Tara Gaschler Salinas, Esq., is the founder and managing attorney of Salinas Law Group LLC in Denver, Colorado. Her practice focuses on consumer Chapter 7 & 13 bankruptcy and litigation, as well as student loan law. Tara founded her own law firm in 2003 and has handled hundreds of personal and business bankruptcy cases since then. In 2018, she expanded the practice to include litigation and settlement of private student loans, as well as providing assistance to distressed federal student loan borrowers. Tara is a frequent speaker at local, regional, national and international bankruptcy programs, including being a contributor to the Central and Eastern European Law Institute's program on International Models of Insolvency: A Practical Seminar for Russian Practitioners in 2017, 2018 and 2020. Tara is active in her local bankruptcy bar. She has been a member of two judicial selection committees recommending candidates to the District Court to act as Bankruptcy Judges. Tara also serves on the Colorado Bankruptcy Local Rules Standing Committee and sponsors and manages the Debtors' Counsel Listserv for Colorado consumer debtor lawyers. A lifelong Colorado native, Tara graduated with a BA from Colorado State University in 1997. After a course in parliamentary government at London School of Economics, she returned to Colorado and received her JD from University of Colorado School of Law in 2001. In her free time, Tara enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and three sons, as well as their two dogs.

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