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Biography
Cases
- Obtained an award of monetary and non-monetary sanctions against an adverse party for intentional destruction of relevant information, which led to the highly favorable settlement of a breach of contract action.
- Secured a very favorable settlement for a fund manager involved in an SEC investigation.
- Represented a residential treatment facility in 16 high exposure cases involving professional liability claims.
- Drafted amicus brief for the University of Colorado Law School's Korey Wise Innocence Project, which successfully convinced the Colorado Supreme Court to revisit the standard for appointing indigent pro se criminal defendants post-conviction counsel.
- Drafted amicus brief on the merits urging the Colorado Supreme Court to adopt a pleading standard promoting indigent pro se and incarcerated petitioners access to justice and protecting their right to effective assistance of counsel.
- Secured voluntary dismissal with prejudice with no money paid for leading behavioral healthcare company. The plaintiff stipulated to dismissal after WTO filed a dispositive motion.
- Secured a dismissal with prejudice after drafting and arguing a motion for case-terminating sanctions in professional liability matter.
- Successfully drafted and argued a motion to dismiss claim for civil conspiracy and motion to strike pleadings in a high-exposure professional liability matter.
- Secured a favorable settlement in a case alleging improper administration of an antipsychotic medication against an addiction and trauma treatment center.
- Represented an Alabama hospital in a medical malpractice case involving wrongful death.
- Successfully represented one of the nation's largest grocery and foodservice distributors as a direct action plaintiff in antitrust litigation concerning broiler chickens.
- Successfully represented a Florida hospital in a medical malpractice case involving injuries allegedly arising from sepsis.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
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"A Catastrophic Collision: Due Process and Section 363 Free and Clear Asset Sales Meet Head-On in the GM Bankruptcy," 26 J. Bankr. L. & Prac. 183, (November 2017).
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"Citizens United Round II: Campaign Finance Disclosure, the First Amendment, and Expanding Exemptions and Loopholes for Corporate Influence on Elections," 93 Denv. L. Rev. 749, (November 2016).
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"Shareholder Proposals, Director Elections, and Proxy Access: The History of the SEC's Impediments to Shareholder Franchise," 93 Denv. L. Rev. Online 233, (October 2016).
Articles
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Other Experience
Fortis Law Partners
Law Clerk
Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors
Colorado General Counsel Mentoring Program
2025 Cohort
Minoru Yasui American Inn of Court
Board Member, 2023-2025
Program Committee Member, 2023-2025
Thompson G. Marsh American Inn of Court
Board Member, 2019–2023
Treasurer, 2022-2023
Program Committee Chair, 2020–2022
Assistant Program Committee Chair, 2019–2020
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Judicial Clerkship Alumni Committee Member, 2020–present
Colorado Women’s Bar Association
Editor in Chief, “Tales from the Trenches,” The 1891, 2018–2020
Denver Bar Association
Co-Chair, Access to Justice Committee’s Pro Bono Week, 2019
Colorado Bar Association
American Bar Association
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
DRI Association of Lawyers Defending Business
Faculty of Federal Advocates
Community Memberships, Activities, and Honors
Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation
Impact Denver Alumnus, Spring 2020
Personal Interests
Ballet, travel photography, scuba diving, and golf