Debra Fortenberry
Debra Fortenberry is senior counsel for the firm. A graduate of The Ohio State College of Law, she has been continuously licensed and practicing law since 1989. She founded Fortenberry Law Group P.C. in 2001 with offices located in Colorado Springs, CO, envisioning the practice of law with an uncompromising commitment to ethics and professionalism.
She counsels and represents individuals, businesses, and non-profits in real estate, business matters and litigation throughout the State of Colorado.
As an actively engaged community member, Ms. Fortenberry has provided pro bono legal services after the wildfires, planted trees in the burn area, taught attorney continuing education on various subjects including attorney well-being, and served on nonprofit boards of directors. She studies and practices a form of conflict resolution communication known as compassionate communication developed by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD.
Lawyering, marriage and family, community engagement, meditation, and urban gardening are the means by which she cultivates joy, humor, gratitude, patience, and equanimity.
Recognition
Recognized as a top attorney by her peers in Colorado Springs - 2022 and 2023
Leading From the Emerging Future
A course of study offered by MITx, an online learning initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jot Singh
Jot is a real estate attorney at the Fortenberry Law Group P.C. in Colorado Springs, CO. Jot practices in the area of real estate litigation concerning claims for failure to disclose, Colorado’s Construction Defect Action Reform Act violations, forcible entry and detainer (evictions), landlord-tenant disputes, eminent domain proceedings, land encroachment and continual trespass, easement disputes, HOA representation, public trustee foreclosure proceedings, land partition, and quiet title actions. Jot’s practice includes transactional matters such as drafting limited liability companies, land trusts, transfer of title, land purchase agreements, restrictive covenants, lease agreements, and deeds of trust.
Team Members
Cindy Roddy
Cindy Roddy is a paralegal with extensive experience in the fields of insurance defense, personal injury, medical negligence, discrimination, and numerous other types of civil litigation. Since joining Fortenberry Law Group in January 2023, she has added real estate litigation to that list. She enjoys working with and learning from the knowledgeable team at the firm. In addition, she enjoys working closely with their clients endeavoring to support them through their challenges.
Cindy is a rare Colorado native. Along with raising two sons and sharing a great life with them and her husband, she has spent her entire career working in the legal field and increasing her education and experience. She loves to spend time with family and friends, work as a volunteer, and to travel and experience the world. in addition to exploring the endless hidden gems within this beautiful state.
Lindsay Severson
As a new graduate and new paralegal, Lindsay brings a foundation in criminal justice, having graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree emphasizing forensic science from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her academic achievements reflect a commitment to hard work and excellence, qualities she carries into her professional life every day. During her senior year of college, she interned at the El Paso County Bar Association and discovered that law is a field of interest to her.
With a passion for the criminal justice world, Lindsay thrives on the challenges presented in the legal field, always approaching each case with diligence and kindness. Her role combines Lindsay’s analytical skills and attention to detail, ensuring that every aspect of a case is meticulously handled.
Karen Doyle
Most of Karen's background and training focuses on creative endeavors. She found she had inherited a leaning towards working with numbers that proved to be surprisingly satisfying.
For years she was able to balance gardening and landscaping design with tax work and now as bookkeeper and office manager at Fortenberry Law group she finds many opportunities both inside and out of the office to use her creative talents.
"There is a certainty with numbers that is not to be found when trying to grow a garden in Colorado or laying out a design for a work of art!"
The Trees
Trees offer us teachings in their own quiet way: the importance of shelter; strength through persistence and flexibility; wellness includes cycles of growth, decline and renewal; and beauty begins beneath the surface and takes many forms. They invite us to listen and observe. Their service to humans is extraordinary. Our wellness depends upon their wellness and vice versa.
Debra: as a child, the forest was a playground and a place of respite. Now, when I need to refresh and center, the forests of the Pikes Peak region are here for me. They are here for all of us who have the good fortune to call this Place our home.
“The Nuche [the Ute people] believe that they were created at Pikes Peak—that they have always been here.” American Indians of the Pikes Peak Region, Celinda R. Kaelin and the Pikes Peak Historical Society. The Introduction to Kaelin’s book includes the retelling of the Nuche creation legend by Clifford Duncan, Northern Ute elder. Pikes Peak is called the shining mountain and Tava (Sun), the natural springs in Manitou the “Creator’s breath” and the red soil in Garden of the Gods “dust of the grandfather’s bones”.
We hold the intention of becoming skillful and respectful stewards in gratitude and respect for the Nuche and other Native American peoples and their reverence for this Place.
Debra: as a child, the forest was a playground and a place of respite. Now, when I need to refresh and center, the forests of the Pikes Peak region are here for me. They are here for all of us who have the good fortune to call this Place our home.
Tree images (except for home page hero and footer trunk pictures) by Melissa M. Tenpas, MelissaTenpas.com.