Sharlene Aitken, Esq., founded Aitken Law, LLC in 2011 and practices exclusively in civil state appellate law. She handles all types of civil appeals including D&N, Family law, Civil litigation, Probate, Employment, and Property Tax cases in the appellate and state courts, mostly working closely with trial counsel. She also serves as a consultant for trial counsel on appellate law. She prosecutes and defends appeals from post-trial motions in the District Court to briefing and oral argument in the Colorado Court of Appeals and Supreme Court to remand hearings in the District Court after an appeal. She also occasionally handles lower court appeals as well as petitions for review of magistrate's orders in the District Court. Ms. Aitken has numerous published opinions, past Chair and Vice-Chair of the CLE Committee of the Appellate Practice subsection and has presented on various Appellate CLE for numerous years. She is a member of the CBA Appellate Practice Section serving as Vice-Chair for 23-24 Term and Chair for 24-25 Term, CBA Appeals Clinic Committee, CBA Family Law Section, Adams Broomfield Bar Association, CBA Solo-Small Firm Litigation Section (Judicial Nominees Committee) and the Rhode Brackett Inn of Court. She is a past member of the CBA Appellate Pro Bono Screening Committee and Judicial Performance Commission for the 17th Judicial District. She has previously volunteered her time with ABBA for the legal aid clinic at Adams County courthouse. She is admitted to the Colorado bar, the U.S. District Court of Colorado, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. She graduated from Sturm College of Law, University of Denver in 2003 and California State University, San Bernardino, B.A., in 1997.

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