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BOULDER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

D E C E M B E R 2014

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Wednesday, December 3CIVIL

Does Blue Horseshoe Still Love AnacottSteel – Lessons for all of us from the

Legal Life of Mark FischerPresenter: Charles Luce

Noon @ Caplan and Earnest$25 CLE (1 ethics credit applied for),$15 New/Young Lawyer, $12 Lunch

Thursday, December 4NATURAL RESOURCES/ENVIRONMEN-

TALYou Cannot Step Twice into the Same

River: The Evolution of Terms and Con-ditions in Colorado Water Rights

Change DecreesPresenters: Joe Tom Wood and

Cristy RadabaughNoon @ Bryan Cave

$25 CLE, $15 New/Young Lawyer, $12Lunch

Tuesday, December 9SENIOR LAWYERS LUNCH

Noon @ Oak at Fourteenth$20 Lunch

Thursday, December 11INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Litigating the Big Case for the Smaller ClientUnder the Proposed New Federal Rules of

Civil ProcedurePresenter: Carl Forest

Noon @ Broadway Suites$25 CLE, $15 New/Young Lawyer, $12 Lunch

Thursday, December 11SPEED DATING WITH THE JUDGES

OF THE 20TH JD5:30 @ Shine (2027 13th Street)

$40 2 CLE, $25 New/Young Lawyer, $15 if youare attending but do not need CLE

First drink is on the bar. There will be prizesand free food.

Friday, December 12NEW/YOUNG LAWYERS

Water Law 101Presenters: Andrea Kehrl, Alison Gorsevski,

and Anne BensardNoon @ Justice Center Training Room East

$15 CLE, Brown Bag Lunch

DECEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Tuesday, December 16CRIMINAL

Change in Boulder County Jail Earned Good Time Policy

Presenter: Bruce HaasNoon @ Justice Center Training Room

East$25 CLE, $15 New/Young Lawyers, Brown

Bag Lunch

Tuesday, December 16ELDER LAW

2015 Legislative Preview- From DigitalAssets to Death with Dignity

Presenter: Jeromy SchupbackNoon LOCATION TBD

$25 CLE, $15 New/Young Lawyer, $12 Lunch

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Representing a start-up company isyour chance to be a superhero. In fact,a client- entrepreneur may see you inthat role whether you’re ready to don amagic cape or not. Fledgling enter-prises need a collection of resources tofunction and grow: a powerful idea,good advisors, funding, market intelli-gence, and publicity, to name a few. Youcan earn multiple kudos from yourclients by linking them to resourcesthat fill the gaps in their universe ofneeds.

Following are some sources of supportavailable to emerging enterprises in theBoulder area. New organizationsspring into life nearly every day, and ex-isting programs are reconfigured, un-funded or refunded, rebranded, andredirected, so these are just a startingplace rather than a comprehensive list.

ENTERPRISE ACCELERATORS

An enterprise accelerator offers a pack-age of powerful resources that canboost the founders’ rocket into orbit.Accelerators typically offer a full busi-ness development program staged overa period of several months. Partici-pants, known as cohorts, enter the pro-gram and graduate from it as a class ofmutually-supportive entrepreneurs.Some accelerators are sector-specific orotherwise targeted at start-ups with de-fined characteristics, while others serveyoung businesses in any sector as longas they are seen to have a promising fu-ture. An accelerator’s application andinterview process is usually highly com-petitive, but the benefits gained fromassociation with a top-level acceleratorcan be comparably high.

The accelerator usually provides eachcohort with an array of services plus alimited amount of funding in exchangefor a specified equity position in thebusiness. Accelerators’ services mayinclude coaching and mentoring, edu-cation on topics specific to new busi-nesses, office space, and discount-ratelegal and accounting services. Spon-

sors of accelerators often provide addi-tional perks to the cohorts such as dis-counted or free payment processing,web hosting, banking, social media andmarketing.

In addition, accelerators often link co-horts to potential outside investors.Some accelerators even operate theirown venture capital funds in tandemwith their accelerator programs, so thatsuccessful participants have ready ac-cess to additional capital that will en-able continued growth after graduationfrom the program.

Accelerators operating in Boulder in-clude Techstars, MergeLane, Boom-town Boulder, and Galvanize. Somehave associated programs in other

states or other Front Range commu-

nities that may be more convenient

for entrepreneurs located elsewhere.

Business incubators existed before

the accelerator concept became pop-

ular. They tend to be less formal and

less comprehensive than accelerators,

normally offering shared office space

and other selected resources, but usu-

ally without the coaching/mentoring

component or funding opportunities.

Many incubators are gradually adding

enhanced services, so that they re-

semble a simplified type of accelera-

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FINANCING

Money is the lifeblood of a new enter-prise, and you can expect your clients tobe grateful for any financing connec-tions you provide. Early-stage enter-prises may seek financing from acrowdfunding campaign, as well asfrom friends and family. Eager entre-preneurs sometimes take in early fund-ing without satisfying applicable legalrequirements or documenting compli-ance, which can create barriers to fu-ture investment by others. You mayneed to pull gently on the founders’reins to help them avoid the mistake ofskipping those formalities due to theireagerness to accept offered funding.

Angel investors are often reputed toshun the spotlight, perhaps becausemany are individuals who make invest-ment choices based on personal con-nections. However, there are severalwell-known angel investor organiza-tions in the Denver/Boulder commu-nity. One is Denver-based RockiesVenture Club, which claims to be theoldest angel investing group in the U.S.It operates as a non-profit providing ed-ucation and networking to both sides of

the street – investors and entrepre-neurs – and connecting fundingsources with growing enterprises.Other local angel investor groups in-clude Investors’ Circle (formerly Im-pact Angel Group) and the investorslisted at angel.co/colorado/investors.

A young enterprise may secure financ-ing from one of the many local or na-tional venture capital funds. The VC’smanagement expertise and involve-ment normally come along with the in-vestment. The Rocky MountainVenture Capital Association hosts anannual conference which showcasesemerging businesses to its angel in-vestor and venture capital fund mem-bers, and can be a good point ofconnection between founders andfunding sources.

The Colorado Office of Economic De-velopment and International Trade(“OEDIT”) maintains a list of venturecapital funds that are active in thestate, as well as other sources of fi-nancing for emerging businesses. TheTechrockies.com website offers an ex-tensive database of venture capitaland private equity firms based in the

Rocky Mountain region, as well as dataon completed funding rounds.

GOVERNMENTAL BUSINESS DEVEL-OPMENT PROGRAMS

There is no shortage of governmentprograms to support start-ups andtheir investors. The main challenge isdetermining whether a program hasfunding currently available, workingthrough its eligibility criteria andmatching the filing and award dead-lines with the funding needs of thebusiness.

In May 2014 Colorado updated twoprograms that provide financial assis-tance in “advanced industries,” whichare defined in CRS §24-48.5-117(2) asadvanced manufacturing, aerospace,bioscience, electronics, energy/nat-ural resources, infrastructure engi-neering, and information technology.Both programs are administered byOEDIT.

The Advanced Industry InvestmentTax Credit program provides tax cred-its for investors in enterprises that areengaged in advanced industries andthat have their headquarters, or atleast 50% of their employees, in Col-orado (see C.R.S. §§24-48.5-112 and39-22-532). There are several othereligibility criteria, including a cap of$10 million on funding from third-party investors since inception andannual revenues of less than $5 mil-lion. The business also must havebeen operating and generating rev-enues for less than five years. The in-vestor applying for the tax credit mustmeet several standards, includingownership of no more than 30% of thevoting power in the entity before theinvestment was made and less than50% of the voting power afterward.

OEDIT also administers the AdvancedIndustries Acceleration Grant pro-gram, which offers three types of fund-ing: 1) proof-of-concept grants, whichare available to technology transfer of-

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fices affiliated with a research institu-tion (such as a federal lab, privatetechnology center or teaching hospi-tal) that sell or license technology toprivate entities, 2) early-stage capitaland retention grants to companiesthat meet certain criteria and 3) infra-structure funding grants for advancedindustry projects that will “substan-tially increase alignment” betweenprivate companies within an ad-vanced industry and research institu-tions (see C.R.S. § 24-48.5-117).

The U.S. Small Business Administra-tion (“SBA”) operates the 8(a) Busi-ness Development Program for small,disadvantaged businesses, which aredefined as firms that are majorityowned and controlled by socially andeconomically disadvantaged individ-uals. The 8(a) program is intended tohelp those businesses bid on govern-ment contracts, either independentlyor within the context of joint ventureswith more experienced partners. Par-ticipants have access to SBA businesscounseling, marketing assistance andexecutive development training. TheSBA also operates programs to sup-port enterprises owned or controlledby veterans, native Americans and

women. SBA grants, loans and otherresources are explained on thesba.gov site.

The SBA’s BusinessUSA.gov portal of-fers a broad collection of informationabout starting and financing a busi-ness, including advice on intellectualproperty protection, exporting, per-sonnel issues and marketing plans.

The Colorado Small Business Devel-opment Center (“SBDC”) recentlybegan a three-year “Economic Gar-dening” program designed to grow ex-isting small to mid-sized companies.It offers consultation in market re-search, financial analysis and searchengine optimization, among othersubjects. The SBDC also provides abroad range of training and informa-tion for businesses, which is detailedat coloradosbdc.org.

EXPERTISE & NETWORKS

Several organizations affiliated withthe University of Colorado offer valu-able knowledge bases, expertise andnetworking opportunities to students,faculty and the business community.

The Silicon Flatirons Center is an in-terdisciplinary research centerhoused within the University of Col-orado Law School that offers regularprogramming on legal, technologyand entrepreneurship subjects. Sili-con Flatirons programs for entrepre-neurs include New TechnologyMeet-ups and the Entrepreneurs Un-plugged series.

Earlier this year Silicon Flatirons cre-ated the Blackstone EntrepreneursNetwork, which is intended to con-nect Colorado’s serial entrepreneurswith high growth “gazelle” companies.Blackstone provides businessfounders with access to industry ad-visors who have expertise in areassuch as biotech, telecomm, cleantechenergy, aerospace and natural prod-ucts, and to growth advisors who pro-vide advice in marketing, finance,human capital, law and other disci-plines. Blackstone’s resources areavailable to companies that are be-yond the “existential risk phase.”

Silicon Flatirons also hosts StartupColorado, a regional initiative oper-ated in cooperation by the DemingCenter (described below) that is de-signed to strengthen the entrepre-neurial ecosystem along the FrontRange. Startup Colorado is the localaffiliate of Startup America Partner-ship, whose goals include attractingcreative talent, supporting entrepre-neurial education and engaging largercompanies to assist entrepreneurs.The organization’s Startup Summerprogram embeds undergraduate stu-dents in internships with startupcompanies and teaches participantsthe fundamentals of creating and run-ning a successful enterprise.

CU Law School’s Entrepreneurial LawClinic offers pro bono business andtransactional law advice to emergingbusinesses via third year law studentswho are supervised by experiencedpracticing lawyers in the community.The Clinic rarely can satisfy all of the

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ware developers in eastern Europewhere they are immune from the talentpoaching that is prevalent in Silicon Val-ley. That bifurcation can increase theenterprise’s access to capital providedby U.K. or U.S. investors, whereasachieving the same level of fundingwould be more difficult in their homecountries.

Savvy U.S. investors are aware that ideasand creativity can flourish anywhere inthe world. According to London-basedGo4 Venture Advisers LLP, U.S. investorsparticipated in two-thirds of recent Eu-ropean deals over $10 million. The re-port characterizes U.S. investment asfocusing on game-changing plays suchas later-stage deals, large financingcommitments and investments in dis-ruptive technologies. During 2014Google Ventures created a $125 millionventure fund focused on European techcompanies, and plans to explore possi-ble tech investments in Europe from itsnew London office.

The International Trade section ofOEDIT provides information on cross-border business compliance, includingcompliance with export controls, andorganizes trade shows and trade mis-sions to various countries. The U.S. Ex-port Assistance Center located inDenver assists businesses with exportdocumentation, market strategies andevaluation of foreign business partners,

startup’s legal needs, but the cost tothe client business is impossible tobeat, and the program provides valu-able practical experience for the stu-dent lawyers. Applications fromprospective clients are taken at the be-ginning of the academic year, and ascope of services is then agreed be-tween the Clinic and the applicantswho are accepted.

The Deming Center for Entrepreneur-ship within CU’s Leeds School of Busi-ness offers an entrepreneurshipbootcamp designed to enable partici-pants to launch a startup upon com-pletion of the program. The DemingCenter also hosts events at which suc-cessful entrepreneurs share their in-sights with the community, andprovides a broad range of program-ming as well as internships and pitchpractice sessions.

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF EMERG-ING BUSINESS

A recent Ewing Marion KauffmanFoundation study identified Boulderas having the highest technologystartup density in the U.S. While weare fortunate to be surrounded bysuch a thriving business ecosystem,emerging enterprises can benefit fromtaking a global view of their businessenvironment. For example, an entre-preneur who encounters a shortage ofa particular resource such as highlyeducated workers in a certain field, po-tential business partners or advancedmanufacturing capability may find awealth of that resource elsewhere.

Central and eastern Europe have be-come hot sources for talented pro-grammers, software engineers andentrepreneurs, who have access toworld-class math and engineering ed-ucation (Financial Times, October 2,2014). The Financial Times reports atrend toward eastern European busi-nesses moving their headquarters andsales teams to the US or UK as theygrow, while keeping their core soft-

as well as information about interna-tional financing and logistics. Thoseservices can be accessed atexport.gov/colorado.

The World Trade Center Denver, a non-governmental organization, assistscompanies with certain types of inter-national shipping documentation,credit reporting, foreign market re-search and classes in various cross-border business subjects.Membership information and a full de-scription of its services are at wtcden-ver.org.

Amy Hirter is the co-chair of theBCBA Business Law Section. She is ofcousel in the law firm of PackardDierking LLC.

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Lawyers as Renaissance People

The term “Renaissance person” refersto several extraordinary individualswho lived during the Renaissance pe-riod in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen-turies, were talented in a number ofdiverse areas and mastered many dif-ferent skills. Such persons includedLeonardo da Vinci who was not only anaccomplished painter but also a math-ematician, engineer, inventor and sci-entist of great renown. Anotherexample is Michelangelo who excelledin art, music and poetry. The term “Re-naissance person” has been extendedto include anyone, such as Ben Franklinor Albert Schweitzer, who excels at sev-eral different things.

I am often struck by how many lawyersseem to excel in a variety of differentendeavors in addition to practicing law.A great number of our colleagues areby nature highly competitive and intel-lectually inquisitive. Many are accom-plished in literature, history, science,athletic skills or other activities. Thismay be true in other professions but Iwouldn’t be surprised if lawyers areparticularly outstanding in this respect.Perhaps it is because our profession in-cludes such a wide variety of practiceareas, which attract highly competitive

people with diverse educational back-

grounds and skill sets.

A number of Boulder County lawyers

truly fit the Renaissance profile. They are

not only great lawyers but they also have

passionate interests and talents outside

of the law and they have mastered skills

and achieved notable accomplishments

in furtherance of those interests and tal-

ents. In this article, I will highlight four

such individuals: Glenn Porzak who has

summited the highest peaks in each of

the seven continents; Judge Judith

Labuda who founded and continues to be

active in a nonprofit that supports chil-

dren in Thailand; Richard Lyons, who

travels the world to observe free and fair

elections on behalf of the Organization

for Security and Cooperation in Europe;

and Karl Kumli who is an avid student of

southwestern archaeology and has done

scholarly research in that field and also

hosts a Celtic music radio show. I asked

each of these lawyers to explain what

they find most satisfying about their ac-

complishments outside of the law and

whether those activities have made them

better lawyers or judges.

Glenn Porzak

Glenn is a partner at Porzak, Browning &

Bushong in Boulder where he has a very

successful practice in water law. Prior to

that, Porzak was a partner in Holme

Roberts & Owens in Denver (now Bryan

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Glenn on the summit of Mt. Everest, 1990.

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Cave). Glenn’s climbing history illus-trates why he is one of the most accom-plished high-altitude climbers in theworld. In pursuit of a life-long dream,Glenn made his first attempt on Mt.Everest in 1981. His team was turnedback due to 140 mph winds. Glenn re-turned to climb Everest in 1989 butwas again forced to turn back due tolife-threatening weather conditions.Finally, in 1990, Glenn led a 10-manexpedition with the ambitious goal ofclimbing both Everest and Lhotse, aneighboring 8500 meter peak, in thesame season. Glenn reached the sum-mit of Everest on May 10, 1990. Whenasked if it was worth the effort or therisk, Glenn said “Probably not for most.After all, climbing a big mountain issomewhat a useless endeavor. Never-theless, for those who long to reach theheights where clouds lie beneath theirfeet, experiencing every facet of amountain like Everest is worth the ef-fort, and perhaps even the risk.” (TheExplorers Journal, Summer, 1991, Vol.69, no. 2 at p. 45)

Between 1973 and 1992, Glennclimbed the highest peak on theworld’s seven continents: Australia,Europe, Asia, Antarctica, North Amer-ica, South America and Africa. Only asmall number of people have accom-plished that goal. Glenn has served aspresident of several national climbingorganizations. His climbing resume in-cludes many more accomplishmentsthan can be summarized in this article. Q. What do you find most satisfyingabout being a serious climber?A. It has been the ultimate remedyto the stress one experiences in thepractice of law. Given the life anddeath situations one experiences onserious climbs, and the difficulties peo-ple face in remote foreign lands thatyou often witness, it has put into per-spective some of the problems we faceas lawyers. Moreover, it has also cre-ated some of the most lasting friend-ships.

Q. Has being a climber made you a bet-ter lawyer and if so, how?

A. Definitely yes, particularly what Ilearned from being the leader on sevenmajor Himalayan expeditions. Duringthose expeditions and on many otherclimbs, I had to deal with different per-sonalities with different perspectivesand goals, and often had to negotiatewith foreign ministers, ambassadors,high ranking military officials, and localvillage leaders. I often quipped aftersome of these climbs in foreign lands,particularly in sensitive areas ofAfghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tibet,that I did more lawyering than climbing.The big difference, however, was if youmake a mistake in the practice of law,you might lose a case. If you make a mis-take on a climb, particularly a Himalayanexpedition, it might cost you your life ormore importantly, the life of a teammate.The best story relating to this question,however, is that as the expedition leaderon a 1977 expedition to Nepal, I had toargue and won a case before what is akinto the Nepal Supreme Court. It’s a longstory but suffice it to say, a technicallegal issue came up with some of theNepalese rules and regulations thatwere administered by the Foreign Min-istry that would have jeopardized ourentire expedition. We challenged theMinistry’s interpretation and it quicklywent before their Supreme Court and Iargued the case with help of an inter-preter. Happily we won and I may be theonly lawyer in the Colorado bar that is 1and 0 in the Nepalese Supreme Court!

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Judge Labuda with some of the childrenshe supports in Northern Thailand.

Judy Labuda is a district court judge inthe 20th Judicial District. Prior to herappointment to the bench, she was inprivate practice in Longmont where herpractice focused on family law issues. In2008, while trekking through NorthernThailand with her sister, Jane, and herniece, Claire, Judy discovered a smallchildren’s home. Judy was profoundlytouched by the limited educational,emotional and financial resources avail-able to so many of the children who livedthere. Based simply on the geographicalplace of their birth, these children oftenseemed destined to a life of hunger andhopelessness. The children captivatedher heart and she has returned to Thai-land many, many times, with family andfriends.

To accomplish her goal of helping thechildren she met, Judge Labudafounded a nonprofit organizationcalled Charities Within Reach (“CWR”).Judy was president of CWR but aftershe was appointed to the bench, shehad to step down but continues toserve on the Board. CWR provides fi-nancial support for children in an areacalled the Golden Triangle of Thailand.That area is located where the Bordersof Thailand, Laos and Burma meet andit is plagued with human traffickingand drug trafficking. When asked whyshe was involved in helping these chil-dren, Judy replied, “In my heart, I un-derstand and embrace what MargaretMead meant when she said, ‘Neverdoubt that a small group of committedpeople can change the world; indeed itis the only thing that ever has.’"

CWR supports the following schoolsand children’s homes:1. Lisu hilltribe kindergarten: This is ina very remote mountain region a fewmiles from the Burma Border. Lisuis a type of ethnic minority hilltribe.CWR supplements the teacher’s salary and provides school supplies.2. Promise Home: This is a small chil-dren’s home fully funded by CWR thatprovides kids who are either orphansor have a living parent who is unavail-able to provide for their care (prison,impoverished etc.), with a place to liveand the opportunity to attend school. There is a house father andmother, who are ethnic minorities,who provide love and care for the chil-dren and CWR pays their salaries.

3. Bethany Home: This is a children’shome with 45 kids and CWR has pro-vided about 20% of their monthlysupport. CWR also built a girl’s dormi-tory for the home.4. Judge Labuda and other Boardmembers often visit other hilltribes inThailand taking warm coats and mit-tens and hats, as they live in one roomhuts with no heat or insulation andthe temperatures may get below 40degrees in the winter months. 5. School: There is a school for hill-tribe children in Chiang Rai, whereabout 300 kids live in barn like dor-mitories without heat or air condition-ing. It is stifling in the summer andfreezing in winter. CWR has providedall the children there with mattressesand blankets.Q. What do you find most satisfyingabout supporting children in Thailandthrough CWR?A. I actually get to see the difference itmakes in the lives of specific children.I get to go back every nine months orso and see the same children whojump into my lap or take a walk withme down a dirt road while holding myhand and I know that we have addedso much to the quality of their live andtheir future.

Q. Has your work with CWR made you abetter judge and if so, how? A. My work has caused me to be a bet-ter judge as I think I am more compas-sionate of people in my courtroomwho feel overwhelmed by the systemand I see that people can overcome ad-versity in their lives. I see these kidsstruggling to survive, in a place where

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they do not understand the lan-guage, Hilltribe kids speak a Hill-tribe language as their firstlanguage so Thai is a second lan-guage and English a third language.I see how difficult it is for them toadjust to a school in a new language,how grateful they are to have foodto eat every day, how they thrive ina place where they are loved andcared for by adults who want themto succeed and it makes me realizethat we all need this in our lives. Itmakes me a better human becauseI realize how so many of our prob-lems are “first world problems” andhow different that is from livingeach day wondering how andwhere you will find food for the day.

RICHARD LYONSDick Lyons in Moldova as an elec-tion observer.

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Dick Lyons is an attorney with LyonsGaddis Kahn Hall Jeffers Dworak &Grant in Longmont. His law practicehas focused on the representation oflocal governments throughout thestate, ranging from fire districts toschool districts. In that capacity, hewas often required to train local offi-cials on how to conduct an election be-cause formerly each had differentstatutory election dates and the clerkand recorders didn’t have jurisdictionto run them (although for the past 10years, all can now coordinate electionsand contract with the county clerks toconduct them in November of eachyear—except for special districtswhich still conduct their local electionsin May of even numbered years).

Dick said that after practicing for about25 years, he was like most other attor-neys looking for some outside interestto avoid burnout and repetition. Helearned about our country’s member-ship in the Organization for Securityand Cooperation in Europe which is a57 member organization that takes amulti-faceted approach to achieve sta-bility and peace in Europe---includingeconomic, human rights, border in-tegrity, arms control, counter terror-ism as well as traditionalpolitico-military aspects. OSCE has es-tablished a set of election standards bywhich each member country’s elec-tions are judged to determine if theymeet such standards and if so then

they receive the imprint of “free andfair” which carries with it many inter-national implications.

Each member country of OSCE is ex-pected to contribute a certain numberof election observers for major na-tional elections (presidential or parlia-mentary). In 2000, Dick volunteeredhis services, took the required coursesand tests, was interviewed, and wasnot called up until nearly two yearslater. He observed the Serbian presi-dential election in 2002, and again in2003 (they didn’t get the required ma-jority even in a runoff in 2002), then inthe following years he has observed inTajikistan, Belarus (twice), Ukraine(twice), Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, and Re-public of Georgia for a total of 10 elec-tion missions. His latest was May 25when he was sent to eastern Ukraine,very close to the Russian border, forthe presidential election. Dick saidthat it was quite an experience. TheU.S. government arranges and pays fortransportation, and then pays the sameper diem rate as for any federal em-ployee traveling to that country. Heand other election observers are incountry for about a week: includingtraining/orientation in that country’scapital (including the use of the uniqueforms that are part objective and partsubjective to “grade” each polling placeor each regional tabulation center),then transported throughout the coun-try to meet the long term observerswho have been there for about 60-90days, then prepare in their assigned re-

gions, then participating on electionday, debriefing locally the next day,then transported back for debriefingnationally. Then, they have a big partyand we fly home. The total number ofobservers ranges from as small as 300to as many as 900, and some just uselong term observers instead of bring-ing in the short termers if the countryhas a history of good clean elections.And incidentally, Dick said they dosend a small contingent to the U.S. foreach national election. You can readthe final reports/grading of U.S. elec-tions on their website.

Q. What do you find most satisfyingabout being an international electionobserver?A. The most satisfying aspect is ob-serving the commitment of the peoplein these countries to achieve a free andfair election and watching democracyin action at the lowest level. AlthoughI have observed some elections thathave failed international standards dueto intentional voter fraud, I have alsobeen present at several which were notonly in accordance with standards butwere the first peaceful transitions ofgovernment in those countries’ respec-tive histories (peaceful transition ofpower is something that most longstanding democracies take forgranted). I am always amazed at thelong hours election volunteers in thesecountries devote to helping democracytake a foothold. All still use paper bal-

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lots which have to be counted at eachpolling place by hand with the resultstransferred to the regional offices latein the late night/morning sometimesin terrible weather conditions, withpeople standing in line for hours to gettheir precinct’s results certified. It’s in-teresting how all of these countries aremaking voting more open/easier for allvoters whereas they often ask me whythe US is making it more difficult forvoters to vote.

Q. Has your work with OSCE made youa better lawyer and if so, how?Yes, definitely. As an attorney, eachelection in each country becomes amini-seminar in comparative law, con-trasting their laws and governmentalstructures and organizations withours. I return each time with a betterunderstanding of ours--- having con-trasted “ours” with “theirs” becauseduring our training, we not only learnthe local election law, but also arebriefed on their press coverage, cam-paign rules, free speech issues, polling,current political issues, political par-ties, candidates, etc. There are sometrends worldwide (here included) thatare of concern and others that are in-spiring. In addition, it is interesting tomeet and discuss legal issues withother observers from all of the other57 member nations and to receivetheir input and perspective.

Karl KumliRock art at a site in New Mexico

Karl Kumli is an attorney who practiceswater law and energy law with Dietzeand Davis in Boulder. After movingfrom California to Colorado in the early1980s, he developed a strong passionfor southwestern archaeology and his-tory. Long before that, however, he be-came an avid Celtic music fan and hasmanaged to find ways to develop bothof these passions while still maintaininga successful law practice.

Karl’s father began listening to folkmusic when Karl was a young boy andhe became enchanted with it. In theearly 1970’s, a young priest at Karl’sparish, Father Simon, who was a bigKerryman from Killarney, introducedhim to the Chieftains, the Dubliners andthe Wolfe Tones. As a college student,he started to get more serious about hisinfatuation with Celtic music. He tooka year of Irish Gaelic and learned a bitof step dancing and set dancing to sup-plement his joy in singing the “auldsongs.” Once he turned 21, he beganfrequenting the bars and halls whereCeltic music was being played.

Beginning in 1975, Karl was hired as asummer replacement DJ for a small net-work of radio stations in WashingtonState. He did everything from pulling asix hour air shift, to commercial produc-tion, reading and reporting news andemptying the trash (as the last guy outof the station at night when the stationwent off the air at night). He playedsome country, some top 40 and most ofall, rock “n” roll. He loved it.

After Karl moved to Boulder in 1981, hecalled the local public radio station,KGNU, wondering whether they’d beplaying Celtic music on St. Patrick’s Day.They told him that they didn’t have any-one who was familiar with the genre soKarl offered to come in and do a show,using his own record collection. Thirtyyears later, Karl’s radio show on KGNU,Seolta Gael, is still on the air whichmakes him the longest running Celticmusic D.J. in the State of Colorado. Nowthere are five DJs producing Celticmusic at KGNU, with a network of Celtic

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DJs at perhaps a dozen stations acrossthe Rocky Mountains. Karl claims thathe is not responsible for that growth.He just happened to be there early onin the process, but the music still ex-cites him with its beauty, historicity,complexity, and fire. You can catchKarl’s show which airs the first andthird Wednesdays of the month, 7-8pm, on KGNU in Boulder and Denver(88.5FM and 1390AM).

Karl’s passion for archaeology actuallyhas its roots in water use, so in thatsense his vocation gave rise to his avo-cation. He became interested in dryfarming strategies used by AncestralPueblo people in the 1990s. A phonecall to an archaeologist in search of areport written about his excavation atan 800-year old reservoir was the fuse.By the time he became involved as aTrustee with Crow Canyon Archaeo-logical Center, in Cortez, Colorado, hewas completely hooked. In 2007 Karlreceived a grant from the State of NewMexico Historic Preservation Divisionto produce a comprehensive study ofthe Spanish land grant village of Cebol-leta. The effort consumed two yearsand took Karl on a historical journeyfrom Archaic Native American cultureto Puebloan and Navajo civilizationsand Spanish settlement. For a shorttime, the village was even a US Cavalryoutpost.

In the American Southwest, archaeol-ogy and history are both very evidentand intertwined. Karl’s Mom was areal history buff, so she’d be enthusedabout where his passion has takenhim. This month Karl became a boardmember at History Colorado (our statehistorical society). Since Coloradowater rights are valuable only whenused, all water lawyers become histo-rians to some extent, and he hopes thathis studies of history and archaeologymake him a better lawyer.

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A. I have especially enjoyed interactingwith the people I meet who live in theareas of the southwest that I visit in myfrequent trips to New Mexico, SouthernColorado, Arizona and Utah. It’s pretty much the same for my radioshow. I enjoy meeting and learningfrom the musicians. I am in awe oftheir talent.Q. Do you think your interests in Celticmusic and southwestern archaeologyhave made you a better lawyer and ifso, how? A. On the water side, certainly so. Ihave learned a great deal about farming

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corn and beans (if you are in the waterbusiness, you recognize that this is seri-ous stuff), microclimates, soil moisture,localized and traditional agriculturalpractices, water storage and conserva-tion strategies, dendrochronology, theSpanish acequia system of water rights,the history of Spanish water law andland use practices under different legalsystems. I believe working in radio mayhave helped me to be a better extempo-raneous speaker. Most of all, both ofthese outlets have helped break a bit ofstress out of my life. That’s always agood thing.

Karl and his son, Karl, exploring theIrish coast

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“If people are answerable to their realpeers, they are much more susceptibleto reform.” 1

-Dr. Ranginui Walker

On May 28, 2013, Governor Hicken-looper signed into law House Bill 13-1254, requiring the expanded use of acriminal diversion process known asRestorative Justice. This legislation es-tablished a Restorative Justice (“RJ”)pilot project in the 20th Judicial Dis-trict (Boulder County), the 12th Judi-cial District (Alamosa, Conejos,Mineral, Rio Grande, and SaguacheCounties), the 10th Judicial District(Pueblo County), and the 19th JudicialDistrict (Weld County). BoulderCounty was a likely candidate for thepilot project, in light of its several es-tablished and well-known RJ pro-grams, such as those of RestorativeSolutions, the City of Boulder, Long-mont Community Justice Partnership,the Boulder Sheriff ’s Department, theErie Police Department, and Neder-land’s Teens Inc.

What is Restorative Justice? It is acriminal diversion process, with his-torical roots as a social dispute resolu-tion mechanism that run deep in thiscountry and others. Indigenous peo-ples often are attributed with creatingand catalyzing the social dispute reso-lution mechanisms out of which RJgrew, such as the Navajo PeacemakingCourts in this country and the Maoripeacemaking processes and commu-nity courts in New Zealand, a nationthat has had RJ pilot projects in placeto expand RJ use for juvenile and adultoffenders for many years.2 As a dis-pute resolution process, RJ focuses onthe needs of the victims and the of-fenders, as well as the community. Of-fenders are encouraged to takeresponsibility for their actions and torepair the harm they have done totheir community, in direct or more in-

direct and creative ways. Typically, ina conference, offenders engage in aconfidential, honest dialogue with thevictim and his/her family and support-ers (or a surrogate victim if the victimchooses not to participate), selectmembers of the community, the of-fender’s family, and neutral facilitatorsto discuss the impacts and harms ofthe offense and ways the offender mayrepair those harms, instead of impos-ing standardized, impersonal punish-ments. The culmination of the RJconference involves the offenderagreeing to undertake certain actionsto repair the harms as decided collab-oratively with the participants in theconference. Proponents of RJ believeit results in reduced recidivism ratesand better offender reintegration into,and a sense of responsibility for, thecommunity. Ultimately, reducing re-cidivism and the number of offendersentering the criminal justice system inthe first place imposes less economicburden on the justice system and jailand prison systems and, most impor-tantly, lessens victim impacts.

As a criminal diversion process for ju-veniles, the Colorado RJ pilot projectreplaces traditional prosecution offirst-time juvenile offenders who arearrested or receive summonses or mu-nicipal court referrals for criminal con-duct with an RJ intervention. ThroughColorado’s RJ pilot project, the legisla-ture intends to facilitate and encouragethe diversion of juveniles from the ju-venile justice system to RJ practices; toprovide data to assess the efficacy of RJto reduce recidivism; to assist in re-pairing the harm caused to victims andthe community; to increase victim, of-fender, and community member satis-faction; to reduce costs; and topromote the RJ principles of reconcili-ation, responsibility, reintegration, re-spect, relationship-building, andrestitution (often referred to in RJ asthe “5 R’s”). 3

In the pilot program, if a juvenile hasnot been previously charged with acrime in juvenile court or has not par-ticipated in the pilot project and thatjuvenile could be charged with a mis-demeanor, the district attorney is re-quired to assess the juvenile’ssuitability for RJ programs, after con-sultation with the victim in any Vic-tims’ Rights Act crime. 4 In addition,the district attorney may refer juve-niles charged with a class 3, 4, 5, or 6felony if the juvenile has no prior juve-nile charges and no prior participationin the pilot project. 5 The statute ex-cludes from RJ eligibility crimes involv-ing sexual behavior, domestic violence,stalking, and violations of protectiveorders, and certain programs, like theBoulder County program, also excludecertain weapons offenses.

If the district attorney determines thatthe juvenile is suitable for RJ and thejuvenile agrees to participate athis/her own cost (a sliding-scale fee upto $125 based on ability to pay 6), thedistrict attorney will not file chargespending completion of the program,but if the juvenile fails to complete theprogram, the district attorney may re-instate the charges.7 As is the case withall aspects of the pilot program, thedistrict attorney has much discretionin implementing the program. In addi-tion, on a quarterly basis, the pilot pro-grams must submit data to the StateDivision of Criminal Justice, including,for example, basic information on theprogram, participant demographic in-formation, results of a uniform satis-faction survey for offenders andvictims, and information on victim in-volvement.8 The pilot programs deter-mine recidivism annually. With thisinformation, the State intends to as-sess the efficacy of RJ on reducing re-

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cidivism, enhancing participant sat-isfaction, and achieving other legisla-tive objectives.9

Peggy Jessel, Chief Deputy of theBoulder DA Office’s Juvenile Divisionwho is the director of the BoulderCounty pilot program, has beenworking diligently with her team tobuild the program since last year, at atime when the statute was in placebut no funding was yet available. TheBoulder County program has under-gone a tremendous ramping-up yearin establishing its RJ pilot program.Peggy Jessel explains, “We have al-ways sent juveniles to RJ as part ofthe deferred adjudication or the ad-judication process, but now it is be-coming a more major part of theculture.” For instance, now BoulderCounty law enforcement officerscomplete Juvenile Court Referralforms that allow the officers to rec-ommend for or against RJ for partic-ular offenders and to comment onthe degree of cooperation of juvenileoffenders.

Other recent efforts of the BoulderDA’s Office in launching its programinclude entering Memoranda of Un-derstanding with several other RJprograms in Boulder County and en-suring that the juvenile’s rights tohis/her own lawyer, including a pub-lic defender and how to be appointeda public defender, appear on all pa-perwork throughout the RJ process,such as the referral form and the ul-timate agreement by which the juve-nile undertakes agreed-upon actionsto repair the harm and completes theprocess. The paperwork provided tojuvenile offenders and their parentshas been translated into Spanish, in-forming illegal immigrants, for in-stance, of their ability tocommunicate in confidentialitythroughout the RJ process withoutfear of prosecution. The Boulder DA’soffice is adamant about not utilizingRJ as a place to send cases that areunviable for prosecution; cases inwhich RJ is utilized must be appropri-ate for filing charges and viable for

prosecution. The program even has de-veloped and utilizes different “levels” ofRJ; for instance, one such level is what theDA’s Office refers to as “RJ Plus,” which isappropriate for Low Risk High Need of-fenders who may have unaddressedtrauma, live in poverty, or other needs foradditional services, such as therapy, men-tal health services, or substance abusetreatment. “All of this has been developedin the past year, and we are still in devel-opment,” says Peggy Jessel.

Next on the agenda for the BoulderCounty pilot program will be additionaltraining for law enforcement officers, es-tablishing new positions with grantfunds, and helping the State’s RJ databaseget up and running by submitting theBoulder program’s data collected andmaintained over the past year. The legis-lature will be assessing whether the $125participation fee accurately compensatesthe program for the actual cost of partic-ipation. The pilot project currently is ap-proved for three years. Like othersupporters of RJ, Peggy Jessel hopes thatthe legislature will extend it for anothertwo years and hopes to see the program’sscope expanded to young adults, ages 18to 25, a group of young, maturing peoplewho also may benefit and grow more byparticipating in the RJ process and dia-logue, opposed to an impersonal fine orsentence devoid of personal communityinteraction.

Proponents of RJ assert that the person-alization of the crime and its impacts isthe best deterrent of future crime. AsPeggy Jessel explains, “the courtroomdoes not personalize the harm; engagingin the RJ process face-to-face with the vic-tim, the involved family, and communitymembers does personalize the harm.”Personalizing the harm enables the of-fender to understand and repair thatharm. And, frankly, personalizing theharm is uncomfortable, with the potentialto make a lasting impression on youngminds. The future is brighter for RJ inColorado and the young Coloradans whomay benefit and grow from it.

By: Andrea KehrlAndrea practices water and specialdistrict law at the Boulder firm ofMoses, Wittemyer, Harrison andWoodruff, P.C. and currently servesas a co-chair of the Boulder BarYoung Lawyers Division. Through-out law school, she volunteered to fa-cilitate RJ conferences for CU and theCity of Boulder, and she continues tovolunteer for the City on occasion.

FOOTNOTES1. Kayleen M. Hazlehurst, AUS-TRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOL-OGY, Community Participation inCriminal Justice Administration in NewZealand, Justice Programs for Aborigi-nal and Other Indigenous Communities:Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Fiji,and Papua New Guinea, AboriginalCriminal Justice Workshop No. 1 (1sted. 1985), 115.2. See e.g., Ranginui J. Walker, MaoriSovereignty, Colonial, and Post-Colo-nial Discourses, Indigenous Peoples’Rights in Australia, Canada, & NewZealand, 191 (1999). See also, NEWZEALAND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE,Restorative Justice Research, availableat http://www.justice.govt.nz/pol-icy/criminal-justice/restorative-jus-tice/restorative-justice-research.3 See, C.R.S. § 19-2-510.5.4. Id. at (3)(a).5. Id. at (3)(b).6. Note that participant fees go towardsupporting the RJ program, but the ac-tual cost incurred by the program oftenfar exceeds the fee.7. C.R.S. § 19-2-510.5(3)(a).8. Id. at 2(b).9. Id. at (2)(c).

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Have you ever wondered if you could afford to hireyourself if you needed a lawyer? For many of us, the an-swer to that question is either, “No, I couldn’t afford tohire me” or “Yes, but not for very long.” Now imaginethat you are living at the poverty level, have kidney dis-ease and are in desperate need of the Medicaid certifi-cations required for a life-saving kidney transplant. Ormaybe you are elderly, retired and living on a fixed in-come when your social security card is stolen and youcan’t get your retirement benefits because someone isfraudulently using your identity to obtain what is right-fully yours. These individuals definitely can’t affordyour help, but they are in dire need of your help.

Legal needs studies have consistently found that fewerthan 20 percent of low-income individuals get the civillegal assistance they need. These include many whoface serious and potentially life-threatening conse-quences if they don’t receive the help they need – vic-tims of domestic violence and their children, families atrisk of losing their homes, seniors in need of protectionor medical care, and veterans entitled to benefits. Ofthose Coloradans who actually make their way to Col-orado Legal Services (CLS) to ask for help, more thanhalf are turned away because of inadequate resources.That’s the bad news.

The good news is you can help! As lawyers, we knowfirst-hand the value and necessity of quality legal rep-resentation. We understand the serious repercussionsof leaving legal problems unresolved and see every dayhow good advocacy makes a difference in people’s lives.As lawyers we are in the business of providing mean-ingful access to justice. Making a contribution to theLegal Aid Foundation (which raises money for CLS) al-lows us to provide meaningful access, not just for ourclients, but for some of the least fortunate and most vul-nerable members of our society.

Our contributions help assure fairness in our civil jus-tice system, regardless of individual economic circum-stances. Our contributions provide access to justice andavenues out of poverty for those who, without legal aid,have nowhere else to turn. There are also ongoing ef-forts to encourage more pro bono work and to providemore assistance for the growing number of unrepre-sented litigants in state court. But these initiatives can-not replace–and indeed, they rely on–anadequately-funded, staffed legal aid program, with ex-pertise and experience in responding to the legal needsof low-income people.

Our support and leadership are critical to the success ofthe Legal Aid Foundation’s annual Campaign for Justice,and critical to the financial stability of CLS. CLS is the onlyagency in the state that provides free legal services in civilcases to indigent clients in every Colorado county. Withfew exceptions, CLS clients are living at or below 125% ofthe federal poverty guideline, which means an annual in-come ceiling of $14,588 for an individual and $29,813 fora family of four.

CLS operates like a legal emergency room. In conductingits triage, it gives priority to the poor and elderly in greatesteconomic and social need, focusing on legal issues thathave an impact on basic needs, including at least mini-mally-adequate income, food, shelter, utilities, necessarymedical care, and freedom from domestic violence andabuse. In 2013 alone, CLS directly served nearly 12,000low-income clients, and stretched its limited resourceswith technology, self-help materials and clinics, and state-of-the-art interactive legal forms to provide assistance tomany more.

CLS also plays a pivotal role in the development, coordina-tion, support, and most effective use of pro bono resourcesacross the state. In four of its 14 offices, including Denver,CLS houses the local pro bono program and provides forcoordinated intake. CLS currently has 48 lawyers on staffto serve over 900,000 income-eligible Coloradans. By com-parison, there are 420 public defenders in the state to servethe indigent in serious criminal matters. Because of inadequate resources, CLS turns away at leastone income-eligible person for every person it serves. To-gether we can change that. In the coming weeks you willbe receiving a letter from the Boulder County CampaignCommittee, soliciting your donations to the Legal Aid Foun-dation. Please don’t throw that letter out. Use it to make adonation or consider further maximizing your impact bymaking an online gift in connection with Colorado GivesDay at www.legalaidfoundation.org. Contributions may bemade on Tues., Dec. 9th or scheduled beforehand, and thevalue of those contributions will be increased by the $1Million FirstBank Incentive Fund.

You may also be receiving a call from someone on the Com-mittee reaching out to solicit your donations. Don’t sendthe call to voice mail, answer the phone and commit tochanging the lives of those in need!

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