Bar News Highlights

• Publication year: 2003
• Pages: 6
• Citation: Vol. 32 No. 1 Pg. 6

32 Colo.Law. 6 Colorado Lawyer 2003.

2003, January, Pg. 6. Bar News Highlights

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Vol. 32, No. 1, Pg. 6

The Colorado Lawyer
January 2003
Vol. 32, No. 1 [Page 6]

Bar News
Bar News Highlights
by Lindsay Packard

Bar News Highlight

The "Highlight" portion of Bar News presents, among other things, vignettes about lawyer activities outside the practice of law and/or member contributions to the community If you have an interesting avocation, story, or tall tale to relate, or if you would like to recommend someone to be "highlighted," please contact Lindsay Packard at lpackard@cobar.org. News and photos of Bar events, awards, and activities continue to be in great demand, so keep them coming as well!

A Living Tribute to P. Mark Held

The following is a living tribute to Assistant Attorney General P. Mark Held. At the time of this writing, Mark and his wife, attorney Elizabeth E. Pinckard, are participating with Hospice of Metro Denver as he battles cancer. Fellow attorneys, co-workers, and friends have offered the following recollections and thoughts in a celebration of Mark's life and his contributions to the legal profession.

"My dad is waiting on me . . . because sometimes a guy just needs a hand."

- Displaying his characteristic sense of humor, Mark was overheard making this comment at his recent thirty-sixth birthday party, which he celebrated with one less arm.

". . . Mark has always demonstrated the highest level of commitment to service in the public sector. Mark has a love for his work and great enthusiasm for protecting the interests of the Colorado public through his clients. These qualities spark his co-workers with a renewed sense of ppublic service. . . .

- Dick Forman, First Assistant Attorney General

"Life has its times and seasons, and for some things, there are no advance warnings, no time to prepare, no classes or lessons to direct you what to do next. To go through what Mark and Liz are going through now, in the way they are doing it, takes extraordinary character. We honor their spirit and courage in these most difficult of times."

- From all of us at Steiner, Darling & Hutchinson LLP

"Mark not only lives life well, but he lives life to the fullest. He brings warmth and compassion into every life he touches. His witty sense of humor and his unwavering friendship are qualities to be envied. Mark and his...