The Lawyers :: Timothy R.J. Mehrtens

Shareholder Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C. from 1995 to present Education University of Denver: Juris Doctorate, 1987 Western State College: B.A. Political Science, 1981 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 Family Law Section: Executive Counsel-Elected Member: 1999-2003 Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee President-Elect: 2002 State Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody: 1999 Co-Chair: State Interdisciplinary Conference on Child-Related Issues: Spring, 2000 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow), 2003-present Vice-President, Colorado Chapter: 2007-2008 term Secretary, Colorado Chapter: 2006-2007 term Treasurer, Colorado Chapter: 2005-2006 term Honors and Distinctions Selected to be included in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America: 2003-present Elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Colorado Super Lawyer in field of Family Law: 2006-present

Recent Authorships and Lectures 
"Case Law Update"
Annual Advanced Family Law Institute: Dec. 2005

"Case Law Update"
Arapahoe County Bar Association: Nov. 2005

"Ethical Issues Under the New Rules - A Mock Trial"
Lawyers Public Information Foundation: Oct. 2005

"Family Law Basic Skills"
CBA: Feb. 2005

"New Colorado Appellate Cases and Legislation: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
CBA/AAML: Dec. 2004

"Cross Examination of Expert Witness"
2004 Family Law Institute, CBA: Aug. 2004

"Arbitration and Special Master Proceedings Procedures, Recommendations and Awards"
Bench Bar Family Law Institute: July 2003

"Cross of Expert Witness"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: May 2003

"Annual Spring Family Law Update"
CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: April 2003

"Case Law Update"
Family Law Institute, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: July 2002

"Collision Course: A Parent's Right to Parent v. A Child's Right to Sanity" and "Case Law Update"
Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee: May 2002

"Effective Mediation Techniques for Mediators"
Family Law Institute, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc.: Sept. 2001

Colorado Bar Association Professionalism Course
CBA: June 1997

21st Annual Colorado Child Custody Conference, 1997
Co-Chair and Presenter

Author: "Colorado Case Law Update"
Lawyers Public Information Foundation: 1993 and 1994

SOME REPORTED CASES

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

"In re Marriage of Payan,"
890 P.2d 264 (Colo.App. 1995)

"In re Marriage of Popack,"
998 P.2d 464 (Colo.App. 2000)