The Lawyers :: Paula J. Smith

Shareholder Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C. from 1998 to present Education Certificate in Mediation: CDR Associates, 2004 University of Denver: Juris Doctorate, 1987 Virginia Polytechnic Institute: M.B.A. Courses 1978-1979 Scripps College, Claremont, California: B.A. European Studies, 1974 Admitted to Practice United States District Court All Courts of Colorado

Memberships Denver Bar Association: 1987-present Colorado Bar Association: 1987-present Legal Assistants Committee Co-chair: 1992-1993 Arapahoe County Bar Association: 1988-present Colorado Judicial Institute: 2007-present Subcommittee on Parenting Time Standards Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody: 1999-2002 Community Activities Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra: Vice President, Board of Directors, 1999-2000; Member at Large, Board of Directors, 1997-1999 U.S. Fencing Association, Colorado Division Chair: 2006-2008 North American Indian Legal Services, Inc.: Leadership Advisory Team Member Prior Experience Deputy District Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial District of Colorado, Family Support Division: June 1998-September 1998

Recent Authorships and Lectures
"Child Support Enforcement Remedies Available Through Child Support Enforcement Agencies"
The Colorado Lawyer: Jan. 2004

""Paralegal Ethics: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You"
Institute for Paralegal Education: May 2002

"Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"
CBA, CLE of Colorado, Inc.: Nov. 2000

"Child Support"
University of Denver, College of Law, Family Law Workshop: Aug. 2000

"Child Support and Enforcement in Colorado"
National Business Institute: Jan. 2000

"Establishing and Enforcing Child: Support Orders"
Chapter in "Advocating Excellence, Offering Hope for the Innocents, a Guardian ad Litem's Handbook": 1997

"Colorado Annual IV-D Conference"
Colorado Family Support Council, 1996

"Legal Analysis of Electronic Bulletin Board Activities"
Western New England Law Review, Vol. 7 Issue 3, 1985 (co- author)