CDLA Board 2020-2021

Natalie Lien, Attorney
President

MPLX-G&P Law

1515 Arapahoe Street, Tower 1, Suite 1600
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-476-5696

Michele Choe, Esq.
Vice President

Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell

370 17th Street, Suite 4500
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-292-2525

Meredith McDonald
Treasurer

Hall & Evans

1001 Seventeenth Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-628-3300

Hillary D. Patterson, Esq.
Secretary

Patterson & Ripplinger
5613 DTC Parkway, Suite 400
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303-741-4539

Christopher R. Reeves, Esq.
Immediate Past President
2018 Conference Chair

Waltz|Reeves

1660 Lincoln Street, #2510
Denver, CO 80264
Phone: 303-830-8800
Direct: 303-573-2915

Tanner Walls, Esq.
DRI State Representative

Messner Reeves, LLP

1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Phone 303-623-1800

Dara Keller, Esq.
Communications Director

Greenberg Traurig LLP

1144 15th Street, unit 3300
Denver CO 80202
Phone: 303-572-6500

Brandon P. Hull, Esq.
Legislative Director

Overturf McGath & Hull

625 E. 16th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-860-2848 x567

Laura Martinez, Esq.
Diversity Director

Messner & Reeves LLP

1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-623-1800

Lorne Hiller, Esq.
Greater Colorado Director

Wegener Scarborough & Lane

743 Horizon Court, Suite 200
Grand Junction, CO 81506
Phone: 970-242-2645

Ellis Mayer, Esq.
Ex-Officio
P & E Committee Chair

Nathan, Dumm & Mayer, P.C.

7900 E Union Avenue, Suite 600
Denver, CO 80237
Phone: 303-691-3737

Kurt Henkel, Esq.
At-Large Director

Tucker Holmes

7400 E. Caley Avenue, Suite 300
Centennial, CO 80111
Phone: 303-694-9300

Paul Jordan
New Lawyer Director

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3400
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-200-6884

Brendan Powers
At-Large Director

Spies, Powers & Robinson

950 South Cherry Street, Suite 700
Denver, CO 80246
Phone: 303-830-7090

Dylan Lewis
Ex-Officio

American Family Insurance

9510 S. Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80155
Phone: 303-792-0740

Bo and Glenna Donegan
CDLA Offices

643 Dexter Street
Denver, Colorado 80220
Phone: 303-263-6466

Upcoming Events

Hurdles to Professional Advancement for the LGBTQ+ Attorney

March 16, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presented by:
Justice Marquez, CO Supreme Court
Christopher Reeves, Waltz | Reeves
Tessa Becker, VP & Sr. Corp. Counsel, National CineMedia LLC
Ryann Peyton, CAMP
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Double Down on DEI Strategies Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; General Liability

March 18, 2021, 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Presented by: Sara Scott, CEO of the Center for Legal Inclusiveness
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Writing Workshop # 3 Editing - Illumination Through Elimination Sponsored by: Braddy Investigative Group

March 23, 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Presented by:
Marilyn Chappell, Sweetbaum Sands Anderson
and
Brendan Powers, Spies Powers & Robinson
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Diversity on the Bench – Is It Really Important If All Judges are Expected to Be Objective? Co-sponsored with the Colorado LGBT Bar Association

April 13, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presented by:
Justice Marquez (CO Supreme Court)
Judge Fox (CO Ct. of Appeals)
Judge Navarro (CO Ct. of Appeals)
Judge Jill Dorancy (2nd Judicial Dist. Ct Judge)
Judge Gary Jackson (Denver County Court – Ret.)
Christopher Reeves (Waltz | Reeves) - Moderator
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Back to Basics: Subpoenas (rescheduled)

April 15, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Christina M. Huszcza and Andrew M. LaFontaine, Stuart S. Jorgensen & Associates
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Noodling on New Nuances: A Rumination on Recent Cases and Statutory Updates of Interest to Government Counsel

April 22, 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Allison Ailer, Office of the Colorado Attorney General
Matthew Hegarty, Hall & Evans

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Effective Mediations in the Zoom Era

April 27, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Justice Maria Berkenkotter
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New Lawyers (and "seasoned" too) CDLA Trivia Night

April 29, 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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