Michael J. Stafford
Michael Stafford, Esq., October, 1994 to present: Denver City Attorneys' Office, Denver, CO, Current title: Assistant City Attorney, Senior, Current assignment: Mental Health Unit. Develop and present seminars to other attorneys and medical professionals regarding mental health law. Contributing author to article being published (summer 2017) in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law regarding involuntary treatment of eating disorders. Areas of practice: involuntary mental health commitments, involuntary medications hearings, involuntary alcohol commitments, involuntary drug addiction commitments. Standard of proof: clear and convincing evidence. Adjunct Professor, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Colorado Medical School. Has taught numerous seminars at Denver University Sturm College of Law as well as at the Colorado County Attorneys' Conferences in Colorado Springs. Previous assignments: child support enforcement attorney (Denver City Attorneys' Office); child welfare attorney (Denver City Attorneys' Office). Pueblo County Legal Services, Pueblo, CO, October, 1991 to October, 1994: staff attorney. Represented indigent clients in civil matters. Gage & Moxley, Cheyenne, WY: summer of 1990 until October of 1991: preparation of pleadings/petitions in vaccine injury cases. Education: University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, WY: graduated spring, 1990, JD. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY: graduated December, 1981, BA.
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