Colorado Lawyer
Colorado Governor Ralph L. Carr
Between 1939-1943 Colorado had one of the most courageous and independent governorsever to be elected. Ralph Lawrence Carr was born in Rosita, Colorado and educated in theCripple Creek school system. After receiving his LLB from the University of Colorado, Carrmoved to Victor, Trinidad, and then Antonito where he practiced law and became apublisher. Carr served as a county attorney of Conejos County, and then as ColoradoAssistant Attorney General. The apex of his legal career occurred when he became a UnitedStates District Attorney. As a Republican, Carr lost this influential post when theDemocratic "New Dealers" began to dominate national politics. Despite this losshe was able to stay in the public eye by becoming a powerful and prominentwater/irrigation lawyer. ... [Read More]
Colorado Bar Association
Need a referral? Try the Metropolitan Lawyer Referral Service . They will help evaluate your situation and find the right lawyer for you. If you can't find who you are looking for here, it does not mean that person is not licensed to practice in Colorado. It is possible that the individual you seek is simply not a CBA member. If that is the case, you can try the Martindale-Hubbell site or the CO Supreme Court Attorney Registration Attorney Search . ... by lawyer's last name ... [Read More]
Governor Bill Owens
Among past honors and awards, Roman was named Outstanding Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association in 2000 and was selected Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association in 1993. In addition, the Denver Bar Association selected Roman in 2000 for its Richard Marden Davis Award - given in recognition of "professional excellence with leadership in Denver's civic, cultural, educational and charitable activities." ... [Read More]
Colorado Lieutenant Governors
Lawyer. Moved to Colorado in spring of 1889. Began the practice of law in Monte Vistain 1905. First public office, Superintendent of Schools, 1905-1907; County Attorney,1908-1912; Mayor, 1919-1921. Served in World War I; Second Lieutenant, Cavalry; FirstLieutenant, Captain, Major, 65th Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel, National Guard. Regarded asauthority on irrigation and water law; represented various water organizations; active inirrigation cooperatives; member of Rio Grande River Basin committee on National ResourcesPlanning Board. ... [Read More]
Colorado Governor John Vivian
Governor Vivian enjoyed two hobbies, the first of which was writing. While atBoulder he worked as state editor of the Boulder branch of the old DenverTimes . He also wrote for the Rocky Mountain News as a city editor inmetro Denver. He quit writing for newspapers in 1911 to follow a career as alawyer, but would keep on writing prose and verse. In 1937, his poems andepigrams started to see publication in many nationally circulated newspapers andmagazines, including the Chicago Tribune and New York Times . Hewas criticized in some social circles as being snobbish for not publishing hiswork in the local papers, while his reputation for simple verse seemed too"yocal local" for the publishing elite. He transcended this problem bythe use of a pen name: Vivian Varian. John Charles Vivian always referred tohimself as a newspaperman at heart. Teller Ammons and Ralph Carr were the onlyother governors to share the occupation as newspapermen. ... [Read More]
Settlement Agreement - BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND LAWYER'S ADVOCATE, INC.
2. Lawyer's Advocate, Inc. denies Complainant's allegations that it failed to provide an interpreter. Lawyer's Advocate alleges that complainant failed to confirm her attendance at the Lawyer's Advocate, Inc's seminar and, accordingly, sign language interpretative services were canceled. ... 1. This matter was initiated by a complaint filed under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-89, and the title III regulation, 28 C.F.R. pt. 36, with the United States Department of Justice (Department of Justice) against the Lawyer's Advocate, Inc. The complaint was investigated by the Department under the authority granted by section 308(b) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12188. The complainant, Ms. Jeanine Germanowicz, who is deaf and uses sign language to communicate, alleged that the Lawyers Advocate Inc, failed to provide effective communication with her because it denied her request for an interpreter for a seminar given by Lawyer's Advocate, Inc. ... [Read More]
colorado.gov
The Attorney General represents the state in legal matters. The Attorney General gives legal advice to State Officers and as the state’s lawyer represents the state in court. The Judicial Branch ... [Read More]
About the Colorado River District
The members of the Western Colorado Protective Association saw that conflicts such as construction of big transmountain diversions would be a persistent problem for Western Colorado. A Glenwood Springs lawyer named Frank Delaney, a member of the WCPA, drafted legislation for the formation of a taxpayer-funded public entity that would have the power to develop Colorado River Basin water for in-basin use and "act as a bulwark against attempted future infringements of our rights." The measure passed in the Colorado General Assembly in 1937 and the Colorado River Water Conservation District was formed. ( see Colorado River District Statutes ) ... [Read More]
Colorado Governor William Lee Knous
Although Knous was interested in studying engineering after high school, hisfamily instead persuaded him to study law and in the fall of 1908 he entered theUniversity of Colorado Law School. He graduated from college with honors at theage of twenty-two with his law degree. He then proceeded to practice law inOuray from 1911 to 1916. While he was practicing in Ouray, the metals marketsank to new lows and clients became infrequent. One year after he married MarieGrabow, they decided to move to Rochester, New York, where he joined a lawyer'sco-operative publishing company. He remained at this position for a little overa year before moving back to Colorado and joining a Montrose law firm. As amember of the Moynihan-Hughes-Knous law firm he became an expert on irrigationand mining law. ... [Read More]
US Senator Ken Salazar - Biography
Ken has been a farmer and rancher in the San Luis Valley, natural resources lawyer, and small business owner much of his life. He and his wife have owned radio stations in Pueblo and Denver and own and operate a Dairy Queen in Westminster, Colorado. In addition to being Colorado Attorney General, he has served as chief legal counsel to the Governor, executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, and chairman of the Rio Grande Compact Commission. Ken also practiced water, environmental and public lands law for eleven years in the private sector. ... [Read More]
|