I thought you’d rather see a picture of my dogs than
me while you’re reading this stuff!
I
received my J.D. Degree from the University of
Nebraska College of Law in 1965. I was admitted to
the Nebraska Bar that same year. I received an E.
Prettyman Fellowship at Georgetown Law Center in
Washington, D.C., in Criminal Law and Trial Advocacy
and was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in
1965. Upon completion of the Fellowship, I worked
as a Staff Attorney with the Legal Aid Agency for
the District of Columbia - (The equivalent of a
Public Defender Office at that time). Thereafter,
in 1969, I was admitted to practice law in Colorado where I
have continued my active membership to this date,
serving first in the District Attorney’s Office for
the Fourth Judicial District, and then in private
practice.
I
practiced in the criminal law and family law areas
for a number of years. I have been practicing principally in the
family law area since approximately 1978. Prior to
1978, I co-authored the supplement to George Shadoan’s text,
Law and Tactics in
Federal Criminal Cases,
(1965) and the text,
Preliminary Hearing
(1964). I presented materials at Colorado Bar Association,
Criminal Law Section seminars on a number of
occasions back then, as well as to the El Paso
County Bar. My involvement in family law and
ethics since then consists of the following:
Member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law
Section of the Colorado Bar Association from 1995
through 1997.
First recipient of the Award for Professionalism
established by the El Paso County Bar Association in
1995; co-recipient of that Award again in 1996.
Member, Colorado Supreme Court “Onion Committee,” a
subcommittee to redraft the financial affidavit used
in Colorado Family Law cases. 2000-2002.
Member, Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee
on Family Issues, 2002-2005.
My
publications and presentations in Family Law and Ethics
(Professionalism) areas are:
October 1988 through November 1988
Materials prepared as
faculty member
Domestic Relations Section
Trial Advocacy School
El Paso County Bar
Association
November 1990
Lecture on Professionalism
in Divorce
1990 Annual Ethics Institute
Continuing Legal Education
in Colorado, Inc.
November 1991
Materials prepared as
faculty member
“Professionalism in Divorce”
El Paso County Bar
Association
November 1992
“Financial Considerations at
Temporary Orders”
El Paso County Bar
Association
November 1993
“Complex Financial Problems
at Final Orders”
El Paso County Bar
Association
November 1993
“Pension and Retirement
Plans”
El Paso County Bar
Association
November 1994
Co-Chair and Co-Author of
Trial Advocacy School Materials by the El
Paso County Bar Association, including
“Ethics in Family Law”.
Summer of 1995
Practical Use of Financial
Disclosure Authorizations”, Colorado State
Bar Association Convention, Family Law
Section.
September 2000
“Double Take on the Double
Dip”
Aka “Okay if the Emperor has
on new clothes can your accountant force the
other side to cross-dress by wearing part of
his wardrobe?”
Colorado Bar Association,
Family Law Section
August 2004
“New Rule 16.2, CRCP”
Continuing Legal Education
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
November 2004
“Family Law Websites”
El Paso County Bar
Association
August 2006
“Ethical Considerations for
Direct and Cross Examination”
Continuing Legal Education
Breckenridge, Colorado
Other:
Special Recognition (to which I don’t subscribe and
which has left my dog “Joy” singularly unimpressed,
but which you may find is useful information):
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the last
10 years as selected by my peers
http://www.bestlawyers.com
Listed in Colorado Super Lawyers 2007
http://www.superlawyers.com
