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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