


CDLA Committees and Board Member Liaisons
Executive Committee
- Natalie Lien, President, MPLX-G&P Law
- Michele Choe, Vice President, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
- Meredith McDonald, Treasurer, Hall & Evans
- Hillary Patterson, Secretary, Patterson Ripplinger
Amicus Committee
- Michele Choe, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, CDLA VP
- Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen
- Marilyn Chappell, Sweetbaum Sands Anderson
- Andy Nathan, Nathan Dumm & Mayer
- Lamar Jost, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
- Brendan Loy, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
Professionalism & Education Committee
- Chair: Ellis Mayer, Nathan Dumm & Mayer
- Allison Ailer, Civil Rights/Gov't Tort, Colorado Attorney General's Office
- Brendan Desmond, Construction, Hall & Evans
- Rob Hinckley, Employment, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker
- Christina Huszcza, General Liability, Stuart Jorgensen & Associates
- David Werber, Defending Extra Contractual Claims, Dagner / Schluter / Mitzner / Werber
- Ariana Busby, New Lawyer, Hall & Evans
- Kate Laubach, Professional Liability, SGR
- Joe Espinosa, Worker's Comp, Law Office of Robert B. Hunter
Communications/Publications/Listserve Committee
- Dara Keller, Greenberg Traurig LLP
CDLA Diversity Board Director
- Laura Martinez, Messner Reeves
CDLA Foundation Board Director
- Dylan Lewis, American Family Insurance
DRI State Representative
- Tanner Walls, Messner Reeves
Greater Colorado Board Director
- Lorne Hiller, Wegener Scarborough & Lane
Legislative Committee
- Brandon Hull (Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.) Legislative Director
- Ike Eckert (Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.) Legislative Director-Elect
- Scott Neckers (Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.)
- Meredith McDonald (Hall & Evans)
- Rosie Derieux - (State Farm)
- Brian Kuhlmann (Shelter Insurance)
- Brenden Desmond (Hall & Evans)
- Jeff Ruebel (Ruebel & Quillen, LLC)
New Lawyers Committee
- Director: Paul Jordan, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
- Ariana Busby, Hall & Evans
Trial Academy Committee
- Kurt Henkel, Tucker Holmes
- Brendan Powers, Spies Powers & Robinson
Upcoming Events
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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Shoulder Litigation, It’s Not Humorous, It’s the Humerus
May 14, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dr. Lawrence Lesnak,Colorado Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine
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