Attorney Profile

Nadia N. Sullivan, ESQ.

Estate Planning Attorney

Professional Experience

Nadia has more than 25 years of legal experience in both the private sector and federal sector. She was an Associate Attorney for Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., and Gelfand & Arpe, P.A., in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she served as general corporate counsel to condominium, homeowners, and cooperative associations. She also served as Staff Attorney for the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Denver Region, and as Assistant Regional Counsel in the Social Security Administration’s Office of the General Counsel in Denver, Colorado. Nadia later started her own practice where she focused primarily on representing clients who were denied Social Security disability benefits.

Wanting to engage more directly with clients and make a positive difference in their lives, Nadia began specializing in estate planning. For Nadia, estate planning is truly rewarding because it gives clients the ability to take control of their lives and secure not only their future, but also their loved ones. Nadia is committed to helping her clients and guiding them through the estate planning process with compassion. She understands how overwhelming situations facing her clients can be and strives to make each one heard and understood.

On a personal note, Nadia grew up in Guyana and Jamaica before moving to the United States. In 1996, Nadia moved to Colorado where she met her husband, a fellow lawyer and transplant from Oklahoma. They are a blended family with four children – the eldest is also a lawyer and the youngest is in high school. Completing the family picture is their cat, Kakashi, and their puppy, Marcel. Nadia is a member of Cherry Hills Community Church. She enjoys the outdoors, particularly hiking and biking with her family. Nadia also practices martial arts (Jeet Kune Do).

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Bar Admissions
Colorado, 2008
Florida, 1995 (Inactive)

Professional Associations and Memberships
Colorado Bar Association (CBA), Member

CBA Trust and Estates Section, Member

Aurora Bar Association, Member

Arapahoe County Bar Association, Past Member

Education
Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida
J.D.; High Honors; Class Rank – Top 10%

  • Beverly S. McLear Scholarship
  • Elected to the Order of the Coif – F.S.U. Chapter
  • Book Award – English Legal History

Oxford University, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, England; Summer Program
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts B.A., Magna Cum Laude; Major: Economics
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida A.A., Distinction; Major: Business Administration

  • Honors Program Scholarship

Place of Birth
Guyana, W.I.

Committee Work

Colorado Bar Association’s Trust and Estate Section: Orange Book Forms Committee (including Colorado Uniform Trust Code Revisions Subcommittee, Supplemental Needs Trust Subcommittee, Retirement Assets Subcommittee, and Disposition of Last Remains Subcommittee); Statutory Revisions Committee; and Trust and Estates Practice Support Committee.