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The Docket
January 2004

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A Recovering Lawyer's Path from the Abyss
Michael Sweig

Colorado on E-Filing Frontier
Chief Justice Mary J. Mullarkey

Committees & Departments

Dates on the Docket

For the New Year, I Resolve...
Joe Dischinger

FYI

Hola! Not the Only Spanish for Lawyers
Valeria Elliott

Legal Affairs

New Attorney Tries Novel Approach on Job Hunt

Picture This: DBA Happenings

Shake Off Your Old Bad Habits
Doug McQuiston

The Marketplace

They Laugh...They Win
Diane Hartman

Todd Fredrickson Receives Davis Award


Dates on the Docket

 January 2

DBA/CBA Alternative Dispute Resolution
Noon-2 P.M.

   Call Melissa McClerkin at (303) 824-5321.

January 6

Tuesdays at the Bar: Trial Practice Tips: Impeaching and Refreshing
Noon

   Need to brush up on your evidentiary skills? Wish you knew what the judge was thinking when you flailed around that errant witness who evaded your question? Learn how to properly impeach and refresh a witness from Supreme Court Justice Nancy Rice.
R.S.V.P. by sending a check for $15 to 1900 Grant St., Suite 900, Denver 80203. Call (303) 860-1115, ext. 727, to leave a voicemail reservation, or e-mail: lunches@cobar.org.

DBA Legal Services
4 P.M.

   Call Marte Timmers, (303) 764-4014.

January 7

LawLine9
Every Wednesday
4-6:30 P.M.

   Volunteer any Wednesday night for this ask-a-lawyer program at KUSA Channel 9, 400 Speer. Call Carolyn Ferber, (303) 824-5323.

January 8

DBA Board of Trustees
7:30 A.M.

   Call Dana Collier-Smith (303) 824-5318.

January 13

Tuesdays at the Bar: Fee Agreements for the MTV Generation
Noon

   Attorney Alec Rothrock will discuss a variety of fee arrangements and the ethical considerations surrounding them.
R.S.V.P. by sending a check for $15 to 1900 Grant St., Suite 900, Denver 80203. Call (303) 860-1115, ext. 727, to leave a voicemail reservation, or e-mail: lunches@cobar.org.

January 14

DBA Young Lawyers Division
6 P.M.

   Call Melissa McClerkin at (303) 824-5321.

January 20

Tuesdays at the Bar: Depositions Over the Internet
Noon

   Online depositions are becoming as mainstream as traditional deposition settings—as internet service providers continue to add video, audio, realtime transcripts and instant messaging to their list of features, this online platform will become another, often more convenient, option for a deposition setting.
R.S.V.P. by sending a check for $15 to 1900 Grant St., Suite 900, Denver 80203. Call (303) 860-1115, ext. 727, to leave a voicemail reservation, or e-mail: lunches@cobar.org.

January 21

Legal Fee Arbitration
3:30-5 P.M.

   Call Kari Brandt, (303) 824-5340.

January 27

Tuesdays at the Bar: Ethics Opinion 112—The Surreptitious Recording of Conversations
Noon

   CBA Formal Opinion 112 identifies recent developments in the ethical rules regarding surreptitious recording of conversations by lawyers. It also discusses the issue in both civil and criminal cases, and outside the practice of law. Jack Tanner of Fairfield & Woods will present an overview.
R.S.V.P. by sending a check for $15 to 1900 Grant St., Suite 900, Denver 80203. Call (303) 860-1115, ext. 727, to leave a voicemail reservation, or e-mail: lunches@cobar.org.

January 28

New Lawyers Coffee Talk: How to Manage All That Debt
8 A.M.

   R.S.V.P. by sending a check for $5 to 1900 Grant St., Suite 900, Denver 80203. Call (303) 860-1115, ext. 727, to leave a voicemail reservation, or e-mail: lunches@cobar.org.


The Marketplace

SPACE

TRINITY PLACE BUILDING, great in/out of downtown, Brown Palace neighborhood. Full service rate $1,025 - $1,125, includes receptionist, 2 conference rooms, full telephone equip/service & voice mail, DSL LINE, copier, FAX, kitchen/lunch room. Share with 11 attorneys and other professionals. Call Dave at (303) 292-0110.

DTC: Window office in attractive first-floor law office suite, I-25 and Belleview. Shared reception area, conference room, fax, copier, postage, free parking. Possible overflow (www.coloradolaw.cc). Call Bill or Jayne at (303) 221-3693.

GORGEOUS! One large office with marble-tiled fireplace and exposed brick interior available in a beautifully renovated Victorian mansion turned law office. Elegant conference rooms, kitchen, phone, fax, and copier available. Brand new full baths/showers for use after mid-day exercise. Friendly, professional atmosphere with well-known employment law firm. Beautifully finished loft space with bathroom also available. Dazzling, new and only blocks east of downtown without the traffic and parking hassles! (303) 333-8700.

REGENCY PLAZA ONE, DTC, superior building with one office available plus secretarial area in an existing lawyer’s office. Room is 14’8" windowed by 11’4" deep. Call for additional details and to view. (303) 694-4630.

OFFICE IN STYLE at 6th and Grant. Comes with reception area, conference room, parking, free visitor parking, kitchenette, phone, copier, fax, DSL, Westlaw and likely overflow. Call Nick at (303) 785-7777.

FREELANCE LEGAL SECRETARY: Your office. Days, evenings, weekends. B.S. Degree; 20+ years’ experience. Excellent skills (WordPerfect, Word, Timeslips). Contact CATHY, (303) 696-1168.

WORK AT HOME while maintaining a professional image. Our southeast Denver office will be yours to meet clients, host depositions and receive mail. Your telephone calls will be answered by a live (the best kind) receptionist. Voice messaging, law library, 24-hour conference room access, fax, copier, free parking, and congenial attorneys and staff make it a pleasure to come to the office, $100 per month. Call (303) 785-2808, ask for Craig. We’ll leave the light on for you.

WORK FROM HOME with 600 17th St. Denver mailing address. Live telephone answering and forwarding of calls. New facility with 28th story views. $150 per month. Call (303) 260-6400 or visit www.yourofficedenver.com

OFFICES OF VARIOUS SIZES available southeast Denver with a congenial group of attorneys. Receptionist, phone lines, private number, voicemail, conference use included. Call Craig at (303) 785-2808.

NEW 17TH STREET law firm executive suite now forming. On site paralegal, copy services and client billing services. Call (303) 260-6400 or visit www.yourofficedenver.com

SERVICES

PHOTOGRAPHY Professional headshots, executive portraits, large groups, documentary, public relations and special events. Call Bill Cronin at (303) 458-0833 or croninpho@aol.com or www.croninphoto.com

OFFICE FURNITURE RENTAL. Rent the office furniture for your next special project—war room-secretarial/paralegal workstations—file shelving—conference rooms. Contact Tom O’Connor. (303) 377-5537, desklaw@earthlink.net or concordofficefurniture.com.

FOR RENT

MOUNTAIN CONDO for rent. Newly redecorated, two bedroom, two bathroom in Summit County. Close to restaurants and outlet stores. On ski shuttle route. Fabulous views of 10-mile range. Nonsmoking. Two night minimum. Call Gary for availability and price, (303) 824-5335.

CONDO FOR RENT. Beautiful 3 bedroom, 4 bath condo located on the Eagle-Vail Golf Course. 10 mins. from Vail, 5 mins. from Beaver Creek. Close to bus line, restaurants, shopping. Health club facilities on grounds, including hot tub, swimming pool. Reasonable rates. Call Karen at (815) 877-4967.

WANTED

CAREER OPPORTUNITY: Are you an attorney, CPA, MBA, EA or other like professional? Are you stagnant at your current job? Is there a ceiling on your income? If the answer is yes to any or all of the above, we can help! We are a national business turnaround firm in Broomfield that seeks an experienced professional to manage caseload. Clients hire us to mediate IRS, bank and other creditor issues. Salary, commission and bonus=60-80K year one, 80-100K year two. Will train right applicant. Excellent benefits. Call Frank Turner for confidential interview at (303) 530-7770. Fax resume to (303) 530-1818.


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