Wick & Trautwein

What Wick & Trautwein does

Wick & Trautwein, LLC is a privately held, full-service regional law firm founded in 1972 and headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a secondary office in Windsor. The firm serves commercial clients and individual residents across Northern Colorado and Wyoming through six core practice areas: Litigation, Transactional/Business Planning, Estate Planning and Probate, Real Estate Law, Employment Advising, and Domestic Relations and Divorce Law. Its client base spans business owners, employers, contractors, and individuals needing estate planning, family law, personal injury, and transactional representation.

The firm operates with a team of 9 attorneys and 8 support staff (17 total) and delivers services through traditional attorney-client engagements with no proprietary technology platform, software products, APIs, or AI-driven tools. Technology usage is not disclosed beyond a content website and LinkedIn presence used for top-of-funnel marketing. Practice-area specialization is delivered by named attorneys (e.g., Andrew W. Callahan in litigation/insurance bad faith, Robert J. Penny in estate/business succession, Kathryn S. Lonowski in family law, Michael S. Samelson in real estate/construction, Kevin W. Ward in business/commercial/civil litigation).

Revenue is generated through professional services fees, billed hourly or as matter-based fixed fees, with no public pricing disclosure. The firm does not utilize resellers or third-party distribution; clients engage directly through office consultations. Ownership is held by attorney-members following a generational succession completed in 2021, when Callahan, Samelson, and Ward became owners after Robin L. Wick transitioned from Firm Manager (held 1980-2020) to Of Counsel. The firm claims 5,000+ cases handled and a 95% litigation success rate across five decades of continuous operation.

Name

Wick & Trautwein

Legal name

Wick & Trautwein, LLC

Website

https://wicklaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wick & Trautwein is a privately held, full-service regional law firm founded in 1972, serving commercial clients and individuals across Northern Colorado and Wyoming through six practice areas: litigation, transactional/business planning, estate planning, real estate, employment, and family law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Business law
• Estate planning
• Litigation services
• Family law

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Collins

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Traditional law firm revenue generated through legal service fees, typically billed hourly or as fixed fees for specific legal matters including litigation, transactional work, estate planning, real estate transactions, employment advising, and family law representation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wick & Trautwein is a full-service law firm offering legal representation across six core practice areas: Litigation, Transactional/Business Planning, Estate Planning & Probate, Real Estate Law, Employment Advising, and Domestic Relations & Divorce Law. The firm serves commercial clients, business owners, and individual residents across Northern Colorado and Wyoming through direct attorney-client engagements billed hourly or as fixed fees per matter.

Product overview

Wick & Trautwein is a full-service law firm offering six core legal service areas as distinct practice groups: Litigation, Transactional/Business Planning, Estate Planning & Probate, Real Estate Law, Employment Advising, and Domestic Relations & Divorce Law. The firm does not operate a software product platform; instead, it delivers legal services through its team of attorneys and support staff. Each practice area functions as a distinct service line with specialized attorneys, though clients may engage multiple practice areas for comprehensive legal needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,000+ cases successfully handled
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC: Denver-based mid-size firm with strong real estate, business transactions, and natural resources practices; comparable to Wick & Trautwein's transactional, real estate, and estate planning work in the Colorado market.
• Hall & Evans, LLC: Denver-based mid-size law firm of comparable attorney headcount and full-service model — covering litigation, business, employment, real estate, and family law matters to commercial and individual clients across Colorado. Directly comparable in business model, practice area breadth, and regional market focus.
• Sheridan Ross PC: Denver-based mid-size firm with overlapping practice areas including business transactions, real estate, employment, and litigation; comparable in firm size, full-service orientation, and Colorado regional client focus.
• Messner Reeves LLP: Denver-headquartered mid-size firm with similar practice mix including business transactions, real estate, employment, and litigation; serving comparable client segments in Colorado and the broader Mountain West at a similar scale.

Broad incumbents

• Spencer Fane LLP: National full-service law firm with a major Denver office offering business, real estate, employment, and litigation services that overlap with Wick & Trautwein's offerings; serves similar regional clients but at materially greater scale and breadth.
• Polsinelli PC: National law firm with a substantial Denver office providing business, real estate, employment, and litigation services that overlap with Wick & Trautwein's practice areas; serves similar client types but at national scale and with much deeper bench depth.
• Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP: Regional Mountain West law firm with significant presence throughout the western U.S. and overlapping practice areas in litigation, business transactions, real estate, and employment — comparable practice mix but a larger geographic and headcount footprint.
• Holland & Hart LLP: Large multi-state firm with extensive offices across Colorado and Wyoming — including Cheyenne and Casper — offering overlapping capabilities in litigation, employment, real estate, and business law, but at substantially greater scale and a wider geographic footprint.
• Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP: Denver-based full-service firm with an established commercial practice in Colorado covering transactions, litigation, real estate, and employment — comparable practice areas but a substantially larger attorney roster and broader geographic reach.
• Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP: Major Denver-headquartered law firm with broad practice coverage spanning litigation, business, real estate, and policy-related services; overlapping practice areas but operating at substantially greater scale with national reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wick-&-trautwein-llc
• Xx.com/WickLaw
• Facebookfacebook.com/WickTrautwein

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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