Denver Office
1900 Grant Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: 303.837.0757

Aspen Office
1280 Ute Avenue, Suite 15
Aspen, Colorado 81611
Phone: 970.920.3150

Park Meadows Office
9000 E. Nichols Ave, Suite 120
Centennial, Colorado 80112
Phone: 303.837.0757

Facsimile All Locations:
303.839.9826

The Lawyers :: Diane Michele Carlton





Special Counsel

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

Email

dcarlton@familyatty.com

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

Prior Experience

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

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

Honors and Distinctions

Selected to be included in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America: 1996-present
Elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Colorado Super Lawyer in field of Family Law (Received one of the 25 highest point totals for women in all practice areas): Inception-present
Appointed by Colorado Supreme Court to the 18th Judicial District Judicial Performance Committee: 1989-1993 (Chair); and the Alternative Defense Commission: 2005-present

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)