Bench Strength
Jaclyn Brown was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Hon. Karen Ashby
Rayna Gokli was appointed district court judge for the 17th Judicial District
Ericka Englert was appointed district court judge for the Denver District Court
Jessica Curtis was appointed district court judge for the 4th Judicial District
Meghan Saleebey was appointed district court judge for the 19th Judicial District
Hon. Emily Anderson was named Chief Judge of the 17th Judicial District
On the Move
Marie Williams and Ruth Moore formed Moore Williams PLLC, a boutique appellate law firm
Laura Wolf became a partner with Rathod Mohamedbhai
Kim Newton joined Griffiths Law PC
Katie Steefel and Haley DiRenzo have joined Johnson & Klein
Frances Fontana has joined Feingold Horton PLLC as of Counsel
Kaitlin Spittell has joined Truhlar and Truhlar, LLP
Reagan Larkin was elected shareholder at Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC
Ariana Fuentes joined Lowrey Parady
Nicole Black and Jill Szewczyk became partners at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
Cierra Garso joined Polidori Franklin Monahan & Beattie LLC
Arielle Barens joined Martinez Law Group, P.C., focusing on employment litigation and advice
Christine Jochim is now a shareholder with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
Stephanie Danner and Camila Tobon joined the Finance and Acquisitions Department at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Chalyse Robinson joined Wilmer Hale as a partner
Victoria Lovato has joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP’s litigation practice group as senior counsel.
Kristin White has joined Fisher Phillips, LLP
CWBA Board Member Lisha McKinley has joined Banner & Bower, P.C.
CWBA Board Member Hermine Kallman has joined the University of Colorado in Denver
Sarah Wolter joined Gebhardt, Emerson, & Moodie Family Law, LLC
Kym Sorrells was named Jefferson County Attorney
Giugi Carminati joined NDH, LLC
You Were Recognized
Hon. Kristen Mix was recognized at the 2019 Colorado Law School Alumni Awards Banquet
Hetal Doshi received the 2018 Davis Award, honoring a lawyer under the age of 40 who “combines excellence as a lawyer with civic, cultural, educational, and charitable leadership.”
· Past-president Patricia Jarzobski received the 2018 DU Law Star’s Hon. Robert H. McWilliams Alumni Professionalism Award
Past-president Janet Drake received the 2019 DBA Award of Merit
Hon. Elizabeth Starrs won the 2019 DBA Judicial Excellence Award
Shalyn Kettering received the 2019 DBA Volunteer Lawyer of the Year Award
Learn Your Rights in Colorado (LYRIC), a program co-founded by Hannah Seigel Proff, earned the 2019 DBA Outstanding Program Award
CWBA Board Member Hannah Westmont was awarded the 2019 George Holley Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award by the First Judicial District Bar Association
Wanda Abel and Tony van Westrum (posthumous) received the Cathy Stricklin Krendl Business Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing “years of excellence in furthering the development of business-related legislation, writing and teaching Colorado business law, and consistently exhibiting the highest levels of professionalism”
Leading the Way
Shelly Dill wrote, “Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center: Transforming Lives through Faith-Based Legal Aid” for the August/September issue of Colorado Lawyer
Christina Gomez wrote, “Staying Enforcement of a Judgment Pending Appeal” for the May 2019 issue of the Colorado Lawyer
Martine Wells joined the board of directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver
Jennifer Carty, Kristi Disney Bruckner, Hon. Rayna Gokli, Abby Hinchcliff, Courtney Holm, Jessamyn Jones, Maha Kamal, Alexis King, Almira Moronne, and Laura Wolf are members of the 2019 COBALT class
Past-president Patricia Jarzobski spoke on how bar leaders can make diversity matter at the ABA Bar Leadership Institute
Michelle Sylvain began her presidency of the Colorado Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section July 1, 2019
Congratulations!
Kate Noble is a CWBA Publications Committee member and a legal editor with Colorado Bar Association CLE, the nonprofit educational arm of the Colorado and Denver Bar Association.
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