Leia G. Ursery
Goodspeed Merrill
Leia Ursery, Esq., graduated from the University of Denver, College of Law, in May 2004 and obtained her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Denver, Graduate Tax Program, in June 2010. During her last year of law school, Ms. Ursery served as law clerk for the Honorable Judge C. Jean Stewart of the Denver Probate Court. Ms. Ursery began her practice at Olsen & Traeger, LLP in October 2004, where she became a partner in 2013. Ms. Ursery joined Goodspeed Merrill as Of Counsel in October 2019. Ms. Ursery's practice concentrates in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust litigation/administration, and protective proceedings. Ms. Ursery is a former Chair of the Colorado Bar Association - Trust and Estate Section and a former Co-Chair of such Section's Statutory Revisions and Orange Book Committees. Additionally, Ms. Ursery served as a member of the Legislative Policy Committee for the Colorado Bar Association between 2014 and 2021. Ms. Ursery helped establish the Probate Practicum at the University of Denver, College of Law and taught Estate and Gift Taxation at the University of Colorado - Denver. Ms. Ursery concentrates her volunteer efforts within the community by regularly serving the Pro Se Clinic at the Denver Probate Court, the Medical-Legal Clinic at Children's Hospital, and the Tribal Wills Project and Wills Lab through the University of Denver, College of Law. Ms. Ursery was recognized as a Colorado Super Lawyer - Rising Star from 2010 to 2015 and as a Super Lawyer since 2016. In 2017, Ms. Ursery became a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council (ACTEC).
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