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

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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

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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.

Mr. King has authored multiple legal publications and is a member of: the American Bar Association (ABA), Colorado Bar Association (CBA), Denver Bar Association (DBA), Arapahoe County Bar Association, Colorado Bar Young Lawyers Division, Faculty of Federal Advocates, Metro Denver Interdisciplinary Committee (MDIC), the Douglas-Elbert County Bar Association (DEBA), and Mr. King is the Douglas-Elbert Bar Association Representative to the Metro Volunteer Lawyers (MVL) Board of Governors. Mr. King is currently serving on the Colorado Bar Association’s Executive Council for the Family Law Section.

Mr. King is a fitness enthusiast who enjoys volunteering in the local community when he is not exploring the Colorado mountain ranges and spending time with his family.

Rachel Kranz Caldwell Rachel Kranz Caldwell is an equity partner at Cline Caldwell, LLP practicing primarily in family law. Prior to founding Cline Caldwell, LLP in January 2019, Rachel was a shareholder at Montgomery Little & Soran, P.C. Rachel is involved in the Family Law section of the Colorado Bar and has co-chaired the annual Family Law Evidence Practicum and also sits on the Family Law Section Young Lawer Committee; she has also written articles for the Colorado Lawyer on various family law topics. Rachel also enjoys giving back to the local Denver community and sat as a Board Member of Cocktails for a Cause, a women’s charity collecting in-kind goods for other local organizations in need for 7 years. Rachel grew up in the Denver-metro area before receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and her law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. During law school, Rachel participated in the University of Denver Civil Litigation Clinic and as General Editor of the Denver University Law Review. Rachel very much looks forward to becoming more involved in the Family Law Section by joining the Executive Council.

Katherine Lum Katy is a senior associate with the firm of Lass Moses Ramp & Cooper, LLC, where her practice focuses exclusively on domestic relations issues. Katy has experience in a broad range of financial matters, from the unique challenges of serving lower income clients to the complex assets found in multi-million dollar estates. Her practice also includes challenging parental responsibilities issues, including those involving substance abuse, domestic violence, and children with complex medical needs. She is a skilled negotiator, litigator, and appellate advocate. Katy is an active volunteer with Metro Volunteer Lawyers and previously served as the Denver Bar Association representative to the CBA Board of Governors. Katy Co-Chaired the 2019 Family Law Basic Skills seminar on behalf of the Family Law Section, and has also presented at that seminar for the past two years. She is currently a member of the Young Lawyer Committee of the Family Law Section. Prior to joining Lass Moses Ramp & Cooper, Katy was a law clerk for former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship and the American Jurisprudence Award. Outside of law, Katy is an avid climber, hiker, and baker. Katy is excited about the opportunity to take on greater involvement and serve the members of the Family Law Section as an Executive Council member.

Kathryn Nelson I have been practicing law for approximately 28 years, and a large majority of that time has been spent in the courtroom. I now practice exclusively family law for both professional and personal reasons. I was formerly Special Counsel with The Harris Law Firm for almost eight (8) years before joining Cox Baker & Page in August, 2018. I have gone through my own personal divorce with three (3) kids involved, and so I understand first-hand the impact, emotions and stress that go along with divorce.

As a Colorado native, I attended Heritage High School in Littleton and Colorado State University on a Colorado Scholars Award and President’s Scholarship. In 1986, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Honors Program with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. Upon graduating from CSU, I moved to San Diego and worked as a legal secretary for a year. I then attended the University of San Diego Law School and received my juris doctor degree in 1990. I studied abroad for a period of time during law school in Salzburg, Austria. This was a fascinating experience where I was instructed by former United States Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, a law professor from Edinburgh, Scotland, and other accomplished scholars from around the globe.

I began my legal career as a Deputy District Attorney in Orange County, California where I remained as a prosecutor for eight (8) years. In this capacity, I tried over 100 cases to a jury and had the unique opportunity to deal with and help numerous victims of serious felony crimes. I specialized in domestic violence cases for a period of time. This experience has obviously spilled over and has helped me in family law.

After 12 years, I decided to return to my home state of Colorado. I worked on appeals for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and acted as a relief prosecutor for the City of Englewood. However, once my third son was born I knew I needed to be at home while my boys were young. I was a stay-at-home mom for several years, undoubtedly my most demanding and rewarding position!

I am a member of the Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section, the Douglas/Elbert Bar Association, Colorado Women’s Bar Association, South Metro Denver, Castle Pines and Highlands Ranch Chambers of Commerce and Colorado Influential Women. I am admitted to practice law in California and Colorado.

My oldest son plays football for UNC, my middle son attends Cal Berkeley and my “baby” is a junior at Mountain Vista High School contemplating leaving for me college as well – how dare he!

Halleh Omidi Halleh T. Omidi is a Shareholder at McGuane and Hogan, P.C. and has limited her practice to family law. Halleh received both her undergraduate degree and law degree from the University of Colorado. She serves the community as a mentor for “Law School Yes We Can,” as a regular volunteer for Metro Volunteer Lawyers, and as a guest instructor for a variety of courses and panels at the University of Colorado Law School. Halleh was given the distinction of Rising Star in the 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 publications of Super Lawyers Magazine and has received the Clients’ Choice Award in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 from Avvo. She has contributed to the legal community by being a regular presenter at CLEs, co-authoring the Colorado Methods of Practice Domestic Relations chapter, and is the co-editor of the Family Law Section of The Colorado Lawyer.

Christina Paterno Tina Patierno is a founding partner, of Epstein Patierno, LLP. A Texas native, Tina graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in 1989 and earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law in 1992, with honors. Tina is licensed in the Colorado Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court, and previously in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas.

Tina Patierno’s practice has always been dedicated exclusively to family law. Her previous employment includes work at an international law firm in Houston, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP and Denver law firm Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C. and Litvak Litvak Mehrtens Epstein and Carlton, P.C.

Tina is a member of the Amicus Committee of Family Law Section of Colorado Bar Association. She was a board member of the Metro Denver Interdisciplinary Committee for 8 years and part of the executive board for 6 years, culminating in her role as President of that Committee in 2013. She is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and the Douglas/Elbert Bar Association, receiving the Professionalism Award from the Douglas/Elbert Bar Association in 2006-2007.

She has been an author/co-author/speaker at the Texas Family Law Institute, Colorado Family Law Institute, MDIC, Douglas/Elbert Bar Association, and other bar-related functions.

Joe Pickard Joe moved to Colorado from Texas in 1969. He is the oldest of 10 siblings. He graduated from Mullen High School. After graduating college and two years selling computers and computer services, he attended law school in Boulder at the University of Colorado, receiving a J.D. degree in 1982.

Joe has practiced law in Colorado since 1982. He is a former assistant County Attorney for Jefferson County, where he primarily represented the Human Services Department. He has been continuously engaged in private practice since April 1, 1986. Joe has practiced in both State and Federal Court, and has tried approximately 100 jury trials in his career. He is very excited when challenged to solve complex problems, and relishes a fair resolution. He is equally able to settle a matter out of court, or to bring the matter to trial when required. Joe is a past President of the First Judicial Bar Association and past Vice President of the Colorado Bar Association.

Josh Sauer Joshua Sauer is a founding partner of Sauer & Petterson Family Law. He practices exclusively in family law, focusing on high conflict divorce, legal separation, allocation of parental responsibilities actions, adoptions, paternity cases, protection order matters and child support cases. Josh also enjoys practicing appellate advocacy in the domestic relations field. He has volunteered with the post-decree clinic facilitated by Metro Volunteer Lawyers and has also accepted pro bono service through MVL. Josh believes it is important for low income parties to have access to legal assistance, particularly when children are involved. In addition, he believes strongly in working toward expanding access to legal resources for all families. Josh is motivated to guide families through the legal process as they face personal challenges and crises. Josh is eager to serve on the executive council and work with the other council members to improve the legal system for families in transition and to mitigate the damage of separation and divorce by finding ways to reduce conflict. He also enjoys mentoring opportunities, including assisting associate attorneys and volunteering with both the Denver regional and state high school mock trial tournaments. Josh is active in the Colorado Bar Association and serves on the association’s Legal Fee Arbitration Committee as well as the Membership Committee for the Family Law Section. He resides in Denver, Colorado with his spouse and their 7-year old dog, Abby. Josh was admitted to the Colorado bar in 2003 and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in 2005. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A. Political Science 2000); University of Colorado School of Law (J.D. 2003).

Kevin Sidel Kevin has an ADR practice that includes mediation, arbitration, special master and retired judge, specializing in family law cases. Kevin began his ADR practice in 1999. He served as the Elbert County Court Judge from 1995 to 2007 (part-time) and also as District Court Magistrate and Acting District Court Judge in the 18th Judicial District. Kevin currently serves as the Municipal Judge in the Town of Parker. Kevin received his law degree from Northeastern University in Boston in 1988 and has a wide range of experience including the health care and labor/employment fields. Kevin has written and lectured on family law, ethics and dispute resolution issues. During his time on the Executive Council Kevin has focused on Family Law Section budget issues, wanting to ensure proper accounting and effective spending of the Section’s funds.

Alexandra Weiman Alexandra (Ali) Weiman is an associate attorney at Cox Baker & Page, LLC. Ali received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder and her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2014. Ali volunteered with the Metro Volunteer Lawyers since 2014 and has assisted many clients on a pro bono basis. Ali practices in the areas of: family law, divorce and separation, allocation of parental responsibilities, child support, paternity and appeals. Ali knew she wanted to practice in the area of family law since her first year of law school and truly enjoys her profession. Ali has been honored to receive the Rising Star distinction award in 2018 and 2019.