Sharlene J. Aitken

Aitken Law LLC

Sharlene Aitken, Esq., founded Aitken Law, LLC in 2011.  She practices exclusively in civil state appellate law in the appellate and state courts, working closely with trial counsel. Ms. Aitken has argued in front of the Colorado Court of Appeals in about three dozen cases over the course of her career.  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 and has presented on various Appellate CLEs for numerous years. She is a member of the CBA Appellate Practice Section serving as Vice Chair of the CLE Committee for 25-26 Term, Immediate Past Chair (24-25 Term), Vice-Chair (23-24 Term), past Chair and Vice-Chair of the CLE Committee, CBA Appeals Clinic Committee, CBA Family Law Section, Adams Broomfield Bar Association, and CBA Solo-Small Firm Litigation Section (Judicial Nominees Committee).  She is a past member of the CBA Appellate Pro Bono Screening Committee and Judicial Performance Commission for the 17th Judicial District. She volunteers her time with 17th Judicial District for Law Day. 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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