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The Lawyers :: Paula J. Smith

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Shareholder

Litvak Litvak Mehrtens & Carlton, P.C. from 1998 to present

Email

psmith@familyatty.com

Education

Certificate in Mediation: CDR Associates, 2004
Parenting Coordinator/Decision-Maker Training, June 2013
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

Colorado Bar Association: 1987-present
American Bar Association: 2011 – present
Colorado Women’s Bar Association: 2012 - present
Denver Bar Association: 1987-present
Legal Assistants Committee Co-chair: 1992-1993
Arapahoe County Bar Association: 1988-present
Colorado Judicial Institute: 2007-present
Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee on Child
Custody: 1999-2002, 2014
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts:
2007-2013

Committees:

CWBA Public Policy Committee: 2012 - present
CBA Legal Assistants Committee Co-chair: 1992-1993
CJI Subcommittee on Parenting Time Standards, 2008

Community Activities

Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network: Board Member, 2014
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
Chairman: 2006-2008
North American Indian Legal Services, Inc.: Leadership Advisory Team Member, 1998

Prior Experience

Deputy District Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial District of Colorado, Family Support Division: June 1998-September 1998

Recent Authorships and Lectures

Annual Family Law Update Presentations:
CBA Family Law Section; January 2013
Fall Family Law Update CBA CLE; October 2012
6th Annual Statewide ADR Conference, CBA CLE; October 2012
Arapahoe County Bar Association; November 2008
Lawyer’s Public Information Foundation; October 2008

"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

"Uniform Interstate Family Support Act", panelist, Colorado Annual IV-D Conference "
Colorado Family Support Council, 1996

"Child Support Enforcement Remedies Available Through Child Support Enforcement Agencies"
The Colorado Lawyer: Jan. 2004

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

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

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Suite 1400
Denver, CO 80237

Aspen Office

1280 Ute Ave. Suite 15
Aspen, CO 81611
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