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513 ABA Journal Colorado articles.

Dad in ‘Balloon Boy’ Hoax Gets 90 Days and Mom Gets 20 Days

The parents who falsely reported in October that their 6-year-old son was aloft above Colorado in an experimental helium balloon that accidentally launched have been sentenced to brief jail terms followed by four years of probation. During that four-year period, ruled Larimer County Judge Stephen Schapanski, neither can profit from…

Dec 23, 2009 6:52 PM CST

Immigrants Have Privacy Right in Tax Files, Colo. High Court Says

Prosecutors improperly searched tax records for evidence that undocumented immigrants had used others’ Social Security numbers, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled. The prosecutors served a search warrant last year on a tax preparer’s office in Greeley, Colo., looking through 5,000 files to charge more than 70 people with identity…

Dec 15, 2009 4:38 PM CST

Lawyer Finds Bronze Star During Law Firm Coat Drive

A Denver-area lawyer going through pockets of donated coats during his law firm’s coat drive had an unusual find: a Bronze Star. Lawyer Brett Buchheit told the Denver Post the medal was wrapped in a sandwich bag inside a black leather coat that looked like something you’d wear to a…

Dec 8, 2009 12:23 PM CST

Parents Take Plea in ‘Balloon Boy’ Hoax

The parents of a 6-year-old boy who was reported to be aloft in an experimental balloon last month but actually was hiding at home in an alleged hoax intended to promote a reality television program, have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges concerning the Oct. 15 incident. Richard Heene…

Nov 12, 2009 7:13 PM CST

$10K Reward Offered in Sheep Slaying

Three energy companies in Colorado have banded together to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a poacher responsible for killing of a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep last week near DeBeque. The poacher responsible for the senseless slaying of the quarter-horn ram didn’t even take the…

Nov 4, 2009 12:32 AM CST

DOJ Sues Attorney, Says Law Office Banned Service Dog, Violating ADA

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against a Colorado attorney for allegedly barring a woman from giving a deposition in his law office because she was accompanied by her service dog. The animal, an Australian shepherd, is trained to help the…

Nov 3, 2009 11:19 PM CST

3 Partners Depart Otten to Form New Denver Litigation Firm

Three partners and an associate are leaving Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti to form their own four-lawyer litigation boutique. It will focus on commercial litigation, eminent domain and construction law. Although sorry to see the group, which includes partners Darrell Waas, Patricia Campbell and Mikaela Rivera, depart, the Otten…

Oct 22, 2009 10:45 PM CDT

‘Balloon Boy’ Parents to Be Charged in Alleged Hoax Promoting Reality TV Show

The sheriff of Larimer County, Colo., says he plans to file felony and misdemeanor charges against the parents of a 6-year-old boy who made international headlines last week after he was incorrectly reported to be thousands of feet in the air in an experimental helium balloon built by his father…

Oct 19, 2009 5:13 PM CDT

Boy, 6, Reported Aloft, Alone in Balloon, Found Alive at Home

An accidental launch today of an experimental helium balloon reportedly sent a 6-year-old boy high into the air above Fort Collins, Colo., alone, as authorities—including the Colorado National Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Air Force—pulled out the stops as they scrambled to try to figure out a…

Oct 15, 2009 10:18 PM CDT

Bad Dog! ‘Vicious’ Pomeranian is Banned from Aspen, Colo.

After years of alleged bad behavior that allegedly includes a history of biting, a “vicious” dog has been banned from Aspen, Colo., by a municipal court judge. Gizmo, who is reportedly a Pomeranian, will be seized by animal control officers and euthanized if he returns to the resort town, Judge…

Sep 25, 2009 7:51 PM CDT

Addicted Surgical Technician May Have Infected at Least 23 Patients With Hepatitis

Addicted to a powerful painkiller, Kristen Diane Parker admittedly stole fentanyl from empty operating rooms at the Denver, Colo., hospital in which she worked. But by substituting syringes of saline solution for syringes of fentanyl, the 26-year-old surgical technician didn’t just put patients at risk of inadequately treated pain, according…

Aug 17, 2009 6:56 PM CDT

Army, Newspaper Examine Brigade’s High Crime Rate After Return from Iraq

A Colorado newspaper has investigated the crime rates of a U.S. Army unit once deployed to Iraq, finding that some members were responsible for a crime wave that triggered the launch of a military task force to examine the issue. The Washington Post reports that the Fort Carson, Colo., combat…

Jul 28, 2009 12:17 PM CDT

Colo. Governor Gave No-Bid Contract to Hogan & Hartson, His Ex-Firm

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter hired his former law firm, Hogan & Hartson, to analyze the federal stimulus bill and make sure the state gets its share of federal funds. Ritter hired Hogan & Hartson under a no-bid contract and has so far used $40,000 in federal funds to pay the…

Jul 14, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

Perkins Coie Says It Won’t Hire New Partner After All

Last Wednesday, Perkins Coie announced with some fanfare that politically connected Denver lawyer Willie Shepherd was leaving the firm he co-founded and chaired to become a partner in Perkins Coie’s Denver office. Never mind. Late on Friday, Perkins Coie issued a press release saying Shepherd won’t be joining the firm…

May 18, 2009 12:19 PM CDT

U of Denver Law Prof Dies Today After Bicycle Accident

An assistant professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law died today after a bicycle accident early yesterday. After initially saying in an e-mail to students that 32-year-old Erik Bluemel had been assaulted, law school officials later announced that police had determined he had a bicycle accident early…

May 6, 2009 10:15 PM CDT

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Dad in ‘Balloon Boy’ Hoax Gets 90 Days and Mom Gets 20 Days

Immigrants Have Privacy Right in Tax Files, Colo. High Court Says

Lawyer Finds Bronze Star During Law Firm Coat Drive

Parents Take Plea in ‘Balloon Boy’ Hoax

$10K Reward Offered in Sheep Slaying

DOJ Sues Attorney, Says Law Office Banned Service Dog, Violating ADA

3 Partners Depart Otten to Form New Denver Litigation Firm

‘Balloon Boy’ Parents to Be Charged in Alleged Hoax Promoting Reality TV Show

Boy, 6, Reported Aloft, Alone in Balloon, Found Alive at Home

Bad Dog! ‘Vicious’ Pomeranian is Banned from Aspen, Colo.

Addicted Surgical Technician May Have Infected at Least 23 Patients With Hepatitis

Army, Newspaper Examine Brigade’s High Crime Rate After Return from Iraq

Colo. Governor Gave No-Bid Contract to Hogan & Hartson, His Ex-Firm

Perkins Coie Says It Won’t Hire New Partner After All

U of Denver Law Prof Dies Today After Bicycle Accident

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