Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Custody & Visitation
• Arbitration
• Mediation

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Custody & Visitation, Arbitration, Mediation, Collaborative Law

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Denver Bar Association, 1980 (Member, Committee on Interdisciplinary Child Custody)
• Denver Bar Association (Member)
• Boulder Bar Association, 2001 - Present (Member)
• Arapahoe County Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• Colorado Bar Association, 1980 (Member, Committee on Interdisciplinary)
• Colorado Bar Association, 1980 (Member, Child Custody)
• American Bar Association (Member, Section of Family Law)
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Metro-Denver Interdisciplinary Committee, 1980 - Present (Member)
• Association of Family Conciliation Court, 2001 - Present (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Joint Custody in Colorado: The Question and Some Suggested Answers Presenter, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1983
• The PKPA and UCCJA and Parental Kidnapping, Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody Keystone Conference, 1982
• Table For Five-Removal, Absent Parent and Grandparent Visitation in the Post-Divorce Family, Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody Keystone Conference, 1983
• Crossfire: The Issue of Mental Health Privilege in the Contested Custody Case, Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody, 1984
• Trying the Contested Custody Case, Annual Family Law Institute, 1984 - Present
• The Insensitive System and the Sensitive Advocate: An Approach to Family Law, Lecturer, 1985
• Writing the Effective Custody Evaluation, University of Denver Counseling Department, 1984 - 1985
• Fifteen Years of Failure: A Look At Colorado No-Fault Divorce, Interdisciplinary Committee in Child Custody, 1988
• Future Practice of Colorado No-Fault Divorce, Interdisciplinary Committee in Child Custody, 1988
• Future Practice of Matrimony Law in a Time of Fewer Children and Fewer Assets, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1988
• Hi-Tech Custody Practice, Breckenridge Conference on Child Custody, 1994
• Best Interests - Myths, Reality, CIDC Conference Breckenridge, 2005
• Bench, Bar and Courts: How the Disciplines Relate, Family Law Institute, 2006

Education

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1978
  J.D.
• University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1980
  M.A.
• University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1970
  B.A.

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• The Prodigal Parents: Dealing With The Dual-Employed Family In Matrimonial and Counselling Sessions Colorado Psychiatric Association, 1990
• Removal From The State Of Colorado Trial Talk, 1983
• Mental Health Professional Privilege In The Contested Custody Case, Colorado Trial Lawyers Magazine, 1984
• Being Psychologically Smart With Matrimonial Law Clients, Ed.d (Co-Author with Burton E. Rosenblum), 1989
• Adoption: Essays In Social Policy, Law and Sociology Family Law Quarterly (Reviewer), 1985

Address

6601 South University Boulevard
Centennial, CO 80121-2900

Phones

(303) 730-0067

Faxes

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Websites

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