After graduating from Golden High School, I attended and graduated cum laude from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. I received my law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, currently ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the 15th best law school in the nation out of more than 170 schools.

Following law school, I returned to Colorado as a member of Timothy McVeigh’s defense team and worked for a respected Denver based private investigation firm before accepting a position as a trial attorney with the Colorado Office of the State Public Defender. I started in the busy Denver office and later moved to the Boulder office.

The three years I spent as a public defender not only solidified my commitment to defending the rights of people charged with a crime but also gave me the experience to handle a wide range of criminal matters.

I left the Public Defender’s office in 1999 to join Banashek & Talkington, a prominent Boulder criminal defense firm. In the Fall of 2002, Banashek & Talkington dissolved and the time was right for me to open my own firm. Since opening The Law Office of Kristan Wheeler, I have continued to defend the rights of people charged with DUIs to Class 1 felonies. My office is located close to the Boulder courthouse in the Historic Highland Building.