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2012-2013 CBA Committees 

To join a committee, please download the Committee Preference Sheet and indicate the committees on which you wish to serve for the July 2012-June 2013 year.

CBA Preference Sheet  

Amicus Brief
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Michael H. Berger
CBA Staff Liaison: Charles Turner, cturner@cobar.org

Animal Law Committee
CBA Staff Liaison: Melissa Nicoletti, melissan@cobar.org

Attorney Regulation Policy Committee
CBA Staff Liaison: Chuck Turner, cturner@cobar.org

Awards Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: David M. Johnson
CBA Staff Liaison: Tracy Rackauskas, tracyr@cobar.org

Availability of Legal Services Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Jonathan D. Asher
CBA Staff Liaison: Kathleen Schoen, kschoen@cobar.org

Civil Rights Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Natalie Decker; Vice Committee Chair: Adam Mueller
CBA Staff Liaison: Melissa Nicoletti, melissan@cobar.org and Michael Valdez, mavaldez@cobar.org

Colorado Bar Leadership Training Committee (COBALT)
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Mariana S. Vielma
CBA Staff Liaison: Dana Collier Smith dcolliersmith@cobar.org

Committee for Balanced Legal Careers
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Ken Stern
CBA Staff Liaison: Reba Nance,
reban@cobar.org 

Criminal Sentencing Project
Committee Organizer: Brian Vicente

Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Co-Chairs: Laura Hazen and Tracy Davis
CBA Staff Liaison: Andrea Mueller Arias, amuellerarias@cobar.org

Ethics Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Hon. Daniel M. Taubman
CBA Staff Liaisons: Melissa Nicoletti, melissan@cobar.org and Jill Lafrenz, jlafrenz@cobar.org

Interprofessional Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chairs: Steven A. Michalek, Tom Wolf
CBA Staff Liaison: Andrea Mueller Arias, amuellerarias@cobar.org

Joint Management Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Richard S. Strauss
CBA Staff Liaison: Greg Martin, gmartin@cobar.org

Lawyers Professional Liability Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Gerald D. Pratt
CBA Staff Liaison: Reba Nance,
reban@cobar.org

Legal Fee Arbitration Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chairs: Jennifer I. Holt and Glendon L. Laird
CBA Staff Liaison: Jessica Zacharias, jzacharias@cobar.org

Legislative Policy Committee 
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair:Mark A. Fogg
CBA Staff Liaison: Michael Valdez, mvaldez@cobar.org

Membership Services Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: James R. Garts III
CBA Staff Liaisons: Heather Clark, hclark@cobar.org and Alexa Drago, adrago@cobar.org

Military Law Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: John Vaught

CBA Staff Liaison: Chuck Turner, cturner@cobar.org

Mock Trial Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chairs: Natalie Lien and Teri L. Vasquez
CBA Staff Liaison: Caroyln Gravit, cgravit@cobar.org

Nominating Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: William E. Walters
CBA Staff Liaison: Dana Collier Smith, dcolliersmith@cobar.org

Paralegal Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Debbie Hinden-King
CBA Staff Liaison: Reba Nance,
reban@cobar.org

Planning and Budget Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Charles M. Garcia
CBA Staff Liaison: Greg Martin, gmartin@cobar.org

Professionalism Coordinating Council
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Peter B. Goldstein and John Tatlock
CBA Staff Liaison: Chuck Turner, cturner@cobar.org

Public Legal Education Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: Allison Gerkman
CBA Staff Liaison: Carolyn Gravit, cgravit@cobar.org

Spanish-Speaking Lawyers Committee
The 2012/2013 Committee Chair: Roberto Ramirez and Katharine Speer
CBA Staff Liason: Denise Lynch, dlynch@cobar.org

Transitions Committee
The 2012/2013 CBA Committee Chair: William E. Walters
CBA Staff Liaison: Chuck Turner, cturner@cobar.org