Presiding Disciplinary Judge William Lucero has graciously agreed to join Roving Guitarist and Occasional Seminarist David Struthers, J.D., as co-presenter in this month's Trust and Estate lunch. For those of you who don't eagerly skip right to the back of your new Colorado Lawyer each month to devour the PDJ opinions, this luncheon event is a must. We'll review and highlight cases from the genre highlighted in the title. This presentation, along with Judge Lucero's discussion about the workings of the PDJ and Attorney Regulation Counsel (ARC), may help you avoid the dreaded call to your malpractice carrier or from ARC! After the Struthers Signature Ending Song (SSED), you'll definitely have an opinion about whether or not there is an epidemic of ignorance and conduct violating our Rules of Professional Conduct.

        

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MEET YOUR PRESENTERS:

David R. Struthers, Esq., brings more than two decades of experience to the Godfrey | Johnson, P.C. litigation team. Mr. Struthers has handled cases of every size and description, representing a broad range of clientele in matters ranging from catastrophic personal injury actions to insurance coverage and bad faith suits, health club and sports injuries, auto litigation, wrongful death cases, premises liability, commercial litigation and a broad range of administrative matters. He is particularly adept at handling railroad and aviation litigation, product liability and insurance disputes. While Mr. Struthers is an accomplished trial lawyer, he is also particularly skilled in negotiation and mediation, and has an impressive track record in resolving complex disputes. As a trial practitioner, Mr. Struthers has practiced in state and federal district courts in Colorado and various other states. With his national litigation history, Mr. Struthers is qualified to handle complex multi-jurisdictional matters as well as local litigation. Mr. Struthers' appellate experience includes writing for, and arguing before, the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Struthers has served as mediator, motivational speaker and consultant in complex multi-party matters involving such entities as city councils, county commissioners and other elected and appointed officials. Mr. Struthers teaches business law at Metropolitan State College in Denver, and he is an accomplished mountaineer, who has narrated PBS television specials relating to the Colorado outdoors.

Honorable William R. Lucero received his J.D. in 1972 from the University of Denver. He served in the Denver District Attorney's Office from 1972 to 1990 and the United States Attorney's Office from 1990 to 2001, where he supervised the Complex Prosecution Unit and the Appellate Unit. He then returned to the Denver District Attorney's Office and served as Chief Trial Deputy until 2004, when the Colorado Supreme Court appointed him Presiding Disciplinary Judge. In 2002, Judge Lucero was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a past member of numerous committees handling professional responsibility matters, including the Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee, the Attorney Regulation Committee, and the Federal Committee on Conduct. He received the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association's award for Outstanding Hispanic Lawyer of the Year in 1995.

Denver, CO