Shareholders
Lawrence Litvak
Ronald D. Litvak
Timothy R.J. Mehrtens
Steven B. Epstein
W.Troy Romero
Barbara G. Jensen
Paula J. Smith

Special Counsel
Jerry N. Snyder
Diane Michele Carlton

Associates
Stephanie M. Holder
Michael V.Switzer
Nathan M.J. Dowell
Wendy J. Smock
Courtney J. Leathers
Christina H. Patierno
 

The Lawyers :: Diane Michele Carlton

Special Counsel
Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C. from 2008 to Present


Education
University of Denver:
Juris Doctorate, 1976
University of California at Irvine:
B.A. Spanish/Social Ecology, 1972
Commencement Speaker


Admitted to Practice
United States District Courts
All Courts of Colorado
Memberships
Arapahoe Bar Association: 1985-present
President: 1997-1998
Arapahoe Bar Foundation Fellow
Douglas/Elbert County Bar Association:
1995-present
Colorado Bar Association: 1982-present
CBA Board of Governors: 1996-1998 and 2001-2002
CBA Foundation Fellow
American Bar Association: 1982-present
ABA Family Law section: 1983-present
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
(Fellow): 1994-present
President, Colorado Chapter: 2001-2002 term
Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary
Committee: 1990-present

Prior Experience
Partner, Heckenbach Carlton Ammarell, LLP, 1997 to 2008 Sole Practitioner, 1990-1997
Associate Judge, Aurora, Colorado,
1983-1990
Public Defender, 1978-1982


Recent Authorships and Lectures 
"Trial Preparation"
Family Law Basic Skills: 2007

"Direct, Cross and Objections in Family Law"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: 2007

"Post Decree Motions Regarding Property"
Lawyers Public Information Foundation: 2006

AAML, Colorado chapter, Presenter: 2005

"Alternatives to the Maintenance Status Quo"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
Minnesota chapter, 2003

"Deposition Strategies that Work - Handling the Elusive Witness"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: 2001

Some Reported Cases
"People v. Cobb,"
690 P.2d 848 (Colo. 1984)

"People v. Rodriguez,"
786 P.2d 472 (Colo. App. 1989)

"People in the Interest of S.E.G.,"
934 P.2d (Colo. App. 1989)