By Andrea Harwood<\/p>\n
Albany-based matrimonial law firm The Colwell Law Group has opened up a second location at 18 Division St., Suite 310, in Saratoga Springs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kevin and Mary Colwell, husband and wife, founded the law group 17 years ago, and began focusing exclusively on family and matrimonial law about 8 years ago.<\/p>\n Kevin Colwell says he always wanted to be a lawyer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cQuite frankly, I was bad at math so I knew I had to go to law school,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Colwell\u2019s first job out of law school was at the public defender\u2019s office. There, he saw the huge impact that family law attorneys have on people\u2019s lives. He saw how pervasive court rulings were on people, and how it really mattered to families and even generations. Those years made a big impact on Colwell.<\/p>\n After that, Colwell got a job as city attorney in Hudson and worked for the Department of Social Services for a short stint before working as an associate for a firm in Albany. When that firm dissolved, Colwell and several other partners came together for a joint venture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Colwell said he naturally gravitated toward the family and matrimonial sector of the law. Several years later, he met his now-wife, Mary, who also happened to be practicing family and matrimonial law.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>\u201cIt just came naturally at that point,\u201d said Colwell. \u201cThe clients who came to us tended to need representation in family and matrimonial matters, and they were a natural fit for us.\u201d<\/p>\n The business started growing exponentially around 2016, Colwell said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe provide very high-quality legal services for people who are going through divorce and child custody,\u201d said Colwell. \u201cWe make a difference in people\u2019s lives. When you have representation that is not so good, it has a tremendous adverse effect. On your finances, on your emotional state, on your whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe make a positive impact on the people we work with,\u201d said Colwell. \u201cAnd it helps us take care of our employees. We work hard to have a very good atmosphere here in the office.\u201d<\/p>\n The Colwell Law Group has around 25 employees with 10 associates, said Colwell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Colwell\u2019s needed more capacity for the firm in Albany. Rather than go out and move the entire office, they chose to open another space somewhere else. Since the firm has been servicing clients in Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties for years, they chose to go north of their Albany office.<\/p>\n \u201cSaratoga Springs seemed to be a natural point to choose, to relieve some of those North Country clients from making that long commute,\u201d said Colwell.<\/p>\n \u201cThe people in this area are nice and the courts are great to work with,\u201d said Colwell.<\/p>\n Colwell says anyone entering in the difficult season of divorce should talk to an attorney as soon as possible.<\/p>\n \u201cMy advice is to talk to a lawyer as soon as you can. It doesn\u2019t have to be our firm, although we would be honored to talk to anyone who has they need. Above all, you need to talk to a practitioner who is focused on family and matrimonial law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t go to a generalist who practices door law. Don\u2019t talk to your well-meaning friends and relatives who tell you how it worked out for them, or your cousin who\u2019s been divorced three times and thinks they know how it should work out. Every case is a little different. Talk to someone who does this for a living,\u201d said Colwell.<\/p>\n The Colwell Law Group can be reached at 518-832-5278. The website is www.colwell-law.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Andrea Harwood Albany-based matrimonial law firm The Colwell Law Group has opened up a second location at 18 Division St., Suite 310, in Saratoga Springs.\u00a0 Kevin and Mary Colwell, husband and wife, founded the law group 17 years ago, and began focusing exclusively on family and matrimonial law about 8 years ago. Kevin Colwell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\n