this review is extremely difficult for me. It’s hard for me to express what Elizabeth, Ryan and the team of Kalamaya | Goscha mean to me. They’re family. Take a Netflix series style end of marriage story filled with an unstable Plaintiff, unstable OC, and you have the making of one of the biggest messes of a divorce in the history of Colorado. I can say the empathetic, emotional intelligent, and firm approach with an inept OC that Elizabeth provided quite literally saved me. The process of divorce is overwhelming in general. Consider how broken our judicial system is and it’s almost impossible to navigate as a layman. Elizabeth was superb at walking me through the lack of accountability the system has in place for ATI infractions, lack of communication, reckless spending by the plaintiff, baseless accusations, etc. Elizabeth balances the tightrope of “mess around/find out” with her empathy, professionalism, and eloquent writing skills. Her skillset is one that businesses pay an exorbitant amount of money to find in an employee. I will never go through a divorce process again, but I can tell you anyone that I know who might go through this will have for recommendation. That is of the best law firm in the country Kalamaya | Goscha. As well as, in my honest opinion, the best attorney in Elizabeth Rose Hardman.
Nov 10, 2022
by Tim
I was referred to the Kalamaya | Goscha law firm for a family legal matter. I called around 7pm, and the phone was answered immediately by the office staff. Brooke took my information, gave me a good idea of when someone would be able to get in touch with me and said she would take care of making sure everything would be addressed. She professional, polite and empathetic towards me. You could tell she knew her role thoroughly.
I was called by Elizabeth Hardman, who discussed my situation with me. She gathered all the information about what had happened, and reviewed what I had told her in order to make sure what she had gathered was accurate. She took the time to explain all the possibilities of what could happen and how I should handle each of them depending on what transpired. She gave me contact info to reach out to her for assistance should I need it.
I was in a situation I had never even thought about, had no idea what to do, and was very unsure of the future. She explained everything to me, allayed my fears and prepared me should anything happen.
I cannot express my gratitude for the way Ms. Hardman worked with me. She followed up daily, and was genuinely concerned for me as a person. I couldn't have asked for a better lawyer, or firm to have been referred to. Thank you Elizabeth for your help. I would recommend Kamalaya & Goscha to anyone looking for representation.