In Memoriam

• Publication year: 2002
• Pages: 132
• Citation: Vol. 31 No. 10 Pg. 132

31 Colo.Law. 132 Colorado Lawyer 2002.

2002, October, Pg. 132. In Memoriam

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Vol. 31, No. 10, Pg. 132

The Colorado Lawyer
October 2002
Vol. 31, No. 10 [Page 132]

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In Memoriam
In Memoriam

Stanley B. Bender died in 2002. He was 76. Bender joined the Colorado Bar Association ("CBA") in 1970. He also was a member of the Adams County Bar Association ("ACBA"). Bender was a member of the CBA Availability of Legal Services Committee, and attained the status of "Senior" with both the CBA and the ACBA

Denver attorney Forrest S. "Stew" Blunk died August 6, 2002. He was 89. Blunk was born in Doniphan, Missouri, in 1913. He graduated with a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri in 1938, and received his LL.B. from the University of Wyoming in 1941. (The accompanying photograph, submitted by Blunk's family, was taken around the time of his graduation from law school.) Blunk was a Captain in the U.S Army, 16th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment, from 1943 to 1945 and a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1950 to 1975. Before moving to Colorado, Blunk practiced law in Chicago, Illinois, from 1946 to 1952. Blunk was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1953. He was an insurance defense trial lawyer until he retired in 1989. He was co-founder of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a member from 1976 to 2002, and was president of the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association from 1970 to 1971. Blunk was a member of the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association and, until 1997, continued to fly his plane to the family's ranch in Wyoming. He was an Honor Life member of the Colorado, Denver, and Larimer County Bar Associations, all of which he joined in 1955. Blunk is survived by two children and a brother.

James Joseph Carter, Mesa County District Court Judge, died August 17, 2002. He served as a district court judge for nineteen years. Carter attended Regis University in Denver and earned his law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. In the 1940s, Carter was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. He moved to Grand Junction in 1952, and presided over the juvenile court there for three years, before assuming the district court bench. He retired in 1974. Carter was a devoted family man and was very involved in the activities of his children throughout his life. He also enjoyed reading and playing the piano. Carter is survived by his...