Carter & Sands, P.C. is a specialized law firm located in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado. Our firm was founded in 1980, which makes ours one of the senior law firms in the county, and we are:

• Stephen L. Carter, who was admitted to practice, and has been practicing law in Rifle since 1972.
• Edward P. Sands, who was admitted to the practice of law in 1977, and has been practicing in Rifle ever since.

We are admitted to practice before all courts in the State of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the Tenth Circuit. For information on each of the attorneys, please click on the "resumes" section.

We are not a general practice law firm; we emphasize municipal and land use planning; wills, trusts and estate planning, elder law, small business organizations and real estate.

We represent several communities in the Colorado River Valley in Eagle, Garfield, Rio Blanco, and Moffat Counties, and we represent all of the incorporated municipalities in Mesa County except for Collbran and Grand Junction. We do not accept cases involving criminal law, personal injuries, securities regulations or family law. Many of our clients are individuals, but some of our representative business clients include:

• Town of Eagle, Colorado
• Town of Parachute, Colorado
• Town of Dinosaur, Colorado
• Town of Palisade, Colorado
• Town of Debeque, Colorado
• City of Fruita, Colorado
• City of Rifle, Colorado (Municipal Court prosecution)
• Rifle Housing Authority
• Grand Valley Fire Protection District
• Grand Valley Cemetery District

The majority of our clients' business is in the central mountain area of Colorado, including Garfield, Eagle, Pitkin, Rio Blanco and Mesa Counties.