I am semi-retired taking only appointed juvenile direct file cases. My profile picture represents my current status which rarely involves putting on a suit and tie. I no longer take private cases. For that reason I don't advertise or otherwise promote my practice.I am currently a board member of the Colorado Juvenile Defender Center. I was one of the founding members of this organization and recently was the Interim Executive Director. I was awarded the "Outstanding Juvenile… Show more I am semi-retired taking only appointed juvenile direct file cases. My profile picture represents my current status which rarely involves putting on a suit and tie. I no longer take private cases. For that reason I don't advertise or otherwise promote my practice.I am currently a board member of the Colorado Juvenile Defender Center. I was one of the founding members of this organization and recently was the Interim Executive Director. I was awarded the "Outstanding Juvenile Defender" by this organization in 2015. CJDC is an organization that advocates for reform of juvenile law and trains and supports juvenile defense lawyers.Putting in my profile a second language is a bit of a stretch. It is more of an aspiration than an accomplishment. I've worked hard at learning Spanish, made some real progress but have more work to do to become truly proficient. "The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science. He, to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, a snuffed out candle. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness."Albert Einstein Show less

Was lawyer in six regional offices including senior attorney in one and office head in two others. Was trial lawyer, which included litigation in capitol cases