THE DRAKE LAW FIRM, P.C. - Key Persons
Brandon Richardson is an associate attorney with The Drake Law firm, P.C. Brandon graduated from Colorado State University with honors, majoring in Political Science with a dual minor in Business Administration and Legal Studies.
Brandon followed the footsteps of his stepfather and attended law school at The University of Tulsa College of Law. At the University of Tulsa College of Law, Brandon worked at an immigration law clinic and spent time in the David L. Moss jail assisting immigrants with their immigration status. This immigration work is part of what informs Brandon's strong sense of empathy in his family law cases.
Marie grew up in Crested Butte, Colorado and also spent part of her childhood in Japan and the Philippines. She lived in Paris, France for 14 months during her junior year of college as well. After college at Pacific University in Oregon where she had a double major in Philosophy and French and was awarded Distinguished Senior in Humanities, Marie moved to New York City and attended law school at Fordham University.
Marie is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College, a former member of the Board of Trustees of the First Judicial Bar Association (2019-2021), a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, the Colorado Women's Bar Association and honored to be a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She was also honored to serve as president of the Rhone Brackett Inn of Court from 2012 to 2014, and continues her membership in that mentoring organization.
Marie has litigated family law cases, property insurance disputes, title disputes, boundary disputes, contract disputes, Uniform Commercial Code issues, and collection matters. Marie has represented adoptive parents in the adoption of a special needs child as well as step-parent adoptions. Marie was also trained as a mediator and mediates family law disputes, real estate disputes, and civil litigation cases.
Outside of the office, Marie loves to hike and ski, is a wildlife and landscape photographer and writes creative nonfiction.
Marie is admitted to the following jurisdictions:
Colorado, 1999
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2008
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, 2008
U.S. Supreme Court, 2009
Stephanie Berardini has been working for lawyers for nearly 30 years, starting in the file room of a downtown Denver law firm and then receiving her paralegal degree in 1996. Working with her husband, Brian J. Berardini, Esq., she developed her skills in high-pressure civil litigation, lender liability defense, family law, bankruptcy, foreclosures, probate, collections, evictions, and garnishments for individuals, small businesses, and national organizations.
Job Titles:
- Assistant and Happiness Coordinator
Tatiana Quijano is the firm's Scheduling Assistant and Happiness Coordinator. She handles client intake, client appointments, handles the attorneys' schedules and creates reports that make everyone's life easier. Tatiana has ten years of experience in Customer Service, Administrative Assistance, and Legal Assistance.