
Last year, approximately 460 students in Colorado began law school. These students are facing a profession and education that some say is in the middle of a dramatic change.
Last year, approximately 460 students in Colorado began law school. These students are facing a profession and education that some say is in the middle of a dramatic change.
Meet your Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Executive Council Patrick Thiessen is an attorney at Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. where he practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, elder law, and probate litigation. He graduated from…
By Mark F. Toledo Originally posted on Brazen Life If you’re part of GenY, you know debt is a big issue. Two-thirds of college seniors who graduated in 2011 had student loan debt, and once graduates get into the workforce,…
By Cordell Parvin Originally posted on Cordell Parvin Blog What do I wish someone had told me when I was a first year lawyer? What do you wish someone had told you?Here is my current thinking on what I wish…
Meet your Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Executive Council Mo Weiland is an associate with Fennemore Craig, P.C. She joined the firm in 2012 after graduating from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and practices in Fennemore’s…
Meet your Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Executive Council Chris Levkulich (Treasurer) is a Colorado native and is proud to be a part of Denver’s legal community. He is currently in private practice as a solo practitioner, focusing on criminal…
Meet your Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Executive Council Meredith Van Horn is an Assistant County Attorney at the Douglas County Attorney’s office where she does tax appeals, bankruptcy and general municipal law. She is a 2010 graduate of…
by Kate W. Beckman Employee reductions in force and “downsizing” are an unfortunate part of the employment relationship. An employer’s decision to retain certain employees, while terminating or laying off others, may lead the discharged worker(s) to feel that they…
Lawyers typically dread attending events like annual bar association fundraisers, CLE conferences — or any gathering where there will be a large number of attendees. In short, they dread the type of event where their “working the room” skills are put to the test.
Meet your Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Executive Council Kevin McReynolds is an Assistant Attorney General in Colorado’s criminal appellate division. Before this, he clerked for a federal trial judge and spent five years in private practice splitting his…
by Kate W. Beckman On November 6, 2012, Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 which allows for the recreational use of marijuana, thereby expanding the state’s lax marijuana policies following the legalization of medical marijuana use in 2000.[1] The newest Amendment,…
by Kate W. Beckman The Colorado Court of Appeals in Yotes, Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, 2013 COA 124 (Co.App.2013) recently heard an appeal from the Industrial Claims Appeals Office regarding unemployment benefits. While rare, unemployment cases do sometimes…
By Laura Liss For lawyers both new and experienced, there will come a time when a client wishes to pursue something you have advised against. This time came for me in late September.
by Kristi E. Dorr One of the first Colorado cases involving alleged personal injuries and property damage due to hydraulic fracturing, Strudley v. Antero Resources Corp., has made its way to the Colorado Supreme Court by writ of certiorari. At…
by Stephanie Francis Ward The profession has evolved since we named our first Legal Rebels in 2009—and there are now positions at law firms and elsewhere that didn’t exist when we first started this project. We asked well-known legal advisers,…