Other Bar Association Special Awards

• Publication year: 1986
• Pages: 1972

15 Colo.Law. 1673 Colorado Lawyer 1986.

1986, November, Pg. 1972. Other Bar Association Special Awards

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1972

Vol. 15, No. 9, Pg. 1673

Other Bar Association Special Awards

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Jon Asher and Dr. Sol Garcia

CBA Jacob V. Schaetzel Award

The Jacob V. Schaetzel Award was presented posthumously to Patricia A. Garcla at the Friday, October 10 luncheon. A graduate of Creighton University School of Law in 1981, Pat devoted much of her short legal career to providing legal representation to poor people throughout Colorado. She had worked as a law clerk at the firm of McClure and Jacobs in Alamosa, as a staff attorney at Colorado Rural Legal Services in Grand Junction and, most recently, as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver in the Housing Unit. Since her death last spring, a Fund has been established in her name to continue funding for legal services in Colorado. Contributions can be made to the Patricia A. Garcia Fund, c/o the Legal Aid Foundation, 1900 Grant St. #950, Denver 80203. Jon Asher, Director of the Legal Aid Society, presented the award to her brother, Dr. Sol Garcia.

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Christine Coates

CBA Young Lawyers Section Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

Christine Coates, a solo practitioner in Boulder, received the Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award from the CBA Young Lawyers Section. Admitted to the Bar in 1983, Coates actively has assisted in programs providing legal services to the poor. She received the 1985 Boulder County Legal Services Award of Outstanding Appreciation in recognition of her pro bono work. Coates is a regular panel member of the YWCA Wednesday bar, serves as secretary to the Metropolitan Lawyer Referral Service Board of Directors and volunteers her time for a number of other organizations. She also has served the public as a mediator and worked with the Boulder County Mediation Committee to set up the Boulder County Mediation Project

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Judge Alfed A. Arraj

Judge Jean S. Breitenstein Annual Jurisprudence Award

Judge Alfred A. Arraj, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado was presented with the Judge Jean S. Breitenstein Annual Jurisprudence Award at the Friday luncheon. Established in honor of Jean S. Breitenstein (1900-1986), the award will be given annually to a...