About Vandana
Vandana Koelsch combines scientific training and legal education in a practice that crosses disciplines. She earned a J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School after completing graduate work in hydrology at the University of Arizona and an undergraduate degree in geology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her academic path gives her a technical grounding that informs the cases she handles and the way she evaluates complex factual records.
Koelsch arrived in law after several years devoted to earth sciences. The hydrology and geology degrees equipped her to read technical reports and to question assumptions about subsurface conditions, water movement, and geological risk. At law school she added litigation and regulatory tools. She learned to translate scientific evidence into legal strategies and to explain technical points clearly to judges and clients.
She is admitted to practice in Florida, the District of Columbia, and Colorado. Those admissions have allowed her to work on matters that touch multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes. Her courtroom and regulatory work has been developed through practice at Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor P.C., where she serves as a lawyer. At the firm she has handled litigation and advisory matters that require attention to detail and to how scientific conclusions affect legal outcomes.
Colleagues describe Koelsch as methodical in her preparation. She is comfortable in both depositions and regulatory hearings. She takes a practical approach to discovery, pressing for documents and evidence that bear directly on the technical questions in dispute. Fact development plays a major role in her case plans. She sketches timelines, identifies the key datasets, and then tests assumptions against available records.
Outside of case files she maintains membership in the State Bar of Colorado. That association links her to continuing education and to a professional network in the state where she trained in law. Her background in the geosciences also brings a particular perspective to firm referrals and to collaboration with outside experts. She routinely works with engineers, hydrogeologists, and environmental scientists to assemble the technical footing needed for litigation or regulatory defense.
Koelsch’s practice sits at the intersection of law and earth science. She continues to handle matters at Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor P.C., where her work focuses on cases and regulatory issues that involve technical, geological, or hydrological questions.
