Jason William Savela

Our goal is dismissal or not guilty.

Discovering the true story of your starts on day 1. It starts with you and your experience. It continues as we learn about the witnesses, police response, prosecutors and society. Motives, pressures and other blinders lead to false beliefs or false accusations. As we learn the true story, we investigate to support it, and to disprove the prosecution story. Its basis is found in science and psychology. The true story of your case provides the best way to win at trial. It also allows gets to the best plea bargain, if that is your desire. This process works. It works to give you #honestresults.

My job is learn the facts, know the law and present it all to you so you can make good decisions. If your decision is trial, my job is to win (attorney regulation says I cannot promise more than my sincerest effort towards that goal, so that is my promise). This is best done by telling the true story of the case. Gerry Spence taught me how to do that at the Trial Lawyers College. Now, I help him teach it to others as part of the Trial Lawyers College Faculty. Second to winning a trial is helping a lawyer to learn how to win.

The law is important. After more than 20 years practicing, I know law. I always find new bits. Every year, the legislature changes the law and appellate courts interpret it with greater nuance. Sometimes it helps, more often the District Attorney council lobbies to make convictions easier. What never changes is the power of story. A well told true story of a case will win where reliance on law will not. As powerful as "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" sounds, jurors focused on harm and emotion will convict. The true story solves that. The true story challenges the prosecutor to disprove this story of innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. The true story is one the jury sees and feels. It does not rely upon the cold reason of logic, of law.

Witch's Rock Surf Camp

Surfer (2018) | Surfing

2017 - 2018

I will get barreled - I will.

Honors: I can surf.

Activities: Paddle, paddle, paddle.

The Trial Lawyers College

other (2010) | Law

2010 - 2010

Honors: While I graduated Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers' College in 2010, I have returned for "graduate" programs since. I was recently named to the Faculty at https://www.triallawyerscollege.org/ and teach other trial lawyers regularly.

Activities: We teach/learn how to discover and tell the true story of your case. It works.

Georgetown University Law Center

J.D. (1996) | Law

1993 - 1996

Activities: Juvenile Justice Clinic

Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge

B.A. (1992) | Literature

1989 - 1992

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society Sophomore Honors Distinction

Activities: I worked 40+ hours a week to put myself through college. I earned a full tuition scholarship to LSU. I paid for the rest myself.

Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts - Natchitoches

Diploma (1989)

1987 - 1989

Board Member

Colorado NORML

Current

I have been on this board and a member of the national organization for many years. We represent the individual's interests in marijuana law.

Board Member

Colorado Criminal Defense Bar

2018 - Current

We run the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, a non-profit that educates the criminal defense lawyers of Colorado, lobbies for fair criminal law and attempts to counter the extremely powerful District Attorneys' Council.

Faculty

Trial Lawyers' College

2017 - Current

I help to teach the Trial Lawyers' College method across the nation with some of the best lawyers anywhere to some of the best lawyers anywhere. We do not teach prosecutors, corporate lawyers or anyone that represents government or corporate interests over the individual citizens of this great nation. For more information - https://www.triallawyerscollege.org/

Lawyer

Colorado Public Defender

1997 - 2002

I am quite proud that I was a public defender. I miss it. One day, I might go back.

Criminal Defense SuperLawyer Colorado

SuperLawyers

2022

State Bar of Colorado  # 27843

Member

Current

Colorado

Colorado Supreme Court

ID Number: 27843

Since 1997

10th Circuit

Since 2005

• Free Consultation
  30 minutes free at my discretion
• Contingent Fees
  Contingent fees are only available for plaintiff's personal injury cases at my discretion.

• Sex Crimes including Title IX University Sexual Misconduct