A Colorado attorney was suspended for two years following multiple instances of client trust account mismanagement and misconduct in immigration matters, which also led to the revocation of a prior stayed suspension.
Husch Blackwell has added partners Stephen Gardner and Kathy Lobel-Rice, along with a support team from Quarles & Brady, to its intellectual property and life sciences practice.
The presiding disciplinary judge publicly censured an attorney for failing to obtain informed consent in a dual representation involving a client and the client’s father in a trust and estate matter.
In case you missed it this week: two firms added attorneys to Denver offices and several appointments were made for district court judgeships. Also, Andrew Romanow was elected to Hall Estill’s executive committee.
The Supreme Court struck down the 6th Circuit’s heightened burden on majority-group Title VII plaintiffs, holding all claimants must be treated equally under the law.
The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s ruling against a hospitality company, rejecting an argument that Frisco Acquisition breached an indemnity clause by failing to close on a contract.
The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association awarded Brian Aleinikoff and Bruce Braley of Leventhal Puga Braley P.C. with the 2024 Case of the Year Award for their work on Annalea Miller v. Crested Butte Mountain Resort at the annual CTLA Spring Dinner on May 29.
