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::: 2nd & 3rd Quarters - 2007 :::
We've recently handled some interesting cases and we've put the word out in print. We often make our voices heard at the podium. And there's always something to talk about within the firm. Here's what's new at Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass...
Cases
Terry Kelly and Freddie Alvarez have been litigating a fascinating civil rights case in federal court for several years. Recently, the Tenth Circuit issued an order denying one of the defendants, a California prosecutor, absolute immunity for his actions giving rise to the case. An article about the case by Terry Kelly is available here in .pdf format. Kate Swan recently settled a complicated divorce case involving allegations of sexual abuse of the parties' child. Kate also recently settled a family-law case involving the question of how to value husband's interest in his business at the date of permanent orders. This valuation was complicated by the pendency in state court of a legal action against husband and the business for husband's alleged sexual harassment of one of his employees. Recognition
Every partner of Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass LLC is listed in either Best Lawyers in America, or Colorado Superlawyers, or both. http://www.bestlawyers.com/ http://www.superlawyers.com/ Around the Firm
Bill Walters joined KGHL as of counsel in September. Bill has practiced law in Denver, Colorado for over thirty-two years. His areas of practice include providing advice and counsel to nonprofit organizations, trade and professional associations, for profit business entities as well as counseling and advice on antitrust and trade regulation law. Legal services Mr. Walters provides include bylaw and policy review; drafting conflict of interest policies, certification programs, antitrust compliance, ethics and disciplinary procedures, compliance with state and federal laws, statutory and regulatory drafting, litigation, contract and lease review, specialized tax concerns, trademarks, employment law and governance. Mr. Walters has special expertise in automotive law and has represented individual franchised automobile dealers for over twenty-five years, including the preparation of buy-sell agreements, compliance with state law and regulations concerning new motor vehicle dealers, litigation of consumer complaints and responding to inquiries from dealer clients. He currently represents the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association and prepares periodic articles for the membership on topics of interest to new car dealers. In addition, Mr. Walters serves a Special Assistant Attorney General representing the Colorado Milk Marketing Board. Bill is the president-elect of the Colorado Bar Association. Presently, Bill is participating on the CBA Judicial Performance Task for and is the Chair of the Colorado Bar Leadership Training Program. Norm Haglund was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter as a judge for the Denver District Court. Martha Tierney is the Acting Chair of the national board of Common Cause. Martha headed up the search of a new Chief Executive Officer and is leading the search for a permanent Chair. Freddie Alvarez was named by Governor Ritter as a member of the State Judicial Discipline Commission Freddie Alvarez was named by Governor Ritter as a member of newly created Juvenile Clemency Board. [get link to article]. David Fine was named the Secretary/Treasurer of the Colorado Lawyers Committee. Election Work
David Fine was the campaign attorney for the Hickenlooper for Mayor Campaign for the 2007 campaign. David Fine continues to sit on the Colorado Lawyers Committee Election Task Force. Martha Tierney and David Fine are members of the Colorado Secretary of State's Campaign Finance Task Force. In the Community
Woody Garnsey is the President of the board of directors of the Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation ("COLTAF") (www.coltaf.org). COLTAF administers Colorado's Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. This program is an innovative partnership between the legal community and the banking community, whereby the interest earned on lawyers' pooled trust accounts is used to make grants to improve access to civil justice statewide. As President, Woody has spent a significant amount of time leading the COLTAF effort to convince banks to raise their COLTAF interest rates. Thus far, these efforts are estimated to produce an additional $1.7 million going to COLTAF annually. |
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