ABOUT
Commissioners
Meet the Commission
Voting Members
Susan Blanco
Chief Judge
8th Judicial District
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Kristin Bronson
Executive Director
Colorado Lawyers Committee
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Beth Crane
Attorney Shareholder
Crane & Tejada
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Jill Dorancy
District Court Judge
2nd Judicial District
Colo. Supreme Court
Chief Justice Appointee
Emeka Eze
Attorney-Advisor
U.S. Department of Energy
Colorado Senate President Appointee
Alexi Freeman
Assoc. Dean of DEI & Director of Social Justice Initiatives; Professor
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Dick Gast
Retired Attorney
Former Commission Chair
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Kimberly Gent
ATJC Chair
Attorney and Counselor at Law
The Law Offices of Kimberly Gent
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Wesley Hassler
ATJC Vice-Chair
Principal
Hassler Law Firm
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Brittany Kauffman
Chief Executive Officer
Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS)
Colorado Governor Appointee
Lino Lipinsky
Appellate Court Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Sarah Lipka
Advocacy Director, Southern Colorado
Colorado Legal Services
Colorado Legal Services Appointee
Timothy Macdonald
Legal Director
ACLU
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Melissa Meirink
Appellate Court Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Colorado Supreme Court Appointee
Jack Regenbogen
Deputy Director
Colorado Poverty Law Project
Colo. House of Representatives Speaker Appointee
Luke Ritchie
Of Counsel
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
Colorado Supreme Court Appointee
David W. Stark
Senior Counsel
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Colorado Supreme Court Appointee
Azra Taslimi
Attorney
Rathod Mohamedbhai
Colo. Bar Association Appointee
Brandy Toelupe
Principal
Toelupe Law Office LLC
Colorado Bar Association Appointee
Sam Walker
Executive in Residence
Colorado Attorney General’s Office
COLTAF Appointee
Ex-Officio & Emeritus Members
Jon Asher
Former Director (ret.)
Colorado Legal Services
Ex-Officio
Matthew Baca
Executive Director
Colorado Legal Services
Ex-Officio
Jordan Bates-Rogers
Executive Director
Legal Aid Foundation & COLTAF
Ex-Officio
Ex-Officio & Emeritus Members
Fred Baumann
Senior Litigation Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Emeritus
Adam Espinosa
District Court Judge
2nd Judicial District
Ex-Officio
Martha Fulford
Assistant Deputy Attorney General,
Consumer Credit and Civil Rights
Ex-Officio
Jackie Marro
Access to Justice Coordinator
State Court Administrator’s Office
Ex-Officio
Richard Murray
Shareholder, Polsinelli
Emeritus
Diana Poole
Former Executive Director (Ret.)
COLTAF/Legal Aid Foundation
Emeritus
Dan Taubman
Senior Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Emeritus
Penny Wagner
Former Self-Represented Litigant Program Coordinator, SCAO (Ret.)
Emeritus
John Zakhem
Partner
Jackson Kelly
Emeritus