Mediation: Developing Trial Skills While Practicing as a Peaceful Warrior
Colorado courts and legislation encourage parties first to seek to resolve their differences through mediation, which is considered a less expensive means of solving...
Health Care Reform, Colorado Style
March 4 was the mid-point of the 120-day regular session of Colorado’s General Assembly. Before adjournment on May 3, significant legislative actions and resulting...
CLI-YLD Offers Supportive Community for Diverse Young Lawyers
A little less than a year ago, the Center for Legal Inclusiveness Young Lawyer Division was just something I was told about by a...
What Businesses Should Expect from Colorado’s New Attorney General
For the first time since 2002, Colorado elected a Democrat, Phil Weiser, to serve as attorney general. The prevailing wisdom is that this development...
Victory for Home Rule Independence: Court Limits Jurisdiction Over Home Rule Municipalities
In 2006, Colorado voters enacted Amendment 41, a constitutional citizen initiative that created the Independent Ethics Commission, a statewide agency tasked with hearing and...
When Cerebral Palsy is the Result of Medical Malpractice
Cerebral palsy is a devastating diagnosis that carries life-long ramifications for children with the condition and their families. While the causes of cerebral palsy...
Will the 2019 Legislative Session Offer Relief to the Gallagher Squeeze?
Many Colorado local governments that are primarily dependent upon property tax revenues continue to be impacted by provisions of a 1982 amendment to the...
DOJ Issues More Guidance Impacting Environmental Enforcement
On Nov. 8, the Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs issued a press release indicating that then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions signed a memorandum...
Expecting the Unexpected
The U.S. recently imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from China and nearly every other country in the world, except for Canada, Mexico,...
The Constitution Already Protects Private Property Rights
Amendment 74 sounds like a good idea. The ballot issue asks voters: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution requiring the government...