Admissions and Professional Associations

  • Admitted in Colorado
  • Admitted to U.S. District Court Colorado
  • Admitted to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Member, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
  • Fellow, American Bar and Colorado Bar Foundations

Education

  • J.D., Tulane University
  • B.S., University of Texas at Austin

Awards and Community Involvement

  • Inclusion in 2008 Corporate Counsel Black Book, Land Use and Zoning, Regulatory Compliance sections
  • Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Rating
  • Named “2009 Person to Watch” by The Denver Post
  • Named one of Metro Denver’s Top Business Newsmakers by the Denver Business Journal, Power Book 2008
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Responsibility Award recipient, 2008
  • Named one of the Colorado Statesman’s Fifty for the Future, 2007
  • 9News Leader of the Year award recipient, 2006
  • Named one of Denver’s top attorneys in the Denver Business Journal’s “Who’s Who in Business and Law” 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004
  • Board Member, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
  • Board Member, Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Board Member, Colorado UpLift
  • Member, 2% Club
  • Former Board Member, Denver Metro Chamber Foundation
  • Former Co-Chair, Colorado Competitive Council
  • Former Member, Colorado Concern

Publications and Speeches

  • Co-Author, Brownfields Can Be Gold Fields, Denver Business Journal (March 2006)
  • Panelist, The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock, University of Colorado Law School (March 2007)

Shepherd, P.C.
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