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Law Office Moving in Colorado Springs

File rooms measured by the linear foot, the freight elevator and dock booked at both buildings, and the date kept off the firm's docket.

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Planning a Law Office Move

A good share of Colorado Springs law practice happens within a few blocks of the El Paso County courthouse on South Tejon Street. Those downtown buildings share freight elevators and small docks among many tenants, curb space fills early on court days, and a law firm's file room is often the heaviest thing on the floor. So the move plan starts with three numbers from your firm administrator: linear feet of files, the dock and elevator windows at both buildings, and the dates on the docket that cannot move.

The docket does not pause for a move. Colorado state courts take filings electronically, so attorneys need working desks and access right up to the last evening and again on the first morning. Originals are a separate category. Signed wills, deeds, settlement originals, and anything else the firm holds as an original should travel with staff, not in our cartons. Everything else in the file room is packed in shelf order by your staff or our crew, labeled to the new shelf run, and set in place before attorneys unpack their offices.

Who usually signs off
Managing partner or firm administrator, with the records lead and building manager confirming their parts
Timing that works
The firm blocks out filing deadlines, hearings, and trial settings; downtown moves usually run Friday evening through Sunday, when docks and freight elevators are easier to book.

What typically moves

  • Active matter files on open shelving Packed left to right in shelf order and numbered by run, so the new file room reads the way the old one did.
  • Closed-file storage cartons Moved in the order the records lead sets, often on a separate day ahead of the attorneys' offices.
  • Law library and reporter sets Boxed by shelf with volume numbers in sequence; long sets are the easiest thing to shuffle by accident.
  • Attorney desks, credenzas, and bookcases Wrapped and set by office once each attorney clears drawers and pulls anything confidential.
  • Conference room table and chairs Large tops are measured against the freight elevator car before move day and carried on edge.
  • Locking lateral files Moved locked, with the office manager holding the keys, or emptied first if the route has tight turns.

Access and scheduling

Downtown buildings want notice. Ask each property manager how far ahead the freight elevator and dock must be reserved, what hours movers may use them, and whether elevator pads are provided or must be brought. We send the certificate of insurance the building asks for, naming the owner and manager as they specify.

Most firms move from Friday evening through Sunday so the courthouse crowd and weekday deliveries are gone and attorneys lose no working day. If the new file room is getting new shelving, the shelving vendor needs to finish and sign off before cartons arrive, so their date becomes our date. A firm moving out of downtown to Briargate or the north side swaps the dock problem for a long carry across a parking lot, which changes crew count, not the plan.

Protection and handling

Measure every shelf run at the old office in linear feet and compare it with the new file room before packing starts. Overflow found on paper is a planning note; overflow found on move night is a pile of boxes in the hallway. Each carton gets a run number and position, never a client name. The crew stacks by weight; a carton that splits goes to your records lead to repack.

We pad desks, credenzas, and bookcases, hang pads in the elevator car, guard door frames, and lay floor runners where the building asks. At each attorney and paralegal desk, the crew unplugs, pads, and reconnects the computer, screens, and printer. Your IT provider handles document management, e-filing access, phones, and the network so that attorneys can file from the new office the first morning.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Original wills, deeds, and other held originals
Firm staff carry them under the firm's own procedures. They do not go into moving cartons.
New file-room shelving
Your shelving vendor installs and signs off on it before cartons are delivered. Our crew moves and places freestanding shelving.
Document management, e-filing access, phones, and network
Your IT provider brings them back up after our crew reconnects the desks.

Not part of our work

  • Reading, sorting, or purging client files, or deciding retention.
  • Handling original documents the firm holds for clients.

Around Colorado Springs and El Paso County

The El Paso County courthouse on South Tejon Street anchors a cluster of law offices in the surrounding downtown blocks, along Cascade Avenue, and near Pikes Peak Avenue. Many are in older buildings with one shared freight elevator. Firms also open north of downtown, around Briargate and up I-25 toward Monument, and some keep a second office near the Denver courts.

The crew that shows up

Padded door frame and a floor runner laid out before a moveTwo iHaul iMove box trucks backed in with their rear doors openTwo iHaul iMove movers raising a large wood tabletop together

Law Office Moving FAQs

Another question? Call (719) 357-5865.

What file-room measurements does the new office plan need?

Your records lead walks the old file room with a tape, totals the linear feet in use, and marks which runs hold active matters, closed files, and the library. Compare that total with the new shelving drawing, and leave room to grow. We use the same run numbers on every carton, so the new room fills in the right order.

Who should carry original wills and other originals the firm holds?

Firm staff, under the firm's own procedures. Originals are hard or impossible to replace, and many firms keep a log of who holds them. We suggest a staff member takes them to the new office and puts them straight into the firm's safe or vault there, apart from the moving cartons.

Can attorneys file on the Monday after a weekend move?

That is the goal of a weekend plan. We finish attorney and paralegal desks by Sunday and reconnect their equipment, so your IT provider can test e-filing and document access before Monday. If a deadline falls that Monday, tell us, and we move the affected attorney's office first.

Should closed files move before the rest of the firm?

Often, yes. Closed-file cartons are heavy, numerous, and rarely needed day to day, so moving them on an earlier weeknight shortens the main move and frees the new file room for active matters. Your records lead decides which runs count as closed.

Plan your business move

Tell us both addresses, the building rules you know about, and the dates you cannot move. We will send back a written plan and estimate.

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