Holland & Hart announced Wednesday that Brittany Tyler joined the firm’s public utilities regulation practice in Denver.
Tyler helps clients in public utility regulatory matters across the Mountain West. Her clients include energy consumer associations, individual energy consumers, energy developers and entities subject to or threatened with regulatory oversight.
Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Tyler clerked for Judge Terry Fox at the Colorado Court of Appeals. During law school, she held internships with the U.S. Department of Justice, environment and natural resources division; former Chief Justice Nancy Rice at the Colorado Supreme Court; and at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado.
She received a law degree from the University of Colorado Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University.
Coan Payton & Payne announced Thursday that Julie Trent has joined the firm. Trent practices in general commercial litigation and employment law. She has litigation experience in matters including overtime disputes under the Fair Labor Standards Act, trademark disputes under the Lanham Act, bankruptcy adversary proceedings and general contract disputes.
Trent also represents employers in employment law matters, including the defense of age, race, national origin and sex discrimination, unemployment compensation and wage claims.
Trent has litigation experience in federal and state courts, arbitration proceedings and mediation.
Kilpatrick Townsend announced Thursday the addition of Jeffrey Lassen to the Denver office as an associate on the electronic engineering and software team in the firm’s intellectual property department.
Lassen joins the firm after serving as a summer associate, where he researched patentability and other requirements necessary for preparing clients’ patent applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Lassen was employed as a software and systems engineer at Lockheed Martin.
Lassen is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and received his law degree from UCLA School of Law.
JUDICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has received the three nominees for Denver County Court Judge from the Denver County Court Judicial Nomination Commission: David Blackett, Judy Estrada and Renee Goble.
Hancock will interview the nominees and announce his selection on or before Feb. 4. The appointment will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Gary Jackson.
The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet via videoconference on Feb. 23 to interview and select nominees for a 4th District judgeship. The vacancy will be created by the retirement of Judge Robert Lowrey. The vacancy will occur on April 1.
Application forms are available from the office of the ex officio chair of the nominating commission, Justice Richard Gabriel, at 2 E. 14th Ave. in Denver, and the office of the court executive, Scott Sosebee, 270 S. Tejon Street in Colorado Springs.
Applications also are available on the court’s home page at www.courts.state.co.us/Careers/Judge.cfm.
Applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. Feb. 9. Any person wishing to suggest a candidate to fill the vacancy may do so by 4 p.m. Feb. 2.
The members of the nominating commission for the 4th Judicial District are: Juan Moreno, Mary Linden, Lisa Dailey, Mia Ramirez, Stella Hodgkins, and C. Onye Ikwaukor, all of Colorado Springs; and Kathleen Cefus of Divide.
GOOD FOR YOU
Tyrone Glover assumed the role of 2020-2021 Denver Bar Association president. The official inauguration will be held at the DBA’s annual Passing of the Gavel event, to be held on Jan. 27.
In response to the vacancy created by president-elect Dan Sweetser, who became DBA’s deputy executive director, Glover will split what would have been Sweetser’s term with current president Kevin McReynolds. That gives Glover 18 months (instead of 12) in office.
Glover practices civil rights and criminal defense law at Killmer Lane & Newman.
“We need to be inclusive of the many stakeholders that make up our community,” said Glover. “I would like to expand our engagement with our partner bars and organizations because I think that will be key to us all leading effectively through such a tough time.”
David Tenner, special counsel at Ridley McGreevy & Winocur, has been appointed as co-chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section’s Arbitration Committee and co-chair of the ABA’s Annual Arbitration Training Institute for 2021.