Legal Review Committee Agenda and Packet 2016 06 29

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as the legal advisor to a variety of departments including the Loveland Police Department, Airport Commission, Parks and Recreation, Loveland Fire and Rescue Authority, Code Enforcement, Liquor Licensing, Museum, Library, Open Lands acquisition, CORA/CJRA and Risk Management. I also draft intergovernmental agreements, contracts, policies, resolutions and ordinances for these departments. I also have a private practice with a current emphasis in providing judicial and quasi- judicial services to governmental entities. I serve the Towns of Hudson and Wellington as presiding municipal judge and I am an associate (back up) judge for Greeley, Windsor and Fort Collins. I also serve as the Liquor Authority for the Town of Windsor and City of Commerce City and as a hearing officer for marijuana business licensing in Commerce City. Previous practice areas included family law, court appointed counsel in dependency and neglect cases, court appointed alternate defense counsel, business and nonprofit organization, liquor licensing, wills and trusts, and civil litigation. 10. If you have focused on any specific area of law listed in number 9, what is it? All aspects of municipal law 11. Have you practiced in the trial courts of Colorado within the past five years? If so, please state what percentage of your total practice your trial practice constituted and the types of matters handled. As an Assistant City Attorney, I regularly file objections to and argue against subpoenas duces tecum for confidential information and motions for disposition of property in state District Courts on behalf of the City and the Police Department. Most of the City's civil litigation is handled by outside counsel, though I do assist with discovery requests and review all pleadings. As a presiding and associate judge, I preside over trials to the court, jury trials, and licensing hearings. 12. Summarize your experience presiding over or serving as an advocate in adversary proceedings before administrative boards or commissions. As an Assistant City Attorney Loveland, and in previous employment with Fort Collins, I regularly appeared before the Liquor Authority representing the police and City in contested application and suspension hearings. I have presided over liquor licensing matters in Fort Collins and Windsor and marijuana business licensing matters in Boulder and Commerce City. 13. List your prior professional or business employment since completion of your formal education (include dates). Please see attached resume. 14. If you have not been employed continuously since completion of your formal education, provide the dates and for each period, describe generally what you were doing. I took the opportunity to stay home full-time with my children for six months between Page 2 of 6