Admitted
1986, Colorado, and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Mississippi College, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of Colorado, B.A., 1979
Memberships
Jefferson County, Colorado (Member: Probate and Trust Section Statutory Revisions Committee; Co-Chair, Colorado Dead Man's Statute Committee; Committee on Colorado Uniform Trust Code) and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Law Clerk, Judge Field C. Benton, Denver Probate Court, 1985-1986. Author: The Surviving Spouse Elective Share and Augmented Estate, Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 17, Oct. 1988; Liens and Means: Streamlining Medicare's Claims in Personal Injury Settlement, Trial Talk, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Aug. 1995; Anti-Mortem Probate, Trust and Estate Section Council Notes, Colorado Bar Association, Aug. 1996; Guardianships and Conservatorships: Potential Mechanism for Exploitation of the Elderly, Trust and Estate Section Council Notes, Colorado Bar Association, Dec., 1996; The Colorado Dead Man's Statute: Time for Repeal or Reform? Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 29, Jan. 2000; The New and Improved Colorado Dead Man's Statute, Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 31, June 2002. Lecturer: The Interplay Between Domestic, Juvenile and Probate Codes, Continuing Legal Education, 1993; Professional Liability in Elder Law, Continuing Legal Education, 1994; Use of Experts in Will Contests, NAELA Institute, 1994; Guardianships, Conservatorships and Protected Proceedings, Continuing Legal Education, 1997. Program Chair and Lecturer, Trial of a Will Contest, Continuing Legal Education, 1997. Manual v. Automated Document Management for Trial Preparation, Third Biennial Conference Advanced Elder Law Institute University of Denver, 1998; Current Anticipated Trends in Trust and Estate Litigation, Estate Planning Retreat Snowmass, Continuing Legal Education, 1999; Litigating Selected Trust Matters Under the Proposed Colorado Trust Code, Estate Planning Retreat Steamboat, Continuing Legal Education, 2002.