COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION FAMILY LAW SECTION 2019 BALLOT: Election for Treasurer and Executive Council Members (Please Check with an “X” to Vote)
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Attn: Amy Sreenen CBA FLS E-mail: [email protected] COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION FAMILY LAW SECTION 2019 BALLOT: Election for Treasurer and Executive Council Members (Please Check with an “X” to Vote) CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER (See attached biography) ______ Catherine Puttmann ______ Diane Wozniak CANDIDATES FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (See attached biographies) Please vote for 10 candidates: ______ Ashley Emerson ______ Kathryn Nelson ______ Amanda Eno ______ Halleh Omidi ______ Anne Gill ______ Christina Paterno ______ Katherine Grier ______ Joe Pickard ______ Ben King ______ Josh Sauer ______ Rachel Kranz Caldwell ______ Kevin Sidel ______ Katharine Lum ______ Alexandra Weiman I am a member of the CBA FLS:______________________________________________ (signature) Please print Name______________________________________________ (Name must appear on ballot in order to be counted) Ballots must be received no later than May 31, 4:00 PM. Please e-mail or Mail to: Mail to: Colorado Bar Association FLS C/O Amy Sreenen 1290 Broadway #1700 Denver, CO 80203 Or E-Mail: [email protected] Candidate Biographies Candidate for Treasurer: Catherine Puttmann Catherine Puttmann is a founding shareholder at Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb P.C. She has practiced family law exclusively since 2005. She received her J.D. in 1997 from the University of Houston College of Law before returning home to Colorado to practice law in 1998. Prior to practicing family law Catherine was a Deputy District Attorney in the 18th Judicial District for over 5 years. Catherine has been named as a Colorado Super Lawyer and to the Best Lawyers in America. She has presented at the annual family law conference, has coached DU law students for three years in Judge Arkin’s advanced family law course and has co-authored two chapters of The Practitioner’s Guide to Colorado Domestic Relations Law. Catherine has been on the CBA Family Law Executive Board for two years and in this role sits on the Legislative Committee and Co-Chairs the Newsletter Committee. Outside of practicing law she spends her time with her family. In addition to her time on the Executive Board for CBA, she previously held the position of PTO president at her daughter’s elementary school. (The historically based novel related to that experience will be drafted after she has fully recovered!) She has been married for twenty years, has two terrific children (ages 17 and 12) and two very cute dogs who are always excited to see her when she arrives home! Diane Wozniak Diane Wozniak is an attorney at Sherman & Howard LLC and dedicates her practice to family law. Prior to entering private practice, Diane clerked in Arapahoe County District Court for the Honorable Cheryl Post and the Honorable Charles Pratt. Diane served as a coach for the DU Family Law Practicum for three years. She is a recipient of the Young Attorney Award from the Douglas/Elbert Counties Bar Association and a NAFLA top 10 family law attorney award. Prior to practicing law, Diane worked for IBM for nearly a decade. She graduated magna cum laude with a business degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1999 and earned her law degree from the University of Houston in 2006. In her spare time, Diane competes for the Runners Roost racing team and enjoys various endurance events, spending time with her husband and their dogs, hiking, yoga, food, and travel. She has completed more than 15 marathons, including three Bostons, and two Ironman triathlons. Candidates for Executive Council: Ashley Emerson Ashley G. Emerson is a partner at Gebhardt, Emerson, & Moodie Family Law, LLC. Ashley’s practice is focused exclusively on family law. Ashley advocates for outcomes that enable families to make the smoothest possible transition during an otherwise stressful time of life. She is committed to seeking peaceful resolutions while also zealously advocating for her clients. Ashley regularly litigates in the Domestic Relations court, however, she is passionate about educating the public about the availability of alternative dispute resolution options, including mediation and collaborative law. Ashley’s experience with family law cases ranges from cases involving complex financial matters, including business interests, defined benefit plans, premarital agreements, trust and high net worth estates and individuals, to less convoluted issues, such as child support, the division of modest marital estates, and modification or enforcement of financial court orders. Ashley also regularly works with families with unique concerns, including non-traditional families, domestic violence, infant parenting plans, grandparent visitation, and high conflict co-parenting relationships. Ashley is passionate about working with families to find the best tools and solutions to their individual issue and does not believe that one size fits all. Ashley currently sits on the board and is the secretary and vice president of membership for Colorado Collaborative Divorce Professionals and co-founded the Denver Source for Collaborative Divorce collaborative practice group. In her free time, Ashley enjoys traveling to adventurous locations, hiking, running, skiing, and cooking. She loves to share these experiences with her husband and two rescue dogs and looks forward to adding a baby girl into the mix this fall. Amanda Eno Amanda is a sole practitioner at Amanda Eno Law, PC, and specializes in the practice of family law, including child custody cases, parenting disputes, modification of child support and/or spousal support, paternity cases, adoptions, divorces, protection orders, contempt hearings, and the drafting of, and review of, marital agreements. Amanda is passionate about family law and the education of professionals to better help our clients. In 2017 Amanda was awarded the Tommy D. Drinkwine Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award for recognition of commitment to the improvement of the legal community, as well as enthusiastic service to clients, the public, and the Bar Association. Amanda serves on the Board of Directors, 2017-2019 term, for the Arapahoe County Bar Association (ACBA), and serves as the Meetings Committee for the ACBA, 2015 to present. Amanda served as a Family Law Pro Se Clinic Co-Chair in 2015. Amanda is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and Family Law Section. Additionally, Amanda was on the Board for the Metro Denver Interdisciplinary Committee (MDIC) from 2014 - 2019. Amanda was awarded the Robert C. Butler, Jr. Award for excellence in legal scholarship for her contribution to the Tulsa Law Review for her published law review, The Misconception of “Sex” in Title VII: Federal Courts Reevaluate Transsexual Employment Discrimination Claims, 43 Tulsa L. Rev. 765 (2008). Other publications from Amanda include the Dissolution of Marriage Proceedings and Bankruptcy Cases, The Practitioner’s Guide to Colorado Domestic Relations Law, 2012-2013. Anne Gill Anne Whalen Gill is an appellate lawyer who has served on the Family Law Executive Council for several years. She brings her expertise as an appellate lawyer to amicus briefing for the Family Law Section, where she served as chairman of the amicus committee. She is the author of Colorado Appellate Law and Practice, in the West Practice Series. Anne sits on the Appellate Rules Committee, which has overhauled those rules. In addition to speaking on appellate issues at CLEs, Anne brings concerns such as confusion in the Magistrate Rules to stakeholders who are in positions to address the issues. Katherine Grier Katherine is a family law attorney at Katherine Grier, PC. Katherine graduated from the University of Denver Law School in May 1999 and was sworn into the Colorado Bar in October 1999. Since becoming an attorney, Katherine has primarily practiced domestic law since 2000 as a solo practioner. She has successfully managed her firm for 20 years. In addition to Katherine’s family law practice, she has experience in Dependency and Neglect cases, Juvenile Delinquency cases, criminal matters (including drug and alcohol cases), and civil cases. Katherine was a Child and Family Investigator for the Domestic Court and is a mediator for family law matters. Katherine also volunteers for the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center as a Guardian Ad Litem for children in protection order cases. Katherine holds memberships in the Colorado Bar Association, Arapahoe County Bar Association, Colorado Women’s Bar Association, the Colorado Judicial Institute, and Mediation Association of Colorado. Katherine has been actively volunteering with the Arapahoe Pro Se clinic since 2002 and since 2016, Katherine participates in the Arapahoe Highschool Moot Court competition as a scoring panelist. Katherine is on the board of directors for Phamaly Theatre Company and is the chair of the Governance Committee. Phamaly is a non-profit creative home for theatre artists with disabilities where individuals can participate in theatre and other art forms. Katherine lives in Parker with her husband, daughter, and three dogs. Ben King Ben King is a Colorado native and third-generation trial attorney. Mr. King attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, Leeds School of Business where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Marketing. Subsequently, he received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami’s School of Law in Florida and is licensed to practice law in the state and federal courts of Colorado, and the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS). Mr. King began his legal career with a prestigious Denver family law firm where he specialized in litigating highly-contested divorces and child custody cases. Additionally, he also has experience in appellate work and has prevailed on issues in both the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court. Mr. King’s practice is solely focused on family law. Mr. King has received the honorable designation of being named to SuperLawyers Rising Star list in 2019. Ben is also rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and holding "High Ethical Standing." Starting in 2019, Ben was also named to "Best Lawyers" for family law in Denver.