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Amanda Hoberg '14 was elected partner at Woods | Aitken LLP. Working in the firm’s Denver office, she focuses her practice on construction law and commercial litigation.

Amy Parsons '99 was named the 16th president of Colorado State University. For the last 16 years, Parsons served in executive roles at CSU in Fort Collins – as legal counsel from 2004-2009, as vice president for university operations from 2009-2015, and as executive vice chancellor from 2015-2020.

Johnathan Intolubbe-Chmil '15 was elected shareholder at Lyons Gaddis Kahn Hall Jeffers Dworak & Grant, PC.

Shannon O'Keefe '18 became an equity partner at Johnson Law Group.

Kevin Bell '07 was elevated to counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend effective Jan. 1, 2023. Bell works from the firm’s Denver office on the patent and trademark team, focusing on intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, and copyright matters.

David Hsu '13 was promoted to counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend effective Jan. 1, 2023. Hsu works from the firm’s Denver office on the electronics and software team. He focuses his practice on patent preparation, prosecution, and related counseling with technical expertise in biotechnology, clean technology, and semiconductors.

Adam Gianola '13 was promoted to counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend effective Jan. 1, 2023. Gianola works from the firm’s Denver office on the electronics and software team, focusing on patent prosecution and counseling in materials, optics, software, and electronics.

Alaina Stedillie '07 was named partner at Crowley Fleck PLLP in the firm’s Casper, Wyoming, office. She is a member of the Tort Litigation and Commercial and Natural Resources Litigation practice groups. Stedillie also serves on the firm’s diversity and inclusion, review and oversight, continuing legal education, and permanent civil rules advisory committees for the Wyoming State Bar Association.

Zach Siegel '15 was promoted to shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Siegel is a member of the firm’s real estate department.

Ayshan Ibrahim '17 joined the Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Denver office. Ibrahim focuses her practice on public finance matters with an emphasis on tax-exempt bond financing and serves as counsel in various roles on an assortment of tax-exempt and taxable financing transactions throughout the state of Colorado.

Craig Clark '03 was named staff judge advocate (equivalent to general counsel) for the 4th Marine Division. Clark is a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve.

Kevin Giles '12 was elected partner at Holland & Hart LLP. A member of the firm's real estate team, Giles works out of the firm's Aspen office.

Per Larsen '10 was elevated to equity partner at Holland & Hart LLP. Larsen's practice focuses on patent counseling and domestic and foreign patent prosecution for the electronic and computer arts.

Nathan Goergen '14 was promoted to partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. Goergen specialized in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in a variety of industries.

Ryan Mahoney '19 joined Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as an associate. He focuses his practice on corporate transaction law, including mergers and acquisitions and securities law.

Norm Brownstein '68, founder and chairman of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, was awarded the National Law Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 2, 2022.

Nicki Cerasoli '06 was selected for the 2023 Colorado General Counsel Mentor Program, a two-year program designed to develop networking skills and professional development. Mentees will have direct access to general counsel and senior in-house lawyers throughout the Denver metro area who are involved in the program.

Darlene Kondo '07 joined Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as of counsel. Kondo focuses her practice on intellectual property law.

Michael Fox '15 was promoted to partner at Kalamaya | Goscha. Fox, a personal injury attorney, joined the firm in 2017 and has tried more than 30 personal injury and criminal defense cases with a judge or jury.

Brittany Kauffman '03 was named chief executive officer of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver. Kauffman has been with IAALS since 2012 and was appointed interim CEO in 2022.