Tag:Colorado Supreme Court

When is a Search a Search?

A case before the Colorado Supreme Court could redefine how police search for illicit drugs during traffic stops.  The court heard oral arguments Wednesday for...

Parents’ Presence Destroys Privilege in Stroke Victim’s Case

When a third party is present in a meeting between a lawyer and a client in Colorado, that meeting isn’t protected by attorney-client privilege...

Three Join Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie announced the addition of three attorneys as associates at the firm’s Denver office. Aurora Barnes, Megan Cunningham Fugier and Stephen...

Supreme Court Analyzes Colorado’s Sentencing Scheme

Colorado criminal courts can hand out enhanced prison sentences when they determine that the crimes committed had “extraordinary aggravating circumstances.” The state Supreme Court...

A Decision 37 Years in the Making

Fourteen years after the Colorado Supreme Court remanded a then-23-year-old case about ancestral land rights to the district court, the Court of Appeals has...

Court Opinions- Nov 19, 2018

People v. Janis Erin Janis stabbed a man outside a bar in Denver and for that was charged with first-degree assault. She claimed self-defense, and...

CLI Celebrates Six

Federal and state judges gathered in the atrium of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center Thursday night to recognize female and minority jurists...

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie Names New Colorado Managing Partner

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie has named Tamara Goodlette managing partner of its Colorado offices, which include Denver and Colorado Springs. Goodlette succeeds Brian Spano...