The Advocate
CWBA News
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Feb. 1, 2012 - CWBA Nominating Committee at Work
The CWBA Nominating Committee is at work, busy with their task to select candidates for the CWBA Board of Directors for the 2012-2013 year. Nominating Committee members include:Vicki Johnson (303/892-7303, vicki.johnson@dgslaw.com), Liz Starrs (303/592-5900, estarrs@starrslaw.com), and Doris Truhlar (303/794-2404, DorisCWBA@att.net). Service on the Board offers a great way to promote the mission of the CWBA, which is to work to advance the interests of women in the legal profession and women and children generally. Board service also provides an excellent opportunity to enhance leadership skills by chairing one of the CWBA’s Committees. Committees include: Convention, Judicial, Legal Services, Membership, Professional Advancement, Programs, Publications, and Public Policy. Contact any one of the Nominating Committee members right away should you have an interest in CWBA Board service.
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Dec. 1, 2011 - Kara Veitch Named CBA Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year
Kara Veitch Named Colorado Bar Outstanding Young Lawyer
CWBA President Kara Veitch has been named the Colorado Bar Association Young Lawyers Division’s Gary L. McPherson Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, recognized for her leadership and service in the legal community and the community at large. Veitch, 37, is assistant director at Colorado Forum, a member organization that advances public policy issues in Colorado. She will be honored at the CBA YLD holiday party on Dec. 14 at Vita, and at the Colorado Bar Foundation Annual Bar Fellows Dinner on Jan. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Denver. The CBA Nov. 30th press release follows.
Kara Veitch Named Colorado Bar Outstanding Young Lawyer DENVER—Recognizing leadership and service in the legal community and the community at large, Kara Veitch has been named the Colorado Bar Association Young Lawyers Division’s Gary L. McPherson Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year.
Veitch, 37, is assistant director at Colorado Forum, a member organization that advances public policy issues in Colorado. Prior to joining Colorado Forum this year, she was a partner with Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C.
Veitch focuses her community work on serving women and children. She is a founder of the BabiesNow! Foundation, which provides diapers to local nonprofits to be used as incentives for families to participate in programs that benefit babies, such as parenting classes. She also serves on the board of directors for the Women’s Bean Project, which teaches life and job readiness skills to women, and is granting co-chair of Beyond Our Borders, which provides grants to promote the interests of women and children in the developing world.Within the legal community, Veitch is the president of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association, a former president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, a member of the Colorado Commission on the Legal Profession and served on the Colorado Bar Association Executive Committee. She was named the 2010 Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year and was recognized in the Denver Business Journal’s Forty under 40 in March.
"I’m honored to be recognized by my fellow young lawyers," Veitch said. "I’m committed to making a real impact in our community, and this honor reminds me and my colleagues of the good we can do."
The Gary L. McPherson Outstanding Lawyer of the Year award is given annually to a young lawyer with an outstanding record of professional success, community service achievements, a strong commitment to civic participation and inspiring others. McPherson was honored with the award in 1993; he went on to serve three terms in the state legislature. The award was renamed in his honor following his death in 2000.
"Kara is a model lawyer," said CBA YLD Chair Benjamin E. Currier. "She is incredibly involved with advancing the legal profession and improving our community."
Veitch will be honored at the CBA YLD holiday party on Dec. 14 at Vita, and at the Colorado Bar Foundation Annual Bar Fellows Dinner on Jan. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Denver.
About the Colorado Bar Association Young Lawyers Division: CBA YLD serves as a liaison to young lawyers (those under 37 years old or who have been admitted to the bar for less than three years) of local bar associations throughout the state to provide public service information and assistance to communities, as well as professional development opportunities. For more information, click here.
About the Colorado Bar Association: The Colorado Bar Association is a voluntary bar association with nearly 18,000 members—almost three-quarters of all attorneys in the state—founded in 1897. The bar provides opportunities for continuing education, volunteering and networking for those in the legal profession while upholding the standards of the bar. The bar likewise works to secure the efficient administration of justice, encourage the adoption of proper legislation and perpetuate the history of the profession and the memory of its members. For more information, visit www.cobar.org.
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