The Lawyers :: Ronald Litvak

Shareholder Managing shareholder: Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C. from 1991 to present Education University of Denver: Juris Doctorate, 1986 Northwestern University: B.S. Communications, 1979 Admitted to Practice United States District Courts 10th Circuit Court of Appeals All Courts of Colorado

Memberships Denver Bar Association:1987-present Colorado Bar Association:1987-present CBA Family Law Section: 1987-present Executive Council: 1994-2003 Amicus Curiae Committee Chair: 2000 Editor, Family Law Section Newsletter: 1995-1997 Amercian Bar Association: 1987-present American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow): 1996-present President, Colorado Chapter: 2003-2004 term President-Elect, Colorado Chapter: 2002-2003 term Vice-President, Colorado Chapter: 2001-2002 term Secretary, Colorado Chapter: 2000-2001 term Treasurer, Colorado Chapter: 1999-2000 term 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 Listed  in "Denver's Top Lawyers," 5280 Magazine: April/May 2001 Colorado Super Lawyer in field of Family Law (Received one of the 10 highest point totals for all practice areas): 2006-present

Recent Authorships and Lectures
"Relocation After Ciesluk and Spahmer"
Boulder Interdisciplinary Committee, Nov., 2005

Family Law Basic Skills, program lecturer: 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007

Family Law Advanced Practice, program lecturer: 1993-2007

Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee, lecturer: 2004, 2005

Family Law Judge's Conference, lecturer: 2005 "Colorado Case Law Update"; 2007 "Property Issues in Divorce"

Family Law Section lunch presentation, 2001-2008 "Colorado Case Law Update"

"The Lighter Side of Custody"
Colorado Interdisciplinary Comnmittee Conference, Breckenridge, CO: May 2005

"Property in Dissolution of Marriage Cases"
CBA, CLE in Colorado: April 2005

"Colorado Case Law Update"
Annual Attorney-Mediator Dialogue Conference: 2002, 2005-2007

"Colorado Case Law Update"
Boulder County Bar Association: 2003, 2005

"Colorado Case Law Update"
AAML, Colorado chapter: Dec. 2004

"The Lighter Side of 'Therapeutic Jurisprudence'"
State IDC Converence: May 2004

"Colorado Case Law Update"
CBA, Family Law Section: Jan. 2002-2004

"2003 Case Law, Legislative Developments"
CBA Annual Survey of Colorado Law, publication: 2004

Conference Invitee
ICARA Conference, Washington, DC: Dec,. 2003

"Rent-a-Judge"
Advanced Family Law Institute: Dec. 2003

"Colorado Case Law Update"
1st Judicial Bar Association: May 2003

"Colorado Case Law Update"
State IDC Conference: May 2003

"Family Law Update"
Med-Arb CLE: Apr. 2003

"Family Law Basic Skills - Property"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: 1999, 2001, 2003

"2002 Case Law, Legislative Developments"
CBA Annual Survey of Colorado Law, publication: 2003

"Colorado Case Law Update"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: 2001, 2002

"Strategies for Working with the Impaired Client (Name Your Personality Disorder)
(with Joan H. McWilliams, Esq. and Dana Cogan, M.D.)
Lawyers Public Information Foundation: Oct 2002; Family Law Institute, July 2003

"Current Update in Case Law and Other Perspectives of Marital Valuations"
NACVA State Chapter: Sept. 2002

"Colorado Case Law Update"
Family Law Institute: 2001-2003

"Case Law Update"
Office of Child Representatives, University of Denver School of Law: May 2002

"Custody Law Update"
State IDC Conference: May 2002

"Colorado Case Law Update"
Arapahoe County Bar Association: Apr. 2002

"2001 Case Law, Legislative Developments"
CBA Annual Survey of Colorado Law, publication: 2002

"Colorado Financial Case Law Update"
AAML, Financial Issues for the 21st Century: Dec. 2001

"Colorado Case Law Update"
Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association: Oct, 2001

"Negotiation Skills for Lawyers"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: Oct. 2001

"Colorado Case Law Update with Regard to Custody and Special Advocates"
MDICC: Sept. 2001

"Parental Rights and Responsibilities of Grandparents and Third Parties"
The Colorado Lawyer: May 2001 (Co-author)

"Family Law Update"
12th Annual Attorney-Mediator Dialogue: Apr. 2001

"Family Law, ProBono Basic Skills: Property"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: Apr. 2001

"2000 Case Law, Legislative Developments"
CBA Annual Survey of Colorado Law, publication: 2001

Moderator: "Breckenridge Conference on Parental Responsibility"
CBA: Sept. 2000

"Case Law Update with Focus on Experts"
CBA Converntion: Sept. 2000

"How to Go From a Solo to a Medium Practice"
Solo/Small Practice Symposium: June 2000

"Third Parties, Grandparents and Allocation of Parental Responsibility"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: May 2000

"A Humorous Look at Gender Bias in the Legal System"
CO IDC Conference: Apr. 2000

"Family Law Update"
Attorney-Mediator Dialogue: Apr. 2000

"1999 Case Law, Legislative Developments"
CBA Annual Survey of Colorado Law, publication: early 2000

"Colorado Law Update and National Trends; an Analytical Approach"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Colorado: Dec.1999

"Double-Dipping and Excess Earnings"
CBA Family Law Conference: Apr. 1999

"Domestic Relations Update"
1st Judicial District Bar Association: Feb. 1999

"Temporary Orders and Restraining Orders"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: Feb. 1999

"Colorado Case Law Update"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers-Colorado: Dec. 1998, 1999, 2004

"Domestic Relations Appellate Practice: Pointers to Make Your Appeal More Powerful"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: Oct. 1998

"International Disputes - The Hague Convention"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: May 1998

"Marital Agreements"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers-Colorado: Dec. 1997

"Equitable Distribution in Divorce Settlements in Colorado"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers-Colorado: Dec. 1996

"Equitable Property Division in Colorado"
National Business Institute: May 1996

"Colorado Marital Agreements"
National Business Institute: Nov. 1995

"Colorado Case Law Update"
Colorado Bar Association Convention: Sept. 1995-2001

"Colorado Case Law Update"
Lawyers Public Information Foundation: Oct. 1993-2005

"Appealing a Family Law Order: Process and Pitfalls, Part I and II"
The Colorado Lawyer: May 1993 and June 1993

SOME REPORTED CASES
In re Marriage of Dureno,
854 P.2d 1352 (Colo.App. 1992)

In re Marriage of LeBlanc,
800 P.2d 1384 (Colo.App. 1990)

In re Marriage of Bookout,
833 P.2d 800 (Colo.App. 1991)

In re Marriage of Redford,
776 P.2d 1149 (Colo.App. 1989)

In re Marriage of Ansay,
839 P.2d 527 (Colo.App. 1992)

In re Marriage of Sewell,
817 P.2d 594 (Colo.App. 1991)

In re Marriage of Peterson,
870 P.2d 630 (Colo.App. 1994)

In re Marriage of Oberg,
900 P.2d 1267 (Colo.App. 1994)

In re the Estate of Burford vs. Burford,
935 P.2d 943 (Colo.App. 1997)

In re Marriage of LeBlanc,
944 P.2d 686 (Colo.App. 1997)

In re Marriage of Balanson,
996 P.2d 213 (Colo.App. 1999) and 25 P.3d 28 (Colo. 2001)

Spahmer v. Gullette, 
113 P.3d 158 (Colo. 2005)