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Sara C. Van Deusen

General Counsel

P. 303.244.1868

Biography

Sara Van Deusen leads WTO’s Office of the General Counsel. As a legal advisor to the firm’s lawyers and staff, she focuses on loss prevention for the firm’s litigation practice and business operations. Sara leads the firm’s ethics and professional responsibility programs and manages compliance. She provides advice on client relationships and various risk management issues related to firm operations. Additionally, she supervises WTO’s conflicts team.

Prior to joining WTO, Sara represented the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel in front of the Attorney Regulation Committee, Presiding Disciplinary Judge, Hearing Boards, and the Colorado Supreme Court. She represented the office in matters involving character and fitness, admissions, disciplinary proceedings, and client protection fund claims. Before joining OARC, Sara was a law firm shareholder who defended lawyers in the disciplinary process and admissions to the practice of law.   

Publications & Speaking Engagements

Other Experience

Burns Figa & Will, shareholder
Lambdin & Chaney, associate
McConnell Fleischner Houghtaling, associate 

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2013-2017
CBA Ethics Committee member, 2014-2019
CBA Lawyers’ Professional Liability Committee
     Former Member, 2018-2022
Denver Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association
     Former Board Member
     Former Programs Committee Co-Chair
ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility
     Special Advisor, 2023-2024

Teaching Positions

 University of Colorado Law, Adjunct Professor
    Legal Ethics and Professionalism Course, Spring 2021
University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Adjunct Professor
    Legal Profession, Fall 2016, Fall 2017
Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel Trust Account School 

Personal Interests

Playing piano, hiking, and taking road trips

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