History, List of Fellows, and 2012 Grants
| Publication year | 2013 |
| Pages | 21 |
| Citation | Vol. 42 No. 3 Pg. 21 |
In and Around the Bar Colorado Bar Foundation
The Colorado Bar Foundation was established in 1953 by members of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA). It functions exclusively for educational and charitable purposes and is an organization qualifying under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation promotes the advancement of jurisprudence and the administration of justice in Colorado through grants to help educate the general public, and to provide assistance to the state’s legal institutions. The Foundation is the grant-making arm of the CBA.
All CBA members are members of the Foundation. The Foundation is governed by a fifteen-member Board of Trustees appointed by the CBA Board of Governors. Foundation Board members serve a term of three years, without term hmitations. The Trustees meet quarterly to govern the business affairs of the Foundation. AnnuaUy, the Trustees review grant requests and distribute funds to worthy causes in support of the Foundation's granting policies. The 2013 Trustees are: Chair Barbara Blumenthal, Denver; Vice Chair, Dave Stevens, Littleton; Treasurer John Vaught, Denver; Bar Fellows President David Wood, Fort Collins; Meredith Cord, Colorado Springs; Charley Garcia, Denver; Dick Hart, Carbondale; Leslie Lawson, Denver; Bart Mendenhall, Rocky Ford; Terry Ruckriegle, Breckenridge; Dick Scheurer, Evergreen; Kathy Seidel, Denver; Ron Servis, Lakewood; Chuck Turner, Denver; and Connie Wood, Denver.
Financial support for the Foundation comes from several 'Sources. Voluntary contributions are solicited from CBA members along with the annual dues. Memorial contributions for deceased lawyers, friends, and family are welcome. Bequests are made to the Foundation in wills. Special gifts may be made in any amount.
In the fall of 2004, former CBA President Bennett S. Aisenberg donated a $10, 000 unrestricted gift to the Foundation. In recognition of this gesture, the Board of Trustees created a special category of donors, the Aisenberg Society. Members of the Aisenberg Society donate $10, 000 to the Foundation during a lifetime of giving, and are recognized at the annual Bar Fellows Dinner. In addition, member names are engraved on a plaque housed at the Foundation offices.
The primary source of endowment funding, however, is derived from the Colorado Bar Fellows and their annual contributions. The Colorado Bar Fellows came into existence in 1977. With a program patterned after the American Bar Fellows, the Colorado Bar Fellows are selected and honored at the annual dinner. Bar Fellows are members in good standing of the CBA who have been recommended by their colleagues. These lawyers have been selected because of their outstanding contributions to their communities.
New members pledge $2, 000 toward the Foundation's endowment, to be paid in ten equal annual installments. All contributions are tax deductible. On completion of the financial commitment, a member becomes a FeWowEmeritus. Although these members are exempt from making a mandatory annual contribution, most continue to contribute to the activities of the Foundation.
Contributors to the Colorado Bar Foundation may be assured that donations will help to fund a strong, concerned, and progressive charity that is dedicated to assisting and promoting the justice system in Colorado. In the past thirty-one years of grant giving, the Foundation has awarded $1, 396, 479. The list of 2012 grant recipients appears immediately following the list of Colorado Bar Association Fellows. For more information concerning the Foundation, contact Dana J. Collier Smith at (303) 824-5318, (800) 332-6736, or dcolliersmith@cobar.org.
Colorado Bar Association Fellows (as of January 3, 2013)
* Fellows Emeriti
Wanda J. Abel, Denver
Anthony T. Accetta, Denver *
Deborah R. Adams, Colorado Springs *
Derry B. Adams, Colorado Springs *
Megan M. Adeyemo, Denver
Bennett S. Aisenberg, Denver *
Thomas N. Alfrey, Denver *
Craig M. J. Allely, Denver
Ann Allott, Littleton *
Gordon L. Allott, Jr., Littleton *
Donald W. Alperstein, Denver *
Federico C. Alvarez, Denver *
Kevin F. Amatuzio, Denver *
Laura L. Ammarell, Lone Tree
Emily E. Anderson, Broomfield
Geoffrey P. Anderson, Englewood *
Julie E. Anderson, Littleton
Christine M. Arguello, Denver
Damian J. Arguello, Denver
Betty C. Arkell, Denver *
Angela R. Arkin, Castle Rock
Harry L. Arkin, Denver *
Baxter W. Arnold, Sterling *
Jonathan D. Asher, Denver *
Teresa (Tracy) L. Ashmore, Denver
John Astuno, Jr., Denver
Kerri J. Atencio, Denver
Theodore B. Atlass, Denver *
H. Gregory Austin, Denver *
Lewis T. Babcock, Denver *
William Babich, Denver *
Gerald L. Bader, Jr., Denver *
Donald K. Bain, Denver *
John T. Baker, Denver *
Kenneth A. Baker, Salida *
Mary C. Baker, Castle Rock
Jon N. Banashek, Boulder
Barbara S. Banks, Denver *
Richard J. Banta, Englewood *
Scott S. Barker, Denver
Patrick E. Barney, Steamboat Springs *
John J. Barry, Greeley
Charles M. Barton, Salida
Lisa E. Battan, Boulder
Frederick J. Baumann, Denver *
Robin L. Beattie, Denver *
Joan M. Bechtold, Denver
Kathryn McCord Beck, Golden *
John D. Becker, Castle Rock
Vanessa A. Becker, Denver
Sean C. Bell, Longmont
Michael L. Bender, Denver
James G. Benjamin, Greenwood Village
Amy L. Benson, Denver *
Robert E. Benson, Denver
Field C. Benton, Denver *
Bill C. Berger, Denver
Michael H. Berger, Denver
Jon Bernhardt, Denver
Susan Bernhardt, Denver *
Jeremy M. Bernstein, Aspen
Jack W. Berryhill, Denver *
Donald A. Bertram, Denver *
Karen B. Best, Greenwood Village
William A. Bianco, Denver *
Gillian M. Bidgood, Denver
Mary Price Birk, Centennial
Matthew Y. Biscan, Denver
J. Fern Black, Denver *
Peter R. Black, Grand Junction
Stanley A. Black, Boulder *
Ilene L. Bloom, Denver
Gary B. Blum, Denver *
Barbara Z. Blumenthal, Denver *
Harlan R. Bockman, Denver
Joseph I. Bodine, Greeley *
Larry L. Bohning, Denver *
Albert M. Bonin, Denver *
Victor F. Boog, Lakewood *
Peter W. Booth, Colorado Springs *
Kent H. Borges, Colorado Springs
Warren B. Bosch, Denver *
Lawrence R. Bowling, Castle Rock
Aaron P. Bradford, Denver
Douglas E. Bragg, Denver *
Stephen M. Brainerd, Denver
Edgar H. Brandenburg, Brush *
Robert W. Brandes, Jr., Fort Collins *
L. Richard Bratton, Gunnison *
Christopher R. Brauchli, Boulder *
Laranne A. Breagy, Durango
James B. Breese, Denver
Albert Brenman, Denver *
G. Scott Briggs, Colorado Springs *
Steve C. Briggs, Denver *
Geraldine A. Brimmer, Denver *
Rebecca S. Bromley, Colorado Springs *
Michael R. Bromley, Colorado Springs *
Kristin M. Bronson, Denver
Baird B. Brown, Grand Junction *
Diane Myndie Brown, Englewood
Jessica Brown, Denver
Loren M. Brown, Broomfield
Thomas G. Brown, Denver *
Norman Brownstein, Denver *
Christopher D. Bryan, Aspen
Elizabeth A. Bryant, Denver
James Buchanan, Boulder *
Susan Fox Buchanan, Lakewood *
Alan H. Bucholtz, Denver *
George R. Buck, Jr., Cortez *
Bruce T. Buell, Colorado Springs *
Peter W. Bullard, Fort Collins
Glen A. Burbridge, Denver *
Doris E. Burd, Denver
Michael S. Burg, Englewood
Marlin W. Burke, Denver
Donald H. Burkhardt, Denver *
Joan B. Burleson, Denver
Fotios M. Burtzos, Colorado Springs *
Robert G. Busch, Lakewood *
Mari C. Bush, Boulder *
David Butler, Denver *
Becky Bye, Denver *
Laura C. Bynum, Colorado Springs
David P. Cain, Denver *
Douglas M. Cain, Denver *
Maureen A. Cain, Denver *
Clifford J. Calhoun, Boulder *
Thomas J. Callahan, Wray *
A. Bruce Campbell, Denver *
Brian T. Campbell, Denver *
Donald E. Campbell, Colorado Springs *
John J. Campbell, Denver
E. Michael Canges, Denver *
Joel W. Cantrick, Denver *
Gerald A. Caplan, Boulder *
Judith J. Carlson, Frisco
Ronald W. Carlson, Frisco
Diane Carlton, Denver *
Russell E. Carparelli, Denver
Stacy A. Carpenter, Denver *
Willis V. Carpenter, Denver *
James F. Carr, Denver *
Jim R. Carrigan, Denver *
Sheila P. Carrigan, Boulder *
Kristin a. Caruso, Greenwood Village
James S. Casebolt, Denver
Jaclyn K. Casey, Denver
Charles L. Casteel, Denver *
Ann J. Castle, Denver *
Sharon E. Caulfield, Boulder *
Inga H. Causey, Avon
Gary J. Ceriani, Denver *
James H. Chalat, Denver *
Barbara G. Chamberlain, Denver *
Catherine A. Chan, Denver
Paul H. Chan, Denver
Robert B. Chapin, Brush
A. Michael Chapman, Durango
Bruce D. Chapman, Vail *
Karen L. Chapman, Denver *
Marco D. Chayet, Denver
Leonard M. Chesler, Denver *
Paul Chessin, Denver
Jay Junekun Choi, Englewood *
Steven C. Choquette, Denver *
James R. Christoph, Boulder *
Cynthia L. Ciancio, Broomfield
Anthony R. Clapp, Englewood
Richard K. Clark, Denver *
Roger E. Clark, Loveland *
Sarah M. Clark, Denver
Scott A. Clark, Greenwood Village
Gary M. Clexton, Denver *
Patricia J. Clisham, Denver
Patricia A. Coan, Denver *
Christine A. Coates, Boulder *
Jason Cobb, Denver
Trevor L. Cofer, Colorado Springs
Nancy L. Cohen, Denver *
Karen Colburn, Cañon City
Madeline A. Collison, Denver
James M. Colosky, Grand Junction *
Frederic K. Conover II, Denver *
Tammy D. Conover, Denver
Andrew J. Contiguglia, Denver
Donald L. Cook, Denver *
John W. Cook, Colorado Springs
Michael J. Cook, Denver
Robert M. Cooper, Broomfield *
Meredith Patrick Cord, Colorado Springs
Pete Cordova, Salida
Miles C. Cortez, Jr., Denver *
Megan F. Costello, Netherlands *
John W. Coughlin, Denver *
Cynthia F. Covell...
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