Best Lawyers highlights one individual in a particular practice area and location as the "Lawyer of the Year" for that specific recognition. These awards are based on who received the highest votes from their peers in a given year.

Nielsen Weisz is celebrating our One Year Anniversary as a firm.  In our first year, we achieved a 2025 Best Law Firms Tier One Ranking in Criminal Defense General Practice and White-Collar and Not Guilty Verdicts in three criminal jury trials.  Not bad for our first year!

One of only a handful of criminal defense attorneys in Colorado, Dru Nielsen was named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.

Nielsen Weisz is proud to announce that both Dru Nielsen and Barrett Weisz have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition.

The University of Colorado Law School added Dru Nielsen as a law alumni board member. 

After a yearlong prosecution, Dru Nielsen’s client was found not guilty after a jury trial in Eagle, Colorado.