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CDLA Committees & Board Member Liaisons

Executive Committee

  • Rosa Derieux, President, Bradley J. Schulz & Associates
  • Chris Unger, Vice President, American Family Insurance
  • Emily Swanson, Secretary/Treasurer, Lasater & Martin
  • Stephanie Montague, Immediate Past President, Hall & Evans

Amicus Committee

  • Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen
  • Marilyn Chappell, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
  • Andy Nathan, Nathan Dumm & Mayer
  • Lamar Jost, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
  • Brendan Loy, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
  • Jack Mann, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

CDLA Diversity Board Director

  • Trent Cromartie, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

CDLA Foundation Board Director

  • Karlee Janigian, Sutton Booker

DRI State Representative

  • Hillary Patterson, Patterson Ripplinger

Legislative Committee

  • Adam Royval, Chair, Messner Reeves
  • Scott Neckers, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.
  • Meredith McDonald, O'Hagan Meyer
  • Rosa Derieux, Bradley J. Schulz & Associates
  • Brian Kuhlmann, Shelter Insurance
  • Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen, LLC
  • Brandon Hull, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.

Professionalism & Education Committee

  • Chair: Jack Hardwick, Johnson, Bakken & Smith
  • Matt Cecil, Sutton | Booker
  • Brian DeMocker, O'Hagan Meyer
  • Joe Espinosa, Law Office of Collin T. Welch
  • Jen Friedburg, American Family
  • Emilie Lorden, Wilson Elser
  • Melisa H. Panagakos, Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • Brendan Powers, Montgomery Amatuzio

Trial Academy Committee

  • Adam Goldstein, White and Steele
  • Brendan Rodman, Messner Reeves

CLEs & Events

Date/Time
Event Title and Registration Link
Presenter(s) and More Information
November 11, 2026
Bill Rodgers, Christina Gonsalves, Dietze Davis & Katie Pratt, Ruegsegger Simons & Stern
November 12, 2026
Nuclear. Thermonuclear. Runaway. Legal system abuse. Ashley Paige Fetyko, Michael Drews; Tyson Mendes
November 12, 2026
Sturm College of Law 2255 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80210
December 11, 2026
Holland & Hart 555 17th Street, Suite 3200, Denver, CO 80202
February 4, 2027
Michele On-ja Choe, and Sarah Andrzejczak, Buchalter
February 25, 2027 - February 27, 2027
A three-day workshop aimed at developing trial practice skills through lectures, practicum exercises, and a mock trial. The Colorado Defense Lawyers Association Trial Academy offers this trial advocacy program of exceptional quality at a very reasonable cost in a convenient two-work day and one Saturday trial format held locally in Denver.

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