Beth L. Krulewitch
Cummins & Krulewitch
Beth Krulewitch is a partner in the Aspen law firm of Cummins & Krulewitch. She concentrates her practice on criminal defense, civil litigation, and appeals. Ms. Krulewitch has 29 years of courtroom experience, having acted as lead trial counsel on more than 30 jury trials and lead counsel on hundreds of appellate cases brought before Colorado appellate courts and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. In connection with her appellate work, Ms. Krulewitch has presented oral arguments in the Colorado Court of Appeals or Colorado Supreme Court on more than 50 occasions.
After a career in television news, Ms. Krulewitch attended the University of Colorado School of Law. Upon graduation, she accepted a position with the Colorado Public Defender System, where she worked in both the Denver trial office and in the state Appellate Division. By virtue of her work as both a trial and an appellate lawyer, Ms. Krulewitch has extensive experience and expertise as both a trial lawyer, having acted as lead attorney on hundreds of felony prosecutions ranging from fraud to first degree murder, and as an appellate lawyer, having briefed and/or argued hundreds of cases in Colorado appellate courts.
In 1998, Ms. Krulewitch took her trial and appellate skills to the civil arena with the law firm of Leventhal & Brown, one of Colorado’s premiere medical malpractice law firms, handling the appellate and motions practice for the firm.
In 2000, Ms. Krulewitch accepted a position with the newly created law firm of Hoffman, Reilly, Pozner and Williamson, where she worked for five years, working on a number of complex commercial cases, including representation of Pat Bowlen, the owner of the Denver Broncos Football Club.
In 2005, Ms. Krulewitch created her own law firm, concentrating her practice on criminal defense, personal injury litigation, and appellate advocacy. In 2007, Ms. Krulewitch relocated her practice to the Roaring Fork Valley, partnering with Richard Cummins and forming the law firm of Cummins & Krulewitch. Continuing to focus on criminal defense, civil litigation, and appeals, Ms. Krulewitch has expanded her practice to include family law issues.
Ms. Krulewitch’s advocacy skills have earned her national recognition. In 1998, she was the recipient of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ “Champion of Justice Award” for her work in freeing two men who were serving life sentences for crimes that they did not commit. As the recipient of this prestigious award, Ms. Krulewitch joins the ranks of such notables as Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor Julian Bond, and Sister Helen Prejean.
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