In Memoriam

• Publication year: 2005
• Pages: 94
• Citation: Vol. 34 No. 2 Pg. 94

34 Colo.Law. 94 Colorado Bar Journal 2005.

2005, February, Pg. 94. In Memoriam

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Vol. 34, No. 2, Pg. 94

The Colorado Lawyer
February 2005
Vol. 34, No. 2 [Page 94]

Departments
In Memoriam
In Memoriam

The Colorado Bar Association Remembers
The Lives and Contributions of Colorado Attorneys

Florian F. ("Fred") Chess died April 13, 2004. He was 47. At the time of his death, Chess was Senior Litigation Counsel for the Federal Highway Administration, U.S Department of Transportation. Chess received an undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and a J.D. degree from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma He was licensed to practice law in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Chess was a member of the Colorado, Denver, and Arapahoe County Bar Associations. He participated in the CBA Court Liaison and Interprofessional Committees, as well as the CBA Litigation Section. He is survived by his wife Cathy and two sons

Paul G. Darrough, Jr. of Snowmass Village in Pitkin County, Colorado, died in December 2004. He was 81. Darrough was an undergraduate and law school graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He was licensed to practice law in 1948 and retired in 1994. Darrough was a member of the CBA, which he joined in 1985. He also was a member of the Pitkin County Bar Association.

Trust and estate attorney James A. Forrester died October 25, 2004. He was 84. Forrester attended Georgetown University, where he earned a B.S. degree. He received his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law. Forrester joined the CBA and DBA in 1950. He was a long-time member of the CBA Trust & Estate Section.

Former Alamosa County Judge Jean Paul Jones died in December 2004. He was 68. Jones graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. degree. He earned a J.D. degree from the University of Colorado School of Law. He was admitted to practice law in the state in 1966. When he first began practicing law, Jones served as Costilla County Attorney and Manassa Town Attorney. He also was in private practice. Jones was Alamosa County Judge for twenty-eight years, retiring in January 2001. During his tenure on the bench, Jones heard approximately 65,000 cases. Jones was a veteran of the U.S Army and a member of the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans. Jones's wife Mary Anne died in 1995. They had five children and several...