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CDLA Committees & Board Member Liaisons

Executive Committee

  • Rosa Derieux, President, Bradley J. Schulz & Associates
  • Chris Unger, Vice President, American Family Insurance
  • Emily Swanson, Secretary/Treasurer, Lasater & Martin
  • Stephanie Montague, Immediate Past President, Hall & Evans

Amicus Committee

  • Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen
  • Marilyn Chappell, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
  • Andy Nathan, Nathan Dumm & Mayer
  • Lamar Jost, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
  • Brendan Loy, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
  • Jack Mann, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

CDLA Diversity Board Director

  • Trent Cromartie, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

CDLA Foundation Board Director

  • Karlee Janigian, Sutton Booker

DRI State Representative

  • Hillary Patterson, Patterson Ripplinger

Legislative Committee

  • Adam Royval, Chair, Messner Reeves
  • Scott Neckers, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.
  • Meredith McDonald, O'Hagan Meyer
  • Rosa Derieux, Bradley J. Schulz & Associates
  • Brian Kuhlmann, Shelter Insurance
  • Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen, LLC
  • Brandon Hull, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.

Professionalism & Education Committee

  • Chair: Jack hardwick, Johnson, Bakken & Smith
  • Matt Cecil, Sutton | Booker
  • Brian DeMocker, O'Hagan Meyer
  • Joe Espinosa, Law Office of Collin T. Welch
  • Jen Friedburg, American Family
  • Emilie Lorden, Wilson Elser
  • Melisa H. Panagakos, Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • Brendan Powers, Montgomery Amatuzio

Trial Academy Committee

  • Adam Goldstein, White and Steele
  • Brendan Rodman, Messner Reeves

CLEs & Events

Date/Time
Event Title and Registration Link
Presenter(s) and More Information
October 8, 2026
Sarah Andrzejczak and Michele On-ja Choe, Buchalter
October 23, 2026
Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th St, Suite 3200, Denver, CO 80202
October 27, 2026
A practical discussion on defending cases in the post-HCAA environment, including strategies to mitigate risk, anchoring, focus groups, AI, plaintiff tactics with witnesses, private equity, and lessons from carriers. Panelists will also address social inflation, nuclear verdicts, identifying high-risk cases, and when defense counsel and carriers should begin strategic discussions, followed by audience Q&A.
November 11, 2026
Bill Rodgers, Christina Gonsalves, Dietze Davis & Katie Pratt, Ruegsegger Simons & Stern
November 12, 2026
Nuclear. Thermonuclear. Runaway. Legal system abuse. Ashley Paige Fetyko, Michael Drews; Tyson Mendes
November 12, 2026
Sturm College of Law 2255 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80210
December 11, 2026
Holland & Hart 555 17th Street, Suite 3200, Denver, CO 80202
February 4, 2027
Michele On-ja Choe, and Sarah Andrzejczak, Buchalter

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