Updated News from Lake Woesbegun II
November 2016
Trust & Estate Section CLE Luncheon Series
Updated News from Lake Woesbegun II: Reviewing Processes, Issues, and Cases Before the Presiding Disciplinary Judge (PDJ) and of Interest to Probate Litigators, Estate Planning Lawyers, Fiduciary Advisors, and Other Elder Law Practitioners
Co-sponsored by the CBA Trust & Estate Section
Program Description:
Presiding Disciplinary Judge William Lucero has graciously agreed to join Occasional Guitarist and Seminarist (OGS) David Struthers, J.D., as co-presenter for the November Trust and Estate lunch seminar. 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 and Judge Lucero's will lead the discussion about the workings of the PDJ and Attorney Regulation Counsel (ARC).
MEET YOUR PRESENTERS
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.
David R. Struthers, Esq. Of Counsel with Godfrey | Johnson, P.C., in Lone Tree, Colorado, received his B.A. from Colorado College and his J.D. from the University of Denver and has been practicing law for thirty-two years. He has been involved with or represented hundreds of clients and a wide variety of cases of every size and description. This includes a broad range of individuals, non-profit entities, families, businesses, homeowner associations and employees in matters such as: personal injury claims, catastrophic-injury railroad and products liability claims; auto litigation of every size and dimension; insurance bad faith claims; health club and sports-related injuries caused by the negligence of others or by dismal product design; probate litigation matters from fiduciary accountability to will and trust disputes to issues of capacity and other manifestations of the human condition surrounding estates. Mr. Struthers has also been engaged in or for: various employment and wage loss matters; collection actions; wrongful death claims; administrative matters; premises liability claims; legal representation for individual law enforcement officers, business disputes; real estate and contract disputes, and Title VII claims for sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, ethnic, religious, and racial discrimination, and age-related and ADA claims. His 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: served in the military from 1969-72; taught legal liability for a decade at Metropolitan State University; has climbed 48 of the 54 Colorado 14-ers; and sings in the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus.
Program Series Chair
Kelly Dickson Cooper
Holland & Hart LLP
Denver, CO
PROGRAM AGENDA
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Registration
12:00 PM
A Review of the Attorney Regulation Processes, Issues, and Cases Before the Presiding Disciplinary Judge (PDJ) and of Interest to Probate Litigators, Estate Planning Lawyers, Fiduciary Advisors, and Other Elder Law Practitioners
1:00 PM
Adjourn
Presented by the Honorable William R. Lucero, Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge, Colorado Supreme Court, Denver, CO, and David R. Struthers, Esq., Godfrey | Johnson, P.C., Englewood, CO
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $79.00 |
| CBA Member | $59.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $29.50 |
| Elder Law Section Member | $29.00 |
| CBA Trust & Estate Law Section Member | $29.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS--ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 1.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
- EDI Credits:
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