Patrick D. Mika

Family, Mediation
630 North Tejon Street
Colorado Springs, Colorado 809031010


Family

Admitted

1982, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Law School

University of Arkansas, J.D., 1982

Law School Graduation Year

1982

College

University of Arkansas, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1979; National Criminal Defense Colle

Memberships

El Paso County, Colorado (Member, Supreme Court Criminal Rules Committee, 1989—) and American Bar Associations; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; Colorado Criminal Defense Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Faculty of Federal Advocates; Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Biographical

Instructor, Business Law and Law Cases, National College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1982-1990. Trial Practice Institute Faculty Instructor, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Trial Advocacy School, 1987—. El Paso County Trial Advocacy School Faculty Instructor, 1989-1994. Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education, Criminal Defense, 1988, 1990—. Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Peoples Law School Faculty/Lecturer, 1989-1990, 1994. President, El Paso County Criminal Defense Bar, 1990-1991. DWI Defense Seminar, September, 1988. Ethics Lecturer, Women's Bar Association, 1989. Lecturer: Trial By Jury, The Lawyers Craft, Representing The High Publicity Client, June, 1990; Developing a Theory of the Case for a Hostile Audience, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March, 1993; Selecting a Jury Willing to Pronounce a Two-word Verdict, Providence, R.I., 1993; Selecting Defense Friendly Juries, 12th Annual Trial Practice Institute, March, 1996. Faculty Instructor, Colorado Criminal Defense Trial Advocacy School, 1986—. Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers 1994—, Board of Governors 1997—.

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