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 :: Paula J. Smith





Shareholder

Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C. from 1998 to present

Email

psmith@familyatty.com

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
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts:
2007-present

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)