Areas of Practice

• Criminal Defense 65%
• Trusts And Estates 15%
• Employment 10%
• Civil Rights 10%

Honors and Awards

• Board Loaf Writer's Conference, Scholarship in Poetry, 1987
• Board Loaf School of English, Scholarship to Oxford University, 1985

Published Works

• Prostitution of Justice, (Co-Author With JonBenet Ramsey), Basilico Press, 2007
• Living With Witches, Poem, Colorado Lawyer, Colorado Bar Association, September, Vol. 35, No. 9, Pg. 42, 2006
• Driving Through Denver and Defending the Gun, Trail Talk, Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association, 1997
• You're Death, Inklings Magazine, Winter,1997-1998, Pg. 36-37, 1998
• "The Cultural and Intellectual Curiosity of a North American Pigmy, "Double Helix", Migration, Arapahoe Community College, Little, CO, 1997
• "Gemini in Autumn", Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, 1996
• "The Color of Knowledge", Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, 1977-1994
• "Forever Living", Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, 1977-1994
• "Beckett's Kingdom", Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, 1977-1994
• "Greyhounds", Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, 1977-1994
• "An Appetite for Stones", Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, 1977-1994
• "Buddha and the Jew", Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, 1977-1994, 1994
• "The Vanity", University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1991
• "Transcendental Descartes", Webster College, Webster Groves, Michigan, 1983
• "San Francisco Star", Webster College, Webster Groves, Michigan, 1988
• "We Have Only the Night", University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1985
• "The Rings of Saturn", Denver, Colorado, 1986

West Practice Categories

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Administrative Investigations, Licensing, Arbitration, Mediation, RICO Act, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Collections & Repossessions, Debtor/Creditor, Discrimination, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, Grand Jury Proceedings, Prisoners' Rights, Criminal Fraud, DUI/DWI, Drug Violations, Felonies, Juvenile Crimes, Misdemeanor, Parole & Probation, Sex Offenses, Traffic Violations, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Art, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Childrens' Rights, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Juvenile Law, Paternity, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate