Honorable Angela R. Arkin (ret.) is a 1983 graduate of Emory Law School, and is licensed in Colorado, Georgia, and the District of Columbia. In August 2000, after practicing law in Georgia and Colorado, Judge Arkin was hired as a District Court Magistrate in Arapahoe County. She was then appointed to a District Court Judgeship in the 18th Judicial District in July 2002, and served in mixed dockets in all four Counties in the District until July 1, 2008, when she was assigned to a 100% domestic docket, which she presided over until retiring in January 2016. In October 2015, Judge Arkin was chosen as the District Court Judge Honoree for the Colorado Judicial Institute Judicial Excellence Award and received many other awards and recognition for her service to the Colorado bench, bar, and Colorado families. After leaving the bench in 2016, Judge Arkin created a self-represented resource center to provide unbundled legal services to pro se litigants. In May of 2017, Judge Arkin joined the Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc. (JAG), where her current practice includes mediation, arbitration, med/arb, special master and appointed judge services in domestic relations, civil, and probate cases. In October 2017, Judge Al Harrell and Judge Arkin created the “Symposium on Race,” an ongoing monthly forum for discussion of race issues (symposiumonracedenver.com). Judge Arkin is a member of the Colorado Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, is an Author and Reviser of the CBA Bench Bar Book on Domestic Relations, is Chair of the Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals (LLP) Subcommittee of the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee, is on the Douglas County Domestic Relations Best Practices Team, and is a member and Past-President of the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, amongst other professional activities.

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