• Represented attorney in a case involving claims of civil conspiracy, fraudulent concealment, fraudulent inducement, elder abuse and extreme and outrageous conduct; prevailed on motion to dismiss all claims with prejudice, including obtaining attorney’s fees. Defended the order on appeal, resulting in published Court of Appeals opinion affirming trial court.
• Represented commercial business receiver in appellate litigation from a receivership action where receiver used equitable powers to liquidate the assets of the business and pay unsecured creditors before the secured creditor because of secured creditor’s actions to undermine preservation of the assets of the business; trial court order affirmed by the Colorado Court of Appeals.
• Represented law firm and attorneys in a case involving claim of malicious prosecution; prevailed on motion to dismiss all claims with prejudice.
• Represented contractor in a case involving failure to deliver commercial goods; prevailed on motion to dismiss all claims for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction.
• Represented excess insurance carriers in insurance coverage litigation involving third-party claims by primary carrier of bad faith related to settlement of the underlying claims; successfully obtained dismissal of all claims with prejudice.
• Represented property manager and property owner of a large residential apartment community on claims involving professional negligence and premises liability; successfully defeated class certification.
• Successfully defended seller of business in a commercial arbitration involving allegations by buyer of fraudulent transfer and various business torts.
• Represented captive insurance agency in bad faith litigation alleging failure to obtain appropriate insurance coverage for an insured; successfully obtained motion to dismiss all claims, with prejudice for failure to state a claim.

• Represented attorney in a case involving claims of civil conspiracy, fraudulent concealment, fraudulent inducement, elder abuse and extreme and outrageous conduct; prevailed on motion to dismiss all claims with prejudice, including obtaining attorney’s fees. Defended the order on appeal, resulting in published Court of Appeals opinion affirming trial court.
• Represented commercial business receiver in appellate litigation from a receivership action where receiver used equitable powers to liquidate the assets of the business and pay unsecured creditors before the secured creditor because of secured creditor’s actions to undermine preservation of the assets of the business; trial court order affirmed by the Colorado Court of Appeals.
• Represented law firm and attorneys in a case involving claim of malicious prosecution; prevailed on motion to dismiss all claims with prejudice.
• Represented contractor in a case involving failure to deliver commercial goods; prevailed on motion to dismiss all claims for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction.
• Represented excess insurance carriers in insurance coverage litigation involving third-party claims by primary carrier of bad faith related to settlement of the underlying claims; successfully obtained dismissal of all claims with prejudice.
• Represented property manager and property owner of a large residential apartment community on claims involving professional negligence and premises liability; successfully defeated class certification.
• Successfully defended seller of business in a commercial arbitration involving allegations by buyer of fraudulent transfer and various business torts.
• Represented captive insurance agency in bad faith litigation alleging failure to obtain appropriate insurance coverage for an insured; successfully obtained motion to dismiss all claims, with prejudice for failure to state a claim.

• Colorado Super Lawyers®, Super Lawyers Magazine® (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee (Member 2020-Present, Vice Chair 2024)
• Colorado Rising Stars®, Super Lawyers Magazine® (2018-2021)
• Fellow, Colorado Bar Foundation (2014-Present)
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2018-Present)
• Commissioner, Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Commission on Development of the Profession (2015–2019)
• Member, Colorado Lawyers Committee Chair’s Roundtable (2017-Present)
• COBALT: Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training Program (Class of 2014)
• Member, Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Society

• Colorado Bar Association
  • Business Law Section Executive Council (Chair, 2019-2020) (Officer, 2016-2021) (Board of Governors Liaison 2021-2023)
  • Executive Council (Member, 2016-2017, 2021-2023)
  • Implementation Subcommittee of the Diversity & Inclusivity Taskforce (Member, 2019-2021)
  • Sections Best Practices Committee (Chair, 2017-2018)
  • Joint Management Committee (Member, 2016-2019)
  • Strategic Planning Coordinating Committee (Member, Nov. 2014-June 2016)
  • Young Lawyers Division Executive Council (Chair, 2016-2017) (Board Member, 2012-2017)
• Denver Bar Association
  • Mentoring Planning Committee (Chair, 2014-2018)
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program (Mentee, 2012-2015), (Mentor, 2016-Present)
• Sturm College of Law Alumni Council (Councilmember, 2013–2014, 2016–Present)

• Lees v. James, 2018COA173 (Dec. 13, 2013), cert. denied, 19SC48 (Nov. 12, 2019)

LECTURES

• Quick Topic: Effective Networking in the Mentoring Relationship, Sturm College of Law Professional Mentoring Program (September 4, 5, 10 and 14, 2024)
• Ethics Basics for Solo and Small Firm Life, Hanging Your Own Shingle: Successfully Launching and Running Your Own Practice, Colorado Bar Association CLE and the Solo/Small Firm Section (August 14, 2024)
• Client Communications Update: What to Know About Ethics Opinion 148, Colorado Bar Association Lawyer’s Professional Liability Committee for the Colorado Bar Association CLE (June 20, 2024)
• Effective Networking in the Mentoring Relationship Ethics CLE, Sonia Sotomayor Inn of Court (November 16, 2023)
• Drama on the Courthouse Steps: is the (In)Civility of Counsel Enabling or Impeding the Administration of Justice?, Litigator’s Summit, Colorado Bar Association CLE and the Litigation Section (November 16, 2023)
• Supervising Non-Lawyer Staff and Others, 2023 Solo and Small Firm Institute, Colorado Bar Association CLE (September 20, 2023)
• Ethical Issues Facing Business Lawyers, Business Law Institute for the Colorado Bar Association CLE (September 8, 2023)
• Effective Networking in the Mentoring Relationship, Sturm College of Law Professional Mentoring Program (August 29, 31, September 7 and 9, 2023)
• Professionalizing the Lawyering Relationship: Ethics Basics
  for Solo and Small Firm Life, Hanging Your Own Shingle: Successfully Launching and Running Your Own Practice, Colorado Bar Association CLE and the Solo/Small Firm Section (August 16, 2023)
• Careers in Business Law, Panelist, Sturm College of Law Corporate and Commercial Certificate Program (March 15, 2023)
• I’ve Made an Error in My Legal Practice! Now What?, Panelist, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility (February 22, 2023)
• Ethics for the Modern Generation:  Navigating Your Online Presenceand Client Communications in Today’s Digital Environment, Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee, Ethics 7.0 for the Colorado Bar Association CLE (November 18, 2022)
• Building the Whole Lawyer, Panelist, Sturm College of Law Externship Program (November 10, 2022)
• Show Me the Money! Fee Agreements, Fee Disputes, and Collections Best Practices, Business Law Institute for the Colorado Bar Association
  CLE (September 9, 2022)
• Successfully Launching and Running Your Own Practice: The Lawyering Relationship and Ethics Basics for Solo Small Firm Life, Colorado Bar Association Lawyer’s Professional Liability Committee for the Colorado Bar Association CLE (August 10, 2022)
• Effective Networking, Sturm College of Law Professional Mentoring Program (August 30, September 1, 8, and 10, 2022)
• Resolving Conflicts and Disagreements with Clients During the Representation, Best Practices and Ethics in the Profession Seminar, Colorado Bar Association Lawyer’s Professional Liability Committee for the Colorado Bar Association CLE (June 7, 2022)
• Mandatory Reporting: Requirements for You, Me, and the Judge, Ethics 7.0, Colorado CLE and the Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee (Nov. 19, 2021)
• Family Law Update: Ethics Hot Topics, Colorado CLE and the Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section (Nov. 12, 2021)
• Social Media: Ethical and Professional Obligations for the Tweeting Lawyer, Colorado Bar Association Young Lawyers Division/Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program (CAMP) (Oct. 20, 2021)
• Ethical Implications of Offering Affordable Legal Services, Business Law Institute for the Colorado Bar Association (Sept. 9, 2021)
• Effective Networking, Sturm College of Law Professional Mentoring Program (August 28 and 30, 2021)
• New Solo Lawyer Series: Legal Technologies and their Ethical Implications (Session 4), Colorado Bar Association Business Law Section/Solo Small Firm Section/Young Lawyers Division (January 28, 2021)
• Sexual Harassment Crosses the Ethical Line and is Not Tolerated in the Legal Profession, Colorado Bar Association CLE, Litigation Summit (September 25, 2020)
• Key Ethics Concerns for the Business Attorney, Co-Presenter, WealthCounsel (August 13, 2020)
• Tips for Finding a Job During an Economic Downturn, Panelist, Sturm College of Law Career Development Office (June 8, 2020)
• Ethics and Business Lawyers, Business Law Institute for Colorado Bar Association CLE (Sept. 12, 2019)
• Persuasive and Effective Trial Skills 2.0, Solo/Small Firm Conference for Colorado Bar Association CLE (June 12, 2019)
• Litigation Nuts & Bolts: Discovery, Colorado Bar Association CLE (May, 24, 2019)
• Top 10 Pitfalls Lawyers Fall into and How to Avoid Them, Presenter, Colorado Bar Association CLE (Dec. 18, 2018)
• Persuasive and Effective Trial Skills, Colorado Bar Association CLE (Nov. 29, 2017)
• Women Mentoring Women CLE, Moderator, Denver Law Alumnae (Feb. 10, 2017)
• Balancing Your Profession, Panelist, DU Women’s Professional Alliance (Jan. 10, 2017)
• Orientation Boot CAMP, Panelist, Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program (CAMP) of the Colorado Supreme Court (Denver, Colorado, Jan. 23, 2014; Jan. 29, 2015) (Pueblo, Colorado, Apr. 8, 2014)

PRINT

• Succession Planning with the Next Generation of Lawyers, The Docket (Oct. 11, 2018)
• The Creative Lawyer, Book Review, The Colorado Lawyer (Feb. 2015)
• United States v. Nacchio and the Implications of an Emerging Circuit Split: Practical and Policy Considerations of Amending Gain as a Measure of Culpability, 87 Denv. U. L. Rev. 633 (2010) ~ selected for reprint with First Annual White-Collar Crime Institute, New York City Bar Assoc. ~ (May 4, 2012)