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Elizabeth Poché

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Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law
    J.D., 2022, Order of the Coif, Denver Law Review, Case Note and Comment Editor, Public Good Distinction, Student Leadership Award
  • University of South Carolina
    B.A., 2018, Women’s & Gender Studies, Arney Robinson Childs Award, Outstanding Senior Award; President’s National Service Award

Government Service

Law Clerk to The Honorable Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright, Colorado Supreme Court

Legal Intern, Colorado Attorney General’s Office, State Services Section

Judicial Intern to The Honorable Justice Monica M. Márquez, Colorado Supreme Court

Judicial Intern to The Honorable Lisa Teesch-Maguire (ret.), Denver District Court

Legal Intern, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado

Legal Intern, Office of the District Attorney Second Judicial District of Colorado

Contact Representative, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Community Care

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Colorado
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, D. Colorado

Biography

Elizabeth Poché represents clients in complex legal professional liability, commercial litigation, and employment matters. Before joining WTO, Beth was a Judicial Law Clerk for Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright.

While in law school, Beth gained invaluable experience in public service internships. These included roles with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office’s State Services Section, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Monica M. Márquez, Denver District Court Judge Lisa Teesch-Maguire, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, and the Office of the District Attorney Second Judicial District of Colorado. Beth also served as a student attorney at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Civil Litigation Clinic, where she primarily represented workers in wage-theft cases.

Cases

  • Representing an employer in a six-figure dispute with a former employee for claims of breach of contract and age discrimination. Successfully dismissed three claims against the employer on a motion to dismiss.
  • Defending a law firm client against claims of legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty stemming from the firm's representation of a client in a cannabis licensing application.
  • Prepared and submitted an amicus brief for the Texas Civil Rights Project to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressing municipal and public officer liability issues raised by challenge to Texas S.B. 12.
  • Representing lawyers and a law firm in a multimillion-dollar malpractice lawsuit arising out of the handling of a class action.
  • Representing a leading medical technology company in nationwide litigation regarding MRI contrast dye.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

    Articles

  • Kahler v. Kansas: A Defense Denied, 98 Denv. L. Rev. 867 (2021).

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Colorado Bar Association 
Denver Bar Association 
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Inn of Court 

Personal Interests

Playing Bananagrams, reading and watching Harry Potter, and playing with my two cats

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