Firm Profile
Doussard Turner & Bowers LLP provides legal services emphasizing wills, trusts, estate settlement and probate. Because the firm believes that its clients are owed undivided loyalty, Doussard Turner & Bowers is not affiliated with organizations that sell or provide financial products and services.
This site is designed to be an information resource for those needing legal services in Colorado.
Attorneys
Joseph E. Doussard received his B.A. from St. Anselm College and his LL.B. from the University of Colorado. During his career at the American National Bank of Denver (now Wells Fargo), Mr. Doussard was a vice president of the bank, in charge of trust and estate administration.
Mr. Doussard has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1991. Mr. Doussard is a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is currently serving on the college's Estate and Gift tax committee. The College appointed Mr. Doussard Colorado State Chair for a five year term beginning 2001. He is a past president of the Denver Estate Planning Council. His articles have appeared in The Colorado Lawyer, ACTEC Notes, and in the national magazines Estate Planning, and Taxes The Tax Magazine. Mr. Doussard has also lectured at legal seminars.
Mr. Doussard's practice includes wills, trusts, estates, probate and estate administration and business planning.
David A. Turner's practice emphasizes trust, estate and probate administration, including conservatorships and guardianships. Mr. Turner welcomes adversarial matters in those areas as well as contested matters involving real property, partnerships and other closely-held business entities. His trial practice has taken him before the Denver Probate Court, District Courts throughout the State of Colorado, the U.S. Tax Court as well as courts located in other states.
Mr. Turner is a member of the Denver, Colorado, and Wyoming Bar Associations, the Denver Estate Planning Council and the Centennial Estate Planning Council. He is the author of the "Testamentary Trusts" chapter of the Colorado Estate Planning Handbook (The "Orange Book").
Richard A. Bowers
received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and his law degree and Masters degree in tax from the University of Denver. He is licensed to practice in both Colorado and Washington, D.C. and before the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Federal District Court of Colorado, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.Mr. Bowers is a member of the First Judicial District, Colorado Bar and District of Columbia Bar Associations. He is a member of the Centennial Estate Planning Council, the Denver Estate Planning Council and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Lakewood Legacy Foundation. His articles on Estate Planning and Federal Gift, Estate and Generation Skipping Transfer taxes have appeared in The Colorado Lawyer and ACTEC Notes. He has lectured on estate planning, probate and Federal Gift, Estate and Generation Skipping Transfer taxes.
Mr. Bowers practices in the area of wills, trusts, probate, guardianships/ conservatorships, medicaid planning, asset protection and business planning.
Services
Our firm offers
 | Estate Planning |
| Estate & Trust Administration |
| Business Planning |
| Charitable Planning & Trusts |
| Elder Law/Medicaid |
| Probate Litigation |
Contact Information
- Telephone
- 303-986-1523
- Toll Free
- 877-693-3292
- FAX
- 303-985-4241
- Postal address
- 143 Union Blvd, Ste. 770, Lakewood, CO 80228
- Electronic mail
- jdoussard@dhmwlaw.com
- dturner@dhmwlaw.com
- rbowers@dhmwlaw.com
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