Member Spotlight

• Publication year: 2022
• Pages: 96

51 Colo.Law. 96 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT No. Vol. 51, No. 5 [Page 96] Colorado Lawyer May, 2022

Luis A. Toro, J.

Luis Toro is a "seasoned" attorney in the third phase of his career. He currently works as a municipal attorney after previous positions with a law firm and a nonprofit. He's been a member of the Colorado Lawyer advisory board since July 2021.

PROFILE

Hometown:

Littleton

Law School:

University of California, Berkeley

Lives in:

Boulder

Works at:

Boulder City Attorney's Office

Practice Area(s):

Litigation and Open Records

CBA Member Since:

1995

What's the best advice you've ever been given?

Learn to read financial statements.

What's the worst advice you've ever been given?

My high school guidance counselor recommended that I go to trade school to learn how to repair computers.

What's your favorite memory from law school?

Drinking beer with my classmates on a rooftop bar on a sunny December afternoon.

What do you wish you had learned in law school?

Howto build and run a law firm—i.e., the business side of law practice.

Social media network of choice?

I inhabit the mean streets of Twitter, where there's no pretense that the people you're interacting with are your "friends."

Favorite place you've traveled to:

Singapore. The food is fantastic, the cultural blend is fascinating, the weather is gorgeous, and it doesn't hurt that English is the most commonly spoken...