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Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br />C. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />8. List all courts in which you have been admitted to practice, with dates of admission. Give <br />the same information for administrative bodies which require special admission to practice. <br /> <br />Bar Admission Date <br />State of Colorado 1997 <br />Federal District Court of Colorado 1999 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />9. Indicate your present employment (list professional partners or associates, if any, and <br />include dates). If you currently practice law, describe the nature of your present law <br />practice, listing the major types of law you practice and the percentage each constitutes <br />of your total practice. <br />Law Offices of Sunita Sharma, 2012 to Present – Solo Practitioner <br />Criminal Law – 10%, Municipal Law – 10%, Landlord/Tenant -10%, Personal Injury – 20% <br />Estate Planning and Probate – 20%, Family Law – 30% <br /> <br />10. If you have focused on any specific area of law listed in number 9, what is it? <br />Currently family law; up until 2017 40-50% of my practice was municipal law. <br /> <br />11. Have you practiced in the trial courts of Colorado within the past five years? If so, please <br />state what percentage of your total practice was comprised by trial practice and the types <br />of matters you handled. <br />At least 60% of my practice is trial practice. That includes family law litigation; municipal <br />prosecutions; serving as a municipal judge; probate litigation; personal injury litigation <br /> <br />12. Summarize your experience presiding over or serving as an advocate in adversary <br />proceedings before administrative boards or commissions. <br />Have presided over liquor licensing hearings and Planning Commission code enforcement <br />hearings; also have prosecuted liquor code violations and municipal land use violations; <br />have served as legal counsel to city councils and also to town boards (Planning <br />Commissions) for land use hearings. <br /> <br />13. List your prior professional or business employment since completion of your formal <br />education (include dates). <br />1992 – 1994 – Legal Secretary for City Attorney’s Office – City of Greeley, CO <br />1994 – 1997 – Attended law school at University of Denver College of Law <br />1997 – 2005 – Assistant City Attorney for City of Greeley <br />2005 - Taught paralegal certification course for Institute of Business and Medical College <br />2005 – 2007 – Presiding Municipal Judge for Town of Gilcrest, CO <br />2005 – 2007 – Associate at Otis, Coan and Stewart law firm in Greeley, CO <br />2007 – 2012 – Assistant City Attorney for City of Loveland, CO <br />2012 – Present – Solo Practitioner. Clients have included Town of Milliken, CO serving <br />as town attorney and town prosecutor from 2012 – 2019; Deputy Municipal Judge for City <br />of Greeley from 2014 – 2017; Deputy Municipal Judge for Town of Berthoud, CO from <br />2017 to present. <br /> <br />14. If you have not been employed continuously since completion of your formal education, <br />provide the dates and for each period, describe generally what you were doing. N/A <br /> <br />