Former federal prosecutor and trial attorney Alison Connaughty has joined Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell as of counsel. She previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Colorado, an assistant attorney general for Colorado and a deputy district attorney for Jefferson County. As a prosecutor, Connaughty first-chaired 47 jury trials. She currently serves as president of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association.
As an assistant U.S. attorney in Denver, she was in the cybercrime and national security section. Before that, Connaughty served as an assistant AG in the special prosecutions and financial fraud units in the Colorado AG’s Office, as well as a deputy DA in Jefferson County.