Admitted
1980, Florida; 1985, Colorado
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of Colorado at Boulder, B.S., Elementary Education, with special honors, 1977
Memberships
El Paso County (Recipient, 1988 Outstanding Woman Lawyer Award; Chairperson, Adult Legal Literacy Committee, 1988-1989; Chairperson, High School Mock Trial Committee, 1985-1987; Member, Minority Affairs Committee, 1985-1989; Member, Citizen's Law Committee 1985—), Adams County, Colorado (Member, Law Education Committee, 1987-1989) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Colorado Women's Bar Association (Co-chair, Judicial Committee, 2003—; Co-chair, Publications, 2001-2002); Colorado Hispanic Bar Association (Board Member, 2000; Treasurer, 2001; Chair, Judicial Committee, 2002-2003); Hispanic National Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Articles Editor, Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, 1979-1980. Co-Author: The Objection Method, Michie, 1997, 2002; The Marital Discord Exemptum to Hearsay: Fact or Judicially Legislated Fiction, 46 Kan. L. Rev. 63 (1977); Chapter 3, Cash Collateral: The Debtor's Lifeblood, Small Business Bankruptcy Reorganizations, Wiley Publications, 1984. Professor, May 1998-June 1999 and Associate Professor, 1991-1998, University of Kansas School of Law. Visiting Professor, Spring 1999 and Adjunct Professor, 2000-2001, University of Colorado School of Law. Visiting Professor, Spring 2003, University of Denver College of Law. Outstanding Senior, Class of 1977. Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Colorado Attorney General, 2000-2002. (Resident, Denver, Colorado Office)