Dianne H. Peterson
Dianne H Peterson PC
Dianne H. Peterson is the sole practitioner of Dianne H. Peterson, PC in Loveland, Colorado, since 1991. Her legal practice focuses on representing juveniles or protected persons (guardian ad litem, CFI, CLR), adoption, and elder law (simple estate planning/Medicaid planning). She is an approved court appointed neutral through the State of Colorado's Office of the Child's Representative as well as the State Court Administrator's Office. Ms. Peterson also operates Partners in Resolution, a Northern Colorado dispute resolution firm providing all modes of alternative dispute resolution since 1989. She also serves as an adjunct instructor for Colorado State University's Graduate School of Social Work Conflict Resolution and Mediation Graduate Certificate Program. In 1991, Ms. Peterson was admitted to practice law in Colorado and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1979, she received her Bachelor of Science in biology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
After nearly three years with the Peace Corps in Liberia, Ms. Peterson returned to earn an Associate of Arts degree in administration of nonprofit organizations. She went on to receive her J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1990. Ms. Peterson was trained in mediation at the University of Denver College of Law and the Center for Dispute Resolution in 1989 and 1990, respectively. She is a past president of the Larimer County Bar Association and has served on the CBA Family Law Section Executive Council, the CBA Board of Governors, and the CBA Executive Council as a vice president for the Third District. In 2015, Ms. Peterson received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Colorado Office of the Child's Representative for her more than 20 years of service to Colorado's children through legal advocacy and education.
Ms. Peterson and her husband, Carl, live in Loveland. They have two grown children, Julie and Lauren. Ms. Peterson, a Colorado native, is an outdoor sports enthusiast. Her passion for working with children and protected persons is evident as she is a frequent speaker for Foster and Adoptive Families of Larimer County, the Northern Colorado “Second Time Around, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” support groups and the Larimer County Office on Aging and Colorado Bar Association's Senior Law Day.
(04/20)
