| ATTORNEY
PROFILES
WILLIAM L. SENTER,
(Of Counsel) born Orlando, Florida, February 28, 1948; admitted to
bar Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1973;
Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1974; U.S.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1976; U.S. Supreme Court, 1979.
Preparatory education: Fairfield University (B.A. 1970); legal
education: Creighton University (J.D. 1973). Member: Denver,
Colorado, Nebraska and American Bar Associations, Colorado Defense
Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute, and Trial Lawyers
Association. Trial practice, insurance litigation, defense personal
injury, and ADR.
Email: wsenter@sgrllc.com
JAMES E. GOLDFARB,
born Orange, New Jersey, May 28, 1951; admitted to bar Colorado and
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1977; U.S. Court of
Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1979. Education: University of Colorado
(B.A., 1973); Creighton University (J.D., cum laude, 1977).
Fraternity: Alpha Sigma Nu. Member: Denver and Colorado Bar
Associations, General Staff, 1975-76; and Student Articles Editor,
1976-77, Creighton Law Review; Colorado Defense Lawyers Association.
Personal injury, black lung, and general trial.
Email: jgoldfarb@sgrllc.com
THOMAS SULLIVAN RICE, born
Aurora, Illinois, July 16, 1954; admitted to bar Colorado, U.S.
District Court for the District of Colorado and U.S. Court of
Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1979; Wyoming and U.S. District Court for
the District of Wyoming, 1995. Preparatory education: University of
Michigan (B.A. with distinction, 1976); legal education: University
of Colorado (J.D., 1979). Fraternities: Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to
the Honorable Rex H. Scott, Chief Judge, Twentieth Judicial District
of Colorado, 1978-79. Member: Colorado and Denver Bar Associations,
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute,
Faculty of Federal Advocates. Governmental entity defense, products
liability, business torts defense, employment law, and insurance
litigation.
Email: trice@sgrllc.com
ARTHUR J. KUTZER, born Miami,
Florida, June 13, 1963. Admitted to bar Colorado, U.S. District
Court, District of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit,
1989; U.S. Supreme Court, 1992. Preparatory education: Colorado
State University (B.S. 1985); legal education: University of Denver
(J.D. 1989). 1996 International Defense Counsel Trial Academy,
Appointment to Insurance Commissioner's Advisory Committee for
Personal Injury Protection IME Program. Scholastic distinctions:
Harold Widney Scholarship; staff, Tax Law Journal. Member: Denver
and Colorado Bar Associations; Colorado Defense Lawyers Association.
Personal injury, transportation, insurance litigation and general
trial.
Email: akutzer@sgrllc.com
JOHN D. HAYES, born Hampton,
Virginia, October 13, 1961. Admitted to bar Virginia, 1989;
Colorado, 1991; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia, 1991; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado,
1994. Preparatory education: Randolph Macon College (B.A. 1984);
Legal education: College of William & Mary (J.D. 1989);
Scholastic distinctions: ABA Moot Court Team, First Place, ABA
Regional Tournament; Best Brief, Bushrod T. Washington Appellate
Advocacy Tournament. Law Clerk to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of
Virginia, 1989 – 1990; Member: Colorado and Denver Bar
Associations; Virginia Bar Association; Colorado Defense Lawyers
Association , Defense Research Institute. Construction litigation,
subrogation, products liability, insurance litigation.
Email: jhayes@sgrllc.com
SONJA S. MCKENZIE,
born Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 18, 1968. Admitted to bar
Colorado, 1993; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1994.
Preparatory education: University of Illinois (B.A. 1990); legal
education: University of Denver (J.D. 1993). Scholastic
distinctions: Graduated with honors, University of Illinois. Law
Clerk to the Honorable Donald W. Marshall, Jr., Seventeenth Judicial
District of Colorado, 1994-95. Articles: "Motions for Default
Judgments", Colorado Lawyer, June 1995, Vol. 24, No. 6. Member:
Colorado and Denver Bar Associations. Personal injury, school
districts, governmental entity defense civil rights and employment
law.
Email: smckenzie@sgrllc.com
TIFFANEY A. NORTON
, born Las Vegas Nevada, January, 1970, admitted to
Colorado bar 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado 1997; United States
Court of Appeals, 1997. Education: University of Denver, Bachelor of Arts,
cum laude, 1993; Juris Doctorate, 1996. Law Clerk to the Honorable Harlan R.
Bockman, Chief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial District, 1997. Member: Colorado
Defense Lawyers Association, Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association;
Defense Research Institute. Reported cases: Silva v. Basin Western,
47 P.3d 1184 (Colo. 2002) (insurance reserves not discoverable). Practice Areas:
General civil litigation and trials related to catastrophic/complex civil actions,
personal injury, property damage, products liability, professional liability,
premises liability, trucking, auto and insurance.
Email: tnorton@sgrllc.com
JENNIFER M. PALMER,
born Buffalo, New York, October 6, 1964. Admitted to bar New York 1996;
Massachusetts 1996; Colorado, 1997; Pennsylvania, 1998; U.S. District Court,
District of Colorado, 1997; Western District of Pennsylvania, 1998; U.S.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1997. Preparatory education: Syracuse
University (B.A. 1986); legal education: Albany Law School of Union University
(J.D. magna cum laude, 1995). Scholastic distinctions: A.C.T.L. National Moot
Court Competition, Regional Finalist, Second Best Advocate, Best Brief; Senior
Prize Trials Semifinalist; Note and Comment Editor, Albany Law Review. Court
Attorney to New York State Court of Appeals, 1995-96. Law Clerk to Justice
Howard M. Kirshbaum, Colorado Supreme Court, 1996-97. Articles: “Richard D.
Simons: Judicial Intolerance of Official Misconduct,” 59 Albany Law Review –
State Constitutional Commentary 1781 (1996); Comment, “Education Funding:
Equality Versus Quality – Must New York’s Children Choose?” 58 Albany Law
Review 917 (1995). Member: Colorado and Denver Bar Associations; Colorado
Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.
Email: jpalmer@sgrllc.com
ERIC M. ZIPORIN, born San
Francisco, California, March 30, 1971. Admitted to bar Colorado,
1998; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1999; U.S. Court of
Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1999; U.S. Supreme Court, 2004. Preparatory
education: University of Colorado (B.S. 1993); legal education:
University of Denver (J.D. 1998). Member: Colorado Bar Association,
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association.
Email: eziporin@sgrllc.com
WILLIAM M. STERCK, born
Denver, Colorado, November 11, 1954. Admitted to bar Colorado, 1990;
U.S. District Colorado, 1990. Preparatory education: Colorado State
University (B.A., 1981); University of Northern Colorado (M.A.,
1983); legal education: University; of Denver (J.D. 1989).
Scholastic distinctions: American Jurisprudence Award for Trial
Tactics, Family Law 1988; Associate Professor at University of
Northern Colorado. Member: Colorado Bar Association, American
Bar Association, Larimer County Bar Association, and Colorado
Defense Lawyers, Workers' Compensation Section.
Email: wsterck@sgrllc.com
GILLIAN M. FAHLSING,
born Los Gatos, California, February 10, 1972. Admitted to bar Colorado,
2001; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2002; U.S. Court of Appeals,
Tenth Circuit, 2003. Preparatory education: Northern Arizona University (B.S.
cum laude, 1994); legal education: University of Denver (J.D. 2001). Law Clerk
to the Honorable Donald W. Marshall, Jr., Seventeenth Judicial District of Colorado,
2002. Scholastic distinctions: staff, Transportation Law Journal; American Jurisprudence
Awards for Family Law and Transportation Law. Article: The Effects of the Amendments to
the Baggage Check Provisions of the Warsaw Convention, 28 Transp. L.J. 295 (2001).
Member: Faculty of Federal Advocates, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Colorado
Bar Association, Denver Bar Association.
Email: gfahlsing@sgrllc.com
ASSOCIATES
BILLY-GEORGE HERTZKE,
born Indio, California, March 26, 1974. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado,
2004; Wyoming, 2005; U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 2005. Preparatory education: University of Colorado
(B.A. 1996); legal education: University of Denver (J.D. 2003). Scholastic distinctions: Managing and Articles Editor,
Transportation Law Journal. Member: Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association.
Email: bhertzke@sgrllc.com
JOEL A. PALMER,
born Indianapolis, Indiana, November 4,
1969. Admitted to bar Illinois, 2001; U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois, 2001; Colorado, 2005; U.S. District
Court for the District of Colorado, 2005. Preparatory education:
Northwestern University -- Medill School of Journalism (B.S. 1992);
legal education: Northwestern University School of Law (J.D. 2001).
Scholastic distinctions: Senior Articles Editor, The Journal of
Criminal Law and Criminology; Legal Clinic; Grant Committee, Auction
Co-Chair and grant recipient, Student Funded Public Interest
Fellowships; Mock Trial Team (First Place, Fourth Annual National
White Collar Crime Mock Trial Invitational). Member: Colorado Bar
Association, Denver Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association.
Email: japalmer@sgrllc.com
TEAGUE R. LASHNITS,
born Denver, Colorado, October 11,
1976. Admitted to bar Arizona; 2005, Colorado, 2006. Preparatory
education: University of Colorado (B.A. 1999); legal education:
University of Denver (J.D. 2004); Member: Colorado Bar Association,
Denver Bar Association, Arizona Bar Association.
E-mail: tlashnits@sgrllc.com
HEATHER D. JORGENSEN,
born Dickinson, North Dakota, July 6, 1975. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2004. Preparatory education:
University of North Dakota (B.A. 1998); legal education: University of Idaho College of Law (J.D. 2004).
Law clerk to the Honorable Daniel M. Taubman, Colorado Court of Appeals, 2004. Law clerk to the Honorable
Robert D. Hawthorne, Colorado Court of Appeals, 2005. Member: Colorado and Denver Bar Associations.
E-mail: hjorgensen@sgrllc.com
SEAN F. ELLIOTT,
born Wheatridge, Colorado, February 15, 1978. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2006. Preparatory education:
Colorado State University (B.S. 2000); masters degree: Regis University (M.B.A. 2003); legal education:
Chapman University (J.D. 2006). Member: Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association.
E-mail: selliott@sgrllc.com
W. ROBBY LANDIS,
born Aurora, Colorado, February 5, 1981. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2006. Preparatory education: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (B.S. magna cum laude 2003); legal education: University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D. 2006). Member: Colorado Bar Association.
Email: rlandis@sgrllc.com
SARAH A. SCHREIBER,
born Royal Oak, Michigan, May 10, 1981. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2006; Michigan,
2007; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2007; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth
Circuit, 2007. Preparatory education: University of Michigan (B.A. 2003); Phi Alpha
Delta; legal education: University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D. 2006).
Member: Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association.
E-mail: sschreiber@sgrllc.com
MARY F. BARHAM,
born Charlottesville, Virginia, August 3, 1980. Admitted to bar
Colorado, 2006, District of Columbia, 2007; U.S. District Court,
District of Colorado, 2007. Preparatory education: University of
Colorado-Boulder (B.A. magna cum laude 2002); legal education:
University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D. 2006). Member:
Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association.
Email: mbarham@sgrllc.com
JAMES L. PAGANO, born
Okinawa, Japan, February 3, 1973. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2007,
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado 2008. Preparatory
education: Centenary College of Louisiana (B.S. 1995); legal
education: University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D. 2006).
Scholastic distinctions: Training editor, Denver Journal of
International Law and Policies. Member: Colorado Bar Association.
Email: jpagano@sgrllc.com
SUZANA SKRABO, born in Croatia,
October 30, 1979. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2007. Preparatory
education: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (B.A. 2002);
legal education: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
(J.D. 2006). Scholastic Distinctions: Witkin Award for Agency and
Computer Assisted Litigation. Member: Colorado Bar Association,
Denver Bar Association.
Email: sskrabo@sgrllc.com
GERALDINE E. FLYNN, born
Newport News, Virginia, June 16, 1971. Admitted to bar Colorado,
2000; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 2000; U.S.
Court of Appeals, 10th Judicial Circuit, 2000. Preparatory
education: University of Virginia, (B.A. 1993); legal education:
University of Denver (J.D. 2000). Scholastic distinctions: staff,
Preventive Law Reporter; student attorney, Student Law Office; grant
recipient and tutor, Academic Achievement Program; pupil, Judge
William E. Doyle Inn of Court. Comment: "An Employer's Guide to
Avoiding Employment Discrimination Claims", "Preventive Law
Reporter, Fall 1999, Vol. 18, No. 2. Member: Colorado Bar
Association, Denver Bar Association and American Bar Association.
Email: gflynn@sgrllc.com
JENNIFER L. DISNER, born
Rochester, New York, November 21, 1973. Admitted to bar Colorado,
1998; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 1998; U.S.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2000. Preparatory education:
University of Colorado (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Betta Kappa,
1995); Legal education: Boston College Law School, transferred to
University of Colorado (J.D. 1998). Scholastic distinctions:
Semi-finalist in Moot Court competition, Environmental Law Society,
Carrigan Cup Competition finalist, Conservation Research Group,
Domestic Violence Outreach Program, Public Interest Law Foundation,
Client Counseling Competition, recipient of PILF summer stipend.
Member: Colorado and Denver Bar Associations; Defense Research
Institute (member Employment and Healthcare Committee); Colorado
Defense Lawyers Association. Practice areas: Professional liability;
healthcare law, employment law, products liability, premises
liability, bad faith, general personal injury.
Email: jdisner@sgrllc.com
RUSSELL WELDON SINNETT, born
Fort Collins, Colorado, November 3, 1969. Admitted to bar Wyoming,
2000; U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, 2000; bar
Colorado 2001; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
2001. Preparatory education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.S.
Business Administration 1992). Legal education: University of Miami
School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida (J.D. 1999). Scholastic
distinctions: moot court board, top four advocate in moot court
competition (Spring 1998), runner-up for best brief in moot court
competition (Spring 1998), peer-teaching associate for "Profiles in
American Enterprise" (Fall 1990/Spring 1991), dean's list (Spring
1990). Intern Deputy District Attorney for the District Attorney for
the Eighth Judicial District of Colorado (Summer/Fall 1998). Former
Colorado-licensed real estate broker. Member: Wyoming Bar
Association, Colorado Bar Association, CDLA. Practice areas:
commercial and construction litigation, insurance and bad faith
claims defense, contracts, and personal injury defense.
Email: rsinnett@sgrllc.com
COURTNEY B. KRAMER,, born Denver, Colorado,
December 9, 1982. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2008; U.S. District Court, District
of Colorado, 2008; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2008. Preparatory
education: University of Colorado (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2005);
legal education: University of Colorado Law School (J.D. 2008); Judicial intern
to the Honorable Christina M. Habas, Second Judicial District of Colorado 2007-2008.
Scholastic distinctions: Member of University of Colorado Moot Court Team (placed
second at 2007 Regional Competition and received award for Appellate Brief);
Notes Editor for Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy.
Publications: Reclaiming Reclamation: The Benefits and Costs of Hard Rock Mining,
19 Colo. J. Int’l Envtl. L. & Pol’y 293 (2008). Member: Colorado Bar Association,
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Faculty of Federal Advocates.
Email: ckramer@sgrllc.com
PHILIP M. SPARR,
born Nebraska City, Nebraska, August 29,
1979. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2008. Preparatory education:
University of Nebraska (B.A. 2004); legal education: University of
Nebraska (J.D. with distinction, 2008). Scholastic distinctions:
Executive Editor, Nebraska Law Review. Publication: Special
“Effects”: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d
707 (M.D. Pa. 2005), and the Fate of Intelligent Design in Our
Public Schools, 86 Neb. L. Rev. 708 (2008). Member: Colorado Bar
Association, Denver Bar Association.
Email: psparr@sgrllc.com
CLAIRE E. MUNGER,
born Flint, Michigan, December 30, 1981. Admitted to bar Colorado, 2007;
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 2009. Preparatory education:
James Madison College of Michigan State University (B.A. 2004); Legal education:
Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D. 2007). Intern to U.S.
Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker, Southern District of Indiana. Scholastic
distinctions: Order of the Barristers, Indiana University School of Law Trial
Tournament (First Place), teaching assistant (Trial Advocacy), National Trial
Competition Team, research assistant (the laws of war), certificate of merit
(Negotiations and Trial Advocacy), certified mediator. Member: Colorado Bar
Association, Denver Bar Association, and Colorado Defense Lawyers Association.
Publications: The Early History of the Colorado Court of Appeals, The Colorado
Lawyer, Nov. 2008, Vol. 37, No. 11.
Email: cmunger@sgrllc.com
KATHERINE M. HOLOM,
born Hastings, Michigan, July 24, 1982. Admitted to bar Colorado,
2007; Wisconsin, 2009. Preparatory education: University of
Wisconsin - La Crosse (B.S. with honors 2004); legal education:
University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D. 2007). Scholastic
distinctions: Staff Editor and member of Articles Review Board,
Transportation Law Journal; Scholastic Excellence Award for
"Property and Constitutional Law Seminar". Member: American Bar
Association, Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Women's Bar
Association, Denver Bar Association, and State Bar of Wisconsin.
Email: kholom@sgrllc.com
MONICA N.
KOVACI, born Romania, October 20, 1979. Admitted to
bar Colorado, 2008; California, 2009. Preparatory education:
University of California Fullerton (B.A. 2003); legal education:
University of Colorado School of Law (J.D. 2008). Judicial intern
to the Honorable John L. Kane, United States District Court for the
District of Colorado, 2006. Judicial intern to the Honorable Randall
Arp, Colorado District Court, Jefferson County, 2007. Legal clerk to
the Honorable Jerry N. Jones, Colorado Court of Appeals, 2008.
Member: Colorado Bar Association, Arapahoe Bar Association, Women’s
Bar Association, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association.
Email: mkovaci@sgrllc.com
SARAH E.
MCCUTCHEON, born Peoria, Illinois, December 22, 1976.
Admitted to bar Colorado 2001; U.S. District Court, District of
Colorado, 2005; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Judicial Circuit, 2005.
Preparatory education: Hanover College (B.A. 1998); legal education:
University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (J.D. 2001). Scholastic
distinctions: Court Reports Editor, Water Law Review. Member:
Colorado Bar Association, and Denver Bar Association.
Email: smccutcheon@sgrllc.com
DAVID B. SHAW,
born Denver, Colorado, February 16, 1982. Admitted to bar Colorado
2008. Preparatory education: University of Wisconsin – Madison (B.S.
2004); legal education: University of Colorado School of Law (J.D.
2008). Scholastic distinctions: Notes and Comments Editor for and
winner of Best Note 2007 of the Colorado Journal of International
Environmental Law and Policy; Pro Bono Legal Service Award; Bernard
J. Seeman Scholarship. Legal clerk to the Honorable John W. Madden,
IV of the Denver District Court. Member: Colorado Bar Association,
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association. Publications: The Specter of
Water Piracy, 19 Colo. J. Int’l Envtl. L. & Pol’y 129 (2008).
Email: dshaw@sgrllc.com
NICHOLAS CASSIDY,
born Madison, Wisconsin, December 29, 1979. Admitted to bar
Colorado, 2009; Wisconsin, 2008; U.S. District Court for the
District of Colorado, 2010. Preparatory education: Pitzer College,
(B.A. 2000); legal education: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, (J.D.
cum laude 2007). Scholastic distinctions: Articles Editor, TJSL Law
Review; Competitor, TJSL Moot Court Society; President, Tax Law
Society; CALI awards for Civil Procedure I and Federal Income
Taxation. Law Clerk to the Honorable Nancy J. Lichtenstein, Colorado
Court of Appeals 2008-09. Member: Colorado Bar Association, Denver
Bar Association.
Email: ncassidy@sgrllc.com
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