Introduction
Since 1987, Anderson and Lopez has operated under a policy that Jim Anderson and Rick Lopez established and have never abandoned: the firm will never represent an insurance company or a large corporation. That commitment, sustained through decades of practice and formalized as a partnership in 1996, defines what kind of firm this is and who it serves. Every client who contacts Anderson and Lopez speaks directly with either Jim Anderson or Rick Lopez, not with a case manager, a paralegal, or an associate handling overflow.
The firm is based in Colorado. Website: andersonandlopez.com
Practice Areas
Anderson and Lopez handles two areas of law exclusively: personal injury and workers’ compensation. The decision to limit the practice to these two areas reflects a deliberate choice to build deep expertise where it is most needed for the individuals the firm serves.
Personal Injury
The firm handles personal injury claims arising from injuries caused by careless behavior. Over their combined careers, Jim Anderson and Rick Lopez have secured millions of dollars in awards, judgments, and settlements for injured clients. They have handled hundreds of arbitrations, mediations, and trials, and the medical care and treatment their clients have received through their legal work is valued in the tens of millions of dollars.
Personal injury cases typically arise when someone’s negligent or careless conduct causes harm to another person. That harm can range from car accidents and slip-and-fall injuries to more complex product liability or premises liability matters. The firm does not turn away difficult cases or cases that require extended litigation. Its 30-plus years of trial experience means that the option of going to court is a realistic one rather than a negotiating tactic.
Workers’ Compensation
Workplace injuries that change or end careers represent a specific category of harm that requires a specific category of legal expertise. Workers’ compensation cases in Colorado follow an administrative framework that differs substantially from civil personal injury litigation, and success in that system requires attorneys who understand its procedures, its benefit structures, and the strategies employers and insurers use to limit payouts.
Jim Anderson and Rick Lopez bring the same direct, personal representation to workers’ compensation cases that they bring to personal injury matters. The client works with one of the two named partners throughout the case, not with whoever has available bandwidth in the office.
Attorney Profiles
Jim Anderson
Jim Anderson co-founded the firm in 1987 and formalized the partnership with Rick Lopez in 1996. He brings more than 30 years of trial experience to every case he handles. As a co-founder with a career built entirely around plaintiff-side personal injury and workers’ compensation work, Anderson has never represented the institutional interests that his clients’ cases are routinely pitted against. That one-sided professional history is itself a qualification: his entire career has been spent learning how to defeat the arguments that insurance companies and large corporations make in injury litigation.
Rick Lopez
Rick Lopez matches Jim Anderson in both tenure and trial experience, bringing 30-plus years of plaintiff-side practice to the partnership. His co-founder role means he has been present for every significant decision the firm has made over its history, from its client representation policies to its approach to litigation and settlement strategy. Like Anderson, he personally represents every client assigned to him.
Together, the two partners have built a record that includes millions of dollars in injury recoveries and tens of millions of dollars in medical care and treatment secured for clients whose injuries would otherwise have gone uncompensated.
The firm’s policy of never delegating client representation to staff is not merely a marketing position. It reflects a considered view of what clients in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases actually need: an experienced attorney who knows their case, understands their situation, and has the authority and skill to make decisions that advance their interests.
Location and Service Area
Anderson and Lopez is based in Colorado. No specific street address is publicly confirmed in available data.
Website: andersonandlopez.com
The firm serves clients throughout Colorado. Its focus on personal injury and workers’ compensation covers the full geographic range of cases that Colorado residents face, from urban accident claims in Denver and the Front Range to workplace injuries in more rural and industrial settings.
Client Focus
Anderson and Lopez serves two categories of clients: people injured through another party’s careless behavior, and workers whose workplace injuries have changed or ended their careers. The firm’s 38-year history of representing only these clients, and never insurance companies or large corporations, means its legal strategies are calibrated entirely around what injured individuals and workers need to achieve fair outcomes.
The results speak to the firm’s effectiveness: millions in awards, judgments, and settlements, plus tens of millions in medical care secured. Hundreds of administrative hearings, trials, arbitrations, and mediations. These numbers represent real outcomes for real people who came to Anderson and Lopez when they were injured and needed someone in their corner.
The firm’s structure ensures that every client’s case is personally handled by either Jim Anderson or Rick Lopez. This is not the standard model for law firms that have grown over 38 years of practice. Most firms of this tenure have moved toward delegation, with partners supervising work done by associates and paralegals. Anderson and Lopez has explicitly rejected that model, and the commitment to direct representation distinguishes the firm for clients who want to know that their attorney is the person actually working their case.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does it matter that the firm never represents insurance companies or large corporations?
When an attorney represents both injured individuals and insurance companies at different times, there is always the potential for institutional familiarity to affect how aggressively they pursue client interests. Anderson and Lopez have built their entire careers on the plaintiff side, opposing the arguments that insurers and large corporations make. Their experience is entirely oriented toward defeating those arguments, which is directly relevant to every client they represent.
Will I work with Jim Anderson or Rick Lopez directly, or will someone else handle my case?
You will work directly with either Jim Anderson or Rick Lopez. The firm does not assign cases to case managers, paralegals, or associates for primary handling. The partner who takes your case is the person who works it.
What kinds of workers’ compensation cases does the firm handle?
The firm handles workplace injury claims where the injury has changed or ended a career. This includes serious physical injuries, occupational illness, and other workplace-related harm that affects a worker’s long-term ability to earn a living.
How long has the firm been in practice?
Jim Anderson founded the firm in 1987. Rick Lopez joined as a co-founder and formalized the partnership in 1996. The firm has been operating for nearly four decades, with the partners maintaining their direct-representation model throughout.
What results has the firm achieved for clients?
Anderson and Lopez has secured millions of dollars in awards, judgments, and settlements for personal injury and workers’ compensation clients. The firm has also secured medical care and treatment for clients valued in the tens of millions of dollars, and has handled hundreds of administrative hearings, trials, arbitrations, and mediations over its history.
Closing
Nearly four decades of practice, an unbroken commitment to representing only injured individuals and workers, and a direct representation model that puts either Jim Anderson or Rick Lopez personally on every case: these are not features that accumulate by accident. They represent intentional decisions made in 1987 and maintained through the full history of the firm. For Coloradans injured by careless behavior or hurt at work, the firm’s track record and its principles make Anderson and Lopez a distinctive choice. Visit andersonandlopez.com to learn more.