Barrister’s Best is Law Week Colorado’s signature annual recognition of excellence in the legal profession. Based on peer voting from across Colorado’s legal community, the program honors those whose skill, professionalism, and service have distinguished them among their colleagues. Starting this year, Law Week Colorado Barrister’s Best award has combined the People’s Choice and Barrister’s Best categories into a single recognition.
Best Supreme Court Judge
Chief Justice Monica Márquez
Chief Justice Monica Márquez has served on the Colorado Supreme Court since 2010 and became chief justice in July 2024. A Grand Junction native and one of the state’s most prominent Latina jurists, she has combined a career in public service with a longstanding commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. In addition to her work at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and on the bench, Márquez has been active in the LGBTQ+ legal community, serving as chair of the Denver Mayor’s LGBT Commission, participating in the Colorado LGBT Bar Association and receiving its Outstanding LGBT Attorney Award.
Best State Court of Appeals Judge
Judge David Yun
Judge David Yun has served on the Colorado Court of Appeals since 2020 after being appointed in 2019. Before joining the bench, Yun spent more than 25 years in private practice, focusing on civil appeals, health care law and medical malpractice, and argued cases before the Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Court of Appeals and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to his appellate practice, he has written on constitutional and civil rights issues, taught law, contributed to several Colorado legal publications and serves in leadership roles on judicial committees and bench book projects.
Best State Trial Court Judge
Judge Chris Zenisek
Judge Christopher Zenisek has served on the First Judicial District Court since January 2012, presiding over a diverse docket that includes civil, criminal and domestic relations cases. In addition to his trial court responsibilities, he serves on the First Judicial District’s Leadership Team and contributes to the development of Colorado law through his work on the Colorado Supreme Court’s Civil Rules Committee and Rules of Appellate Procedure Committee, helping shape statewide civil and appellate practice.
Best Arbitrator
Katy Miller, Founder, Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution
Katy Miller is a Colorado mediator, arbitrator and employment law attorney who has spent more than four decades in the legal profession, including more than 25 years litigating wrongful termination, discrimination and class action cases before transitioning to full-time alternative dispute resolution. She founded Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution in 1997 and now serves as an independent neutral, handling employment, workplace, probate and elder law disputes, as well as class action consent decree monitoring for the federal government. A former attorney at Holland & Hart and Miller & Steiert, Miller serves on the American Arbitration Association’s labor and employment arbitration panel and has mediated matters for the Colorado Office of Dispute Resolution and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Best Mediator
Judge Michael Hegarty
The Hon. Michael E. Hegarty (Ret.) is a mediator and arbitrator who served 19 years as a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, including as the district’s first chief magistrate judge. Before joining the bench, he practiced at Arnold & Porter and served as an assistant U.S. attorney, where he tried employment discrimination and civil rights cases and handled more than 120 federal appeals. During his judicial tenure, Hegarty presided over dozens of jury and bench trials and conducted more than 1,400 settlement conferences across a broad range of civil matters, including employment, class actions, antitrust, intellectual property, environmental, products liability and insurance disputes. Since retiring from the bench, he has continued to serve as a neutral in complex and high-profile mediations, drawing on decades of litigation, judicial and settlement experience.
Best Overall Litigator (tie)
Siddhartha Rathod, Partner, Rathod Mohamedbhai
Siddhartha Rathod is a partner at Rathod Mohamedbhai whose practice focuses on employment law, civil rights and criminal defense. A former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, he has tried more than 50 jury trials, has served on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy since 2011 and is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School. Rathod has received numerous honors, including multiple Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Case of the Year awards, the Colorado LGBT Bar Association’s Ally of the Year award, the University of Colorado Kalpana Chawla Award and recognition by Colorado Super Lawyers for plaintiff employment law.
Best Overall Litigator (tie), Best Construction Defects Lawyer for Plaintiffs
Duncan Griffiths, Shareholder, Griffiths Law
Duncan Griffiths of Griffiths Law is a Colorado trial attorney whose practice focuses on complex civil litigation and family law matters, with experience in construction defect, insurance, real estate and commercial disputes. He represents individuals, businesses, property owners and other clients in cases involving contract disputes, negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and related claims, and handles domestic relations matters involving complex property issues, business interests and parallel civil litigation. In addition to his trial practice, Griffiths is known for resolving disputes through settlement when appropriate, drawing on his business background and experience with financial and expert witness issues to navigate high-value, multifaceted cases.
Best Civil Litigator (tie), Best Commercial Litigator, Best Antitrust Lawyer
Katie Reilly, President, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Katie Reilly, president of Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on antitrust, class action and complex commercial litigation. She represents corporate and individual clients in trial and appellate courts and arbitrations, handling matters involving monopolization, price-fixing, trade secrets, business torts, contract disputes and other competition-related claims, while also advising clients on antitrust compliance and business collaborations. Reilly has represented clients across a range of industries, including health care, energy, real estate, aviation, manufacturing, telecommunications and sports, as well as municipalities in high-stakes disputes.
Best Civil Litigator
Christopher Griffiths, Shareholder, Griffiths Law
Chris Griffiths is a shareholder and chief financial officer at Griffiths Law whose practice focuses on complex family law matters, appellate advocacy and high-stakes civil litigation involving construction, insurance, real estate and business disputes. He represents clients in cases involving divorce, complex financial issues, parenting matters and commercial litigation, and has argued cases before the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Colorado Supreme Court. In addition to leading the firm’s financial operations, he has been recognized with the Denver Business Journal’s C-Suite Award and has been named Law Week Colorado’s Barrister’s Best Civil Litigator (People’s Choice) multiple times, while also earning recognition in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.
Best Public Sector Lawyer
Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General
Phil Weiser has served as Colorado’s attorney general since 2019 and was reelected in 2022. During his tenure, he has prioritized consumer protection, challenged deceptive business practices, secured more than $880 million for Colorado through opioid settlements, pursued litigation involving social media companies and youth mental health, and defended reproductive rights, voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights and environmental protections. Before his election, Weiser served as dean of the University of Colorado Law School and held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Justice during the Clinton and Obama administrations, in addition to clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Best Government Lawyer
Sherri Catalano, Senior Assistant City Attorney for City and County of Denver
Sherri Catalano is a senior assistant city attorney for the City and County of Denver, where she advises city agencies and represents the city in employment, labor and civil service matters. She regularly handles personnel and disciplinary proceedings before the Denver Civil Service Commission and provides counsel on municipal employment law and workplace issues. Before joining the Denver City Attorney’s Office, Catalano practiced labor and employment law in private practice.
Best Lobbying Firm
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is a national law and lobbying firm with offices across the United States, including its headquarters in Denver. The firm represents clients in corporate and business transactions, litigation, government relations, intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate, natural resources, tax and health care matters, among other practice areas. Brownstein is particularly known for its integrated legal and policy practice, advising businesses, trade associations and nonprofit organizations on regulatory, legislative and transactional issues at the federal, state and local levels.
Best Family Law Lawyer
Emily Jones, Founder, The Law Office of Emily A. Jones
Emily Jones, founder of The Law Office of Emily A. Jones, focuses on family law with an emphasis on resolving disputes through practical, client-centered solutions. Licensed in Colorado since 2016, she previously served as a deputy state public defender and practiced family law, criminal defense and civil litigation before launching her own firm. A graduate of Vanderbilt Law School, Jones also holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, Davis, and conducted cancer research at Genentech before pursuing a legal career.
Best Private Equity Lawyer
Keith Trammell, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
Keith Trammell of Vinson & Elkins is a corporate lawyer who advises public companies, private equity firms, boards of directors, founders and investors on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and capital markets matters. He represents clients in complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including negotiated and hostile acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, restructurings and securities matters across industries such as technology, energy, health care, mining, retail and media.
Best Real Estate Lawyer
Jay Kamlet, Founding Partner, Kamlet LLP
Jay Kamlet of Kamlet LLP is a commercial real estate attorney with more than three decades of experience representing developers, lenders, investors, REITs, pension funds and property owners in complex acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing and development transactions. Over the course of his career, he has negotiated transactions involving more than $15 billion in real estate assets and is widely recognized for his work in commercial real estate and finance. In addition to his legal practice, Kamlet is the founder of LawBank, a Denver-based legal incubator and shared office platform for attorneys, reflecting his longstanding interest in legal entrepreneurship and innovation. Best Banking Lawyer
Chalyse Robinson, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
Chalyse Robinson of Vinson & Elkins advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on complex debt financing and capital markets transactions. She represents clients in syndicated and asset-based lending, acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and cross-border secured and unsecured financings across industries including energy, mining, financial services, technology, health care, manufacturing and real estate. Robinson also counsels clients on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions.
Best Bankruptcy Lawyer
Craig Schuenemann, Counsel, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Craig Schuenemann of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton is a commercial litigator with more than 15 years of experience representing lenders, financial institutions and businesses in complex contract, construction, tort and financial services disputes. His practice focuses on creditors’ rights, commercial foreclosures, receiverships, loan workouts, distressed transactions and bankruptcy matters, with clients that include national banks, real estate investment firms, energy companies and other commercial enterprises. Before entering private practice, Schuenemann served as an active-duty U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, completing multiple overseas deployments, including an eight-month deployment supporting combat operations in Iraq, and later worked at the Pentagon as a military assistant to the Navy’s general counsel while attending law school.
Best Tax Lawyer
David Strong, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
David Strong is a tax partner at Vinson & Elkins whose practice focuses on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures and capital markets transactions. He advises public and private companies across industries including health care, technology, mining, real estate, manufacturing and telecommunications. Strong is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a former adjunct professor and current faculty advisory member for the University of Denver Graduate Tax Program, and a former chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Corporate Tax Committee.
Best Securities Lawyer (tie)
Sarah Morgan, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
Sarah Morgan is a corporate partner at Vinson & Elkins whose practice focuses on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and strategic transactions. She advises public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms and boards of directors on equity and debt offerings, IPOs, securities compliance, SPAC transactions, carveouts and complex M&A matters. Morgan has been recognized by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Lawdragon and Best Lawyers, and has earned multiple BTI Client Service All-Star honors. She is also active in the energy transition sector, serving in leadership and advisory roles with industry and community organizations, including the Greater Houston Partnership’s Houston Energy Transition Initiative and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston.
Best Securities Lawyer (tie), Best Corporate Law Lawyer
Gil Selinger, Director, Fairfield & Woods
Gil Selinger is a corporate and securities attorney who serves on his firm’s Executive Committee and represents the firm within the Meritas global law firm alliance. He advises closely held and midsize businesses on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate governance, financing, regulatory compliance and day-to-day business matters, drawing on prior experience as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. His clients span industries including technology, private equity, real estate, construction, cannabis, gaming, automotive and the food and beverage sector, where he also has a niche practice advising manufacturers, retailers, brewers and restaurant groups.
Best Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer
Stan Doida, Jr., Founder, Doida Crow Legal
Stan Doida, Jr. is the founding partner of Doida Crow Legal, where he advises startups, closely held businesses and established companies on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities, financing, venture capital and general business matters. Holding both a law degree and an MBA, he serves as outside general counsel to many clients and has handled transactions ranging from early-stage financings to acquisitions valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars across industries including technology, biotechnology, financial services, construction and energy. Before founding his firm in 2012, Doida practiced at several large Colorado law firms.
Best Health Care Lawyer
Mark Fogg, Attorney, Childs McCune Michalek
Mark Fogg of Childs McCune Michalek is a health care attorney and veteran trial lawyer with more than 40 years of experience representing health care providers, hospitals and other licensed professionals in litigation, regulatory proceedings and business matters. A former general counsel for COPIC, he advises clients on health care compliance, professional liability, corporate governance, risk management and crisis response, including issues involving telehealth, peer review, HIPAA and patient safety. Over the course of his career, he has tried more than 200 cases and served as outside general counsel to health care organizations, physician groups and other businesses, providing strategic counsel on governance, regulatory compliance and complex legal disputes.
Best Energy and Natural Resources Lawyer
Rochelle Rabeler, Partner, Holland & Hart
Rochelle Rabeler of Holland & Hart leverages her extensive experience representing wind, solar, storage and other energy companies throughout the United States to successfully counsel clients through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and project development transactions, with a focus on power purchase and other project offtake agreements. Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Rabeler served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marvin P. Isgur of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas.
Best Criminal Defense Lawyer
Josh Landy, Partner, Landy Leedy McGreevy Winocur
Josh Landy, partner at Landy Leedy McGreevy Winocur, is a client-centered criminal defense attorney known for his skilled courtroom advocacy and commitment to protecting the rights of those facing criminal charges. He earned his reputation through more than 90 jury trials during seven years as a Colorado State Public Defender and was nominated by his peers for Attorney of the Year in 2014. A graduate of the University of Colorado Law School, Landy competed on the National Mock Trial Team, served as president of the Sports and Entertainment Law Association and participated in the Legal Aid Clinic.
Best Immigration Lawyer
Hans Meyer, Founder, The Meyer Law Office
Hans Meyer, founder of Meyer Law Office, focuses his practice on immigration law and removal defense, criminal defense and postconviction relief, the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and the civil rights of immigrants. A former trial attorney with the Colorado State Public Defender, he became a recognized authority in crimmigration law and developed a statewide immigration advisement system for indigent noncitizen defendants. Meyer also served as Director of Public Policy for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, advocating on immigration policy at the local, state and national levels. A 2006 graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, he previously worked as a forest firefighter, construction worker and Outward Bound instructor before beginning his legal career.
Best Trusts and Estates Lawyer
Joe Morris, Shareholder, Bond & Morris
Joseph A. Morris is the founding shareholder and managing shareholder of Bond & Morris, where he focuses on estate planning, probate, trust administration, business planning, and related income, gift and estate tax matters. An AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, Joe has helped guide the family-owned firm since its founding in 1988, building lasting client relationships throughout the Rocky Mountain region. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska.
Best Nonprofit Lawyer
Jenifer E. Snyder, Of Counsel, Fairfield and Woods
Jenifer E. Snyder, of counsel at Fairfield and Woods, brings more than 20 years of experience advising businesses on complex transactions, strategic partnerships and corporate governance. She has helped scale venture-backed companies from startup to more than $100 million in revenue, negotiating thousands of sophisticated commercial agreements while building the legal and compliance infrastructure needed to support sustained growth. In addition to her corporate practice, Jenifer is executive director of the Wireless History Foundation and has co-founded several nonprofit organizations, including the mGive Foundation and Mobile Accord. She earned her J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law and her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Colorado.
Best Appellate Law Lawyer
Frederick R. Yarger, Partner, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Frederick R. Yarger, partner of Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell’s management committee and former Colorado Solicitor General, represents clients nationwide in high-stakes appeals and complex litigation. He has handled dozens of precedent-setting cases across state and federal courts and has argued five cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as counsel of record. A two-time recipient of the Colorado Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Performance, Yarger previously clerked for Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Mark R. Filip of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned his J.D., with honors and Order of the Coif, from the University of Chicago Law School and his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College.
Best Intellectual Property Litigator
Justin L. Krieger, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Justin L. Krieger, managing partner of Kilpatrick’s Denver office, is a nationally recognized patent strategist with more than 25 years of experience advising clients on complex intellectual property matters. He is widely respected for his work in freedom-to-operate analyses, patent validity, and non-infringement strategies across industries including chemistry, biotechnology, energy, mechanical systems, and medical devices. Krieger also leads the firm’s post-grant patent practice; he has served as lead counsel in well over 20 inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings, representing clients both as petitioner and patent owner. He earned his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law and his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the College of William & Mary.
Best Employment Law Lawyer
Steven L. Murray, Partner, Murray Law
Steven L. Murray, founding partner of Murray Law, is an employment and civil rights attorney whose practice focuses on representing employees in complex workplace disputes, litigation, and trial advocacy. A former senior trial attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Murray has successfully represented clients in federal courts and administrative tribunals, securing favorable verdicts in discrimination, retaliation, and civil rights cases against government and private-sector employers. He earned an LL.M. in Employment and Labor Law from Georgetown University Law Center and a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law, and is widely recognized for his extensive trial experience and longstanding commitment to protecting workplace rights.
Best Disability Law Lawyer
Spencer Kontnik, Partner, Kontnik | Cohen
Spencer Kontnik, founding partner of Kontnik | Cohen, is one of Colorado’s leading civil rights litigators and is nationally recognized for his advocacy on behalf of individuals with disabilities. In 2024, Governor Jared Polis appointed him to the task force charged with rewriting the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, reflecting his longstanding work drafting legislation, testifying before the General Assembly and advancing civil rights protections. Spencer has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit and courts throughout Colorado, and is a founding member of the Colorado Disability Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Best Personal Injury Law Lawyer
Kyle Bachus, Partner, Bachus & Schaker
Kyle Bachus, co-founder of Bachus & Schanker, has spent more than 30 years representing individuals and families affected by catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. Throughout his career, he has exclusively advocated for plaintiffs, building one of Colorado’s leading personal injury firms after co-founding Bachus & Schanker in 1996. A graduate of the University of Florida College of Law, Kyle is widely recognized for shaping Colorado law through landmark statutes and Colorado Supreme Court decisions that have strengthened protections for injury victims and reinforced insurance company accountability.
Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer for Plaintiffs
Kevin J. Kuhn, Partner, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Kevin J. Kuhn, partner at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, is an accomplished trial attorney with experience in more than 135 trials to verdict, including 80 jury trials, representing clients in medical malpractice, professional liability, catastrophic personal injury and complex commercial litigation. A fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Kevin has defended healthcare professionals and other licensed professionals in high-stakes negligence cases while also representing injured plaintiffs. He earned his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and served nearly three decades in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, retiring with the rank of colonel.
Best Class Action/Mass Tort Lawyer for Plaintiffs
Franklin D. Azar, Founding Attorney, Franklin D. Azar & Associates
Franklin D. Azar is the founder, president and owner of Franklin D. Azar & Associates, which he established in 1987 and has grown into Colorado’s largest plaintiff-focused personal injury law firm. A nationally recognized advocate for injured individuals, he has represented clients from all 50 states, served as class counsel in more than 20 employment class actions and handled thousands of mass tort cases. Before entering private practice, Franklin was the youngest attorney appointed as an assistant district attorney for Colorado’s Third Judicial District. A Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude graduate of the University of Colorado, he earned his J.D. from the University of Denver.
Best Insurance Lawyer for Plaintiffs
Nick Trost, Nick Trost Legal
Nicholas “Nick” Trost is a civil litigator with more than 15 years of experience representing clients in commercial disputes, personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance bad-faith, products liability and other complex matters throughout Colorado. After beginning his career in insurance defense and later representing plaintiffs, he founded his own practice in 2014, where he also advises clients on regulatory compliance, probate administration, corporate transactions and estate planning. With a background in geological sciences, Nick is particularly adept at handling technically complex cases and has appeared before Colorado state and federal courts, including the Colorado Supreme Court. He earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School and bachelor’s degrees in political science and in geological sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Best Education Lawyer
Igor Raykin, Partner, Kishinevsky & Raykin
Igor Raykin, founding partner of Kishinevsky & Raykin, focuses his practice on education law, including special education, higher education and Title IX matters. Before becoming an attorney, he spent a decade in public education as a teacher, dean of students and school founder, including teaching in a juvenile correctional facility and helping establish a school for homeless youth in Denver. His extensive experience working with students gives him a unique perspective in advocating for their rights. Raykin earned his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Best Legal Support Professional – Three-way tie
Irina Haynes, Personal Injury Litigation Paralegal, Franklin D. Azar & Associates
Irina Haynes is the Manager of Litigation Support at Franklin D. Azar & Associates, where she has built her career since joining the firm in 2007. Beginning as a paralegal, she has nearly two decades of experience in personal injury litigation and is dedicated to helping injured clients navigate complex legal matters during some of the most challenging times in their lives. Irina holds a master’s degree in economics, completed legal coursework and formal paralegal studies, and is recognized for combining legal knowledge, organizational expertise, and compassionate client service to support successful case outcomes.
Michele Clark, Senior Patent Prosecution Paralegal, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Michele Clark is a senior patent prosecution paralegal at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton with more than 25 years of experience in intellectual property law, specializing in foreign patent filings and international patent prosecution. Since beginning her legal career as a filing clerk at Holland & Hart in 1998, she has become a firm resource on global patent procedures, including Hague Agreement filings, and has helped streamline international patent strategies for clients around the world. Michele also serves as a workflow coordinator for the firm’s patent practice, balancing staffing and client needs while collaborating closely with attorneys to deliver exceptional service. Her strengths include problem-solving, and she appreciates collaborating with colleagues and clients to find effective solutions. Outside of work, she enjoys camping, watching sports and spending time with her children.
Lisa LaFramboise, Family Law Paralegal, Griffiths Law
Lisa LaFramboise has been a family law paralegal for more than 36 years and has been with Griffiths Law since its founding in 2002. Drawing on decades of hands-on experience, she is dedicated to guiding clients through the challenges of divorce, helping them regain confidence during difficult transitions. The most rewarding part of her work is meeting clients when they are at one of the lowest points in their lives—especially when they feel they have lost their voice—and helping them move through the divorce process with strength, clarity, and hope. Outside the office, she volunteers her time creating and sending handmade cards to nursing home residents, memory care patients, and individuals undergoing cancer treatment, reflecting her longstanding commitment to caring for others.