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If you are curious.

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Here's the condensed version. Or just reach out to me and ask.

I've been doing this a while. I'm pretty good at it. I've worked on everything from petty trespass to mass murder. Every case and client I treat seriously and with care.

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I've had family and friends go through this criminal "justice" system. Family spend time in the Douglas County jail. I know this 'case' is your life.

Public Defense Work

Public Defense

Lawyer / Deputy State Public Defender                                                                                                              

  • Working hard for my clients.

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Senior Paralegal                                                                                                              

  • Specializes in technical, mitigation, and discovery work on serious crimes, mainly F1s & F2s.

  • Constructs trial binders, exhibits, motions, closings, and other trial focused products/work.

  • Assists informally and as advisory witness on investigation, technology, statistics, and media.

  • Conducts trainings on exhibits, technology, discovery, and prepping police reports/testimony.

    • Taught paralegals, attorneys, interns, admins, and presented at the yearly state conference.

  • Works within and with other state agencies to update/redesign sites, discovery, and case systems.

  • Nominated Paralegal of the year 2023.

Student Practice Act Certified and Uncertified Internships                                 

  • 910.75 hours of logged/credited work across two certified and two uncertified internships.

  • As a certified intern I have represented 87 clients as of Oct. ‘22 (not including coverage).

    • Trials: 7 (5-2)

    • Motions hearings, bond hearings, docket work, trial assistance, coverage, etc.

  • For uncertified: motions, mitigation pitches, legal memos, jury instructions, appeal to COA, etc.

Administrator                                                                                             

  • Organized and delivered thousands of motions, transcript requests, casefiles, and discovery.

  • Designed and programmed file organization and application systems for statewide use.

  • Honorable mention for Administrator of the Year Award.

Intern                                                                                                                         

  • Administrative work, docket assistance, filing, and research/investigation for felony cases.

Education

Education

Sturm College of Law                                                                                   

Juris Doctor Candidate in the Professional Part-Time Program.                        

  • Awards: Sturm Law Scholar, Scholastic Excellence x2, Student Leadership, Outstanding PT

    • Nominations: Hoffman Award for Outstanding Student Leadership, Outstanding PT x3

  • Criminal Law & Trial Focused Courses/Work

    • Four internships with the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office. Grades: A, A, A, & TBD.

    • Trial Practice (A), Advanced Trial Practice (A-), Criminal Procedure (A), Evidence Practicum (A),

              Advanced Criminal Practicum (A), Advanced Criminal Procedure (TBD).

  • Four mock trials, two of which were solo versus teams. Verdicts: UNK, NG, UNK, & Hung.

  • Upper-Level Writing Constitutional Law Paper on equal protection violations in cash bail.

  • Student Trial Lawyers Association. Took part in the annual competition and assisted others.

  • Student Bar Association – Elected as a Senator 1L, Treasurer 2L, and Part-Time President 3L.

  • Certified in Basic Legal Research through Westminster Law Library.

    • With additional skills from the Advanced Legal Research course.

Metropolitan State University                                                       

Bachelors of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Psychology.

  • Focus on criminal law, deviance & delinquency, and addiction. Research and writing on:

    • A statistical analysis of homicide rates and death penalty statutes/moratoriums.

    • The effectiveness and outcomes of Public Defenders relative to private attorneys.

Additional education from Adams State University and Arapahoe Community College.

Skills / Trainings

Skills / Trainings

It has been 10 years working for clients in many roles, on many cases. I've picked up a lot skills and and done a lot more trainings.

More than I have the time to list. Time better spent working for you.

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