Spring 2019 ColoradoLawyersCOMMITTEE Pro bono legal advocacy for children and the underserved

2019 Awards Luncheon We are pleased to recognize Mark your calendars for the 2019 Awards the dedicated leadership of our Luncheon on May 2, 2019 at the Hyatt current and former CLC YLD Regency Denver Convention Center with Board Members Keynote Speaker Philip J. Weiser, Colorado Attorney General. Adrienne D. Boyd Arnold & Porter Another highlight will be the presentation of awards to honor individuals Lauren P. Carboni and organizations that have contributed Elizabeth Froehlke significantly to the Colorado Lawyers Littler Mendelson P.C. Committee in the past year. We are PHOTO BY PAUL HARTMANN Nathaniel J. Hake delighted to announce that Daniel A. PHOTO BY PAUL HARTMANN Hake Law LLC Sweetser (The Sweetser , P.C.) Tess Hand-Bender will receive the Outstanding Sustained Melanie Tsuchida (Colorado Nonprofit Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Contribution Award for his longstanding Association) will receive the Special Abigail Moss Hinchcliff support and extensive contributions to the Recognition Award. The other 2019 Award Bartlit Beck LLP work of the Colorado Lawyers Committee. Nominees are: Martina Hinojosa Butler Snow LLP LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Scott F. Llewellyn (Morrison & Foerster LLP) Stephanie A. Kanan Ellie Lockwood (Snell & Wilmer) Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Snell & Wilmer Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC Kathleen Mullen Christopher John Lane Polsinelli PC Jennifer Purrington (Disability Law Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Snell & Wilmer Colorado) Timothy P. Scalo (Snell & Wilmer) Beth Ann Lennon TEAM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Byeongsook Seo (Snell & Wilmer) Sherman & Howard L.L.C. Anti-Bullying Subcommittee of Education Taylor Ranch Litigation Team: Matthew M. Linton Task Force: Jason C. Astle (The Law Firm of Springer & Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Jessica C. Collier (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Steinberg, P.C.) Stewart, P.C. Edelman & Dicker LLP) Aaron A. Boschee ( Ellie Lockwood Sara Nicole Maeglin (Lohf Shaiman Jacobs (US) LLP) Snell & Wilmer Hyman & Feiger PC) Stephanie Carr (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP) Caitlin McHugh John M. McHugh (Reilly Pozner LLP) Bennett L. Cohen (Polsinelli PC) Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP Daniel Ramos (One Colorado) Sarah Conley (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP) John M. McHugh Mark A. Spitz (Spitz Legal Counsel LLC) Jerome A. DeHerrera Reilly Pozner LLP Denise M. Whinnen (Gill Foundation) Rebecca Anderson Fischer (Sherman & Kelly Lynch Murphy Hate Crimes National Team: Howard L.L.C.) The Harris Law Firm P.C. Elizabeth Froehlke (Littler Mendelson P.C.) Watson W. Galleher (Don Galleher & Beth Ann Lennon (Sherman & Howard L.L.C.) Saliman PC) Jill Tenley Oldak Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP John M. McHugh (Reilly Pozner LLP) Jeffrey A. Goldstein Tarek F. M. Saad (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP) Peter S. Gould (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP) Joseph G. Phillips Christine Snider (Ballard Spahr LLP) Martina Hinojosa (Butler Snow LLP) Office of the Valeria Spencer (U.S. Attorney’s Office for Jonathan S. King (Squire Patton Boggs Colorado Attorney General the District of Colorado) (US) LLP) Ryan B. Thurber Phyllis V. Wan (Wanderful Ventures LLC) Carolyn L. McIntosh (Squire Patton Boggs Polsinelli PC Mark D. Wilding (Ballard Spahr LLP) (US) LLP) Mark D. Wilding Jail Wait Litigation Team: Laura Joan McNabb (Wheeler Trigg Ballard Spahr LLP Alison L. Butler (Disability Law Colorado) O’Donnell LLP) Marie E. Williams Sean Connelly (Connelly Law LLC) Brent Owen (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP) Marie Williams Law LLC Caleb Durling (Fox Rothschild LLP) Elizabeth Weil Shaw (Squire Patton Boggs Jennie Reid Wray Iris Eytan (Eytan Nielsen LLC) (US) LLP)  The Harris Law Firm P.C. Mark Ivandick (Disability Law Colorado) PHOTO BY PAUL HARTMANN

YLD Hosts Third Annual Casino Night Fundraiser

Thank you to the YLD Fundraising & Events Co-Chairs Lauren Carboni and Tess Hand-Bender and their amazing committee for planning another successful event! Around 60 people attended our Third Annual YLD Casino Night on February 22, 2019 at Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC. Attendees enjoyed drinks, a Scotch Tasting sponsored by Break Thru Beverage, great food from Serendipity Catering, and friendly gambling managed by Casino Party USA. With the help of a Silent Auction filled with 33 exciting items, the event raised more than $10,000. Thank you to our host, sponsors and donors for making this night such a success. All proceeds directly support the newly created YLD Grant Program.

YLD Updates make a difference for children funding should be approximated in and the underserved through the grant application. After a grant is Welcome Adrienne education, advocacy, and systemic awarded, the recipient can either submit Boyd change. The CLC YLD Grant an invoice for payment or a receipt Program supports this mission for reimbursement. Applications are Adrienne Boyd joined the YLD by making funding available to available on the CLC website. Board this winter, filling the members of the CLC YLD to assist vacant spot on the Strategic in their efforts. Examples include Planning Team. Adrienne is an helping to defray costs in pro YLD Skills CLE’s Associate at Arnold & Porter bono representation, funding for Funds raised from Casino Night will focusing her practice on complex civil materials or space for clinics or other direct also be used to create a CLE series for litigation and international trade with an services, or scholarships to trainings that YLD members. There will be six half- active pro bono practice in immigration. will assist lawyers in providing pro bono day basic skills trainings (opening & services. closing arguments, voir dire, direct & YLD Grant Program Grants are awarded on a rolling basis cross examination, etc.) with a panel of The mission of the Colorado Lawyers based on need and availability of funding. distinguished lawyers leading small group Committee Young Lawyers Division is to Grants are generally limited to $1,000 per skills sessions. Trainings will begin this empower passionate young lawyers to lawyer/project. Cash will not be given; the summer.

Nonpartisan Election Call Center The Election Call Center took place on PC), did a great job. Thank you Polsinelli November 5-6, 2018 at Brownstein PC, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP. Thank you to Holland & Hart LLP, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Brownstein for hosting. The YLD took over Schreck, LLP, Dee Wisor, and Dan Sweetser organizing and promoting the Call Center for your generous food donations. More this year: YLD Special Projects Co-Chairs, than 70 volunteers participated in the Call Caitlin McHugh (Lewis Roca Rothgerber Center and answered 608 calls from voters. Christie LLP) and Ryan Thurber (Polsinelli PHOTO BY PAUL HARTMANN Nonprofit Legal Audit Clinic Held February 27th

Thank you to all the participants of the Nonprofit Legal Audit Clinic held on February 27, 2019 at US LLP. In all, 51 attorneys and four law students helped 17 nonprofits at the event. Teams of volunteer transactional attorneys worked with participating nonprofits to evaluate PHOTO BY PAUL HARTMANN their legal health. Client meetings were preceded by a CLE Project Homeless Connect training, moderated by Samuel E. Edwards (Holland & Hart LLP) for participating On November 15, 2018, 72 CLC volunteers the event was attended by more than 1,400 lawyers on Colorado nonprofit law. Speakers participated in Project Homeless Connect at people, most of whom are experiencing included Russell Benjamin Hedman (Hogan the Colorado Convention Center, a one day, homelessness or housing insecurity. Lovells US LLP), Hao Wang (Hogan Lovells US annual free event for homeless individuals Our volunteers served 136 clients LLP), Carolyn S. Powell (MCR Development/ and families to access services and resources providing legal information in the Legal Association of Corporate Counsel–Colorado including medical care, Homeless Court, Resource Area and represented 124 clients Chapter) and Eric L. Hilty (National Multiple benefit assistance, employment services, on cases in Homeless Court to resolve Sclerosis Society). haircuts, clothing and other community outstanding warrants for violations of resources. Coordinated by Denver’s Denver City Ordinances. Top categories of Road Home and Mile High United Way assistance requested were criminal (19), with support from We Don’t Waste, Regis housing/eviction (14), and family (13). University and the U.S. Bank Foundation,

country. A terrific group of volunteers (Liz landlords could consider in deciding to rent Task Force Updates Froehlke, Beth Ann Lennon, John McHugh, to tenants. 4) Eviction Legal Defense Fund: Tarek Saad, Christine Snider, Valeria Would earmark $900,000 to set up a legal Education Task Force Spencer, Phyllis Wan, and Mack Wilding) defense fund for tenants. Antibullying Subcommittee recently completed the materials, including The Subcommittee is working to encourage a modified script, teacher’s guide, volunteer Immigration Task Force compliance by school districts with HB11- guide, program administrator manual, short CLC agreed to sign on to a letter to the 1254 (that requires districts to adopt policies trailer to introduce the program to teachers, Colorado Supreme Court and State that prohibit bullying based on gender and a training video for volunteers. Court Administrator’s Office concerning preference and sexual orientation). After Congratulations team! probation departments reporting to ICE months of communicating with the school on the probationers who have upcoming districts, only one school district remains Housing Task Force appointments. DU law students are out of compliance. researching the authority of the Colorado The Task Force recently agreed to support Supreme Court to prohibit ICE from making four bills before the Colorado legislature Hate Crimes National Team arrests in the courthouse and the common this session. 1) Clean Slate for Colorado: law right of access to the courts (i.e., the For the last 25 years, CLC has offered A proposal that would automatically seal right to be free of arrest when accessing the a Hate Crimes Education program in certain records that now require action by courthouse). We are collaborating with Rocky Colorado schools and communities. The the defendant to seal them. 2) Extended Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network presentation is in the form of a fictional Notice to a Tenant Before an Eviction: (RMIAN) and the Immigrant Justice Campaign trial where the students act as jurors. CLC Extending the time for notice before a (IJC) to create a 6-month pilot program to recently received a grant from the National tenant can be evicted from 3 days to 14 train 20 lawyers (5 lawyers from 4 firms) Lawyers’ Committee to modify the program days. 3) Housing Discrimination Source to prepare detainees for Credible Fear so it can be presented in any school in the of Income: Would limit sources of income Interviews at the Detention Center in Aurora. Welcome New Board Members Upcoming Events & Volunteer Opportunities

April 17, 2019 Denver Legal Night Centro San Juan Diego 5:30-8:00 pm

April 23, 2019 Katy Donnelly Christine Isuri Lawson John McHugh Greeley Legal Night South Asian Hernandez Asian Pacific Colorado LGBT Our Lady of Peace Church Bar Association Colorado American Bar Bar Association 5:30-8:00 pm of Colorado Hispanic Bar Association Association

May 1, 2019 Denver Legal Night Centro San Juan Diego 5:30-8:00 pm

May 2, 2019 Awards Luncheon Hyatt Regency Denver Convention Center 11:30am – 1:30pm

May 17, 2019 Mike Rollin Pascal Schunk Alison Toivola John Zakhem Denver Legal Night Fox Rothschild Schunk Law Firm Hogan Lovells US Jackson Kelly Centro San Juan Diego LLP P.C. LLP PLLC 5:30-8:00 pm

June 5, 2019 Denver Legal Night Welcome New Firms Centro San Juan Diego 5:30-8:00 pm

June 19, 2019 Denver Legal Night Centro San Juan Diego 5:30-8:00 pm

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