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111111111111111 BOUTTHE AUTHORS Tami A. Tanoue Tami Tanoue has been CIRSAs Executive Director since August, 2018. Her previous positions with CIRSA include General Counsel/ Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel/Claims Manager. She was previously in private practice with the firm of Griffiths, Tanoue, Light, Harrington & Dawes, where she served CIRSA as its contract General Counsel for 12 years, and was City or Town Attorney for several Colorado municipalities. Prior to that, she was Staff Attorney for the Colorado Municipal League, where she represented the collective interests of Colorado municipalities. Tami is a regular speaker on local government liability topics and has written several publications on liability issues. Sam Light Sam Light joined CIRSA as General Counsel in 2018 and was previously in private practice with the Denver firm of Light Kelly PC, where he practiced for over twenty years in the areas of municipal and public entity law, and government liability and insurance issues. Sam has served as general and special counsel to home rule and statutory municipalities and other public entities throughout Colorado, and frequently provides training for municipal elected and appointed officials and staff. Robert Widner Robert (Bob) Widner is a founding partner with the law firm of Widner Juran LLP. Bob's practice focuses on the general representation of local governments with a special emphasis in advising and training governmental bodies on best practices to foster ethics, transparency, and meeting efficiency. Bob currently serves as the City Attorney for the City of Centennial. Prior to founding his law firm, Bob was a partner with the Denver law firm of Gorsuch Kirgis LLP where Bob served as the city, town, or county attorney for a wide variety of communities throughout Colorado. Linda Michow Linda Michow is a founding partner of the law firm of Michow Cox & McAskin LLP in Greenwood Village, Colorado where she maintains a robust local government practice. Ms. Michow is an experienced local government attorney well -versed in annexation, land use, urban renewal and zoning matters as well as in the day-to-day issues facing Colorado local governments including TABOR, elections, open records, and liquor licensing. Ms. Michow enjoys participating in educational seminars and training of the firm's elected and appointed officials and municipal staff and is also a frequent presenter to the broader local government community on current and recurring local government issues. Christiana McCormick Christiana McCormick is an associate attorney at the law firm of Michow Cox & McAskin LLP. Her practice involves representation of local governments and covers a variety of areas, including taxation, land use, urban renewal, and law enforcement matters. Before joining Michow Cox & McAskin, Christiana served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Norma A. Sierra in Boulder District Court and completed a legal fellowship at the Denver City Attorneys Office, where she assisted with state and federal civil litigation matters primarily involving the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act and constitutional claims arising under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.