Class Notes

In June 2023, Kimberly Pryor '10 was awarded the prestigious Legends in Law Award as part of this year’s Burton Awards. Held in association with the Library of Congress, the Legends in the Law Award is given to general counsel who have an outstanding reputation in the legal profession and a demonstrated track record of addressing complex matters of national or global significance in a specialized area. Pryor serves as general counsel at JBS Foods USA, located in Greeley.

Per Larsen '10 was elevated to equity partner at Holland & Hart LLP. Larsen's practice focuses on patent counseling and domestic and foreign patent prosecution for the electronic and computer arts.

On Feb. 1, 2023, Taylor Bechel '11 joined the Boulder office of Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP as a non-equity partner in the Private Client Services Group. Her practice focuses on advising individuals and families on estate planning, probate, estate administration, and trust administration. Prior to joining Berg Hill, Bechel spent 10 years practicing high-net-worth trust and estate law at two AmLaw 100 national law firms.

Stacey Shea '11 was promoted to equity member of Otis & Bedingfield, LLC. Shea’s practice focuses on real estate and business transactions, including title review, purchase, and sale of real property and business-entity formation and acquisition.

Lindsay Murl '12 joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an attorney-adviser. Her work focuses on environmental law, and includes tribal and administrative issues. Prior to joining the EPA, Murl served as the lead regulator for Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons complex facility in Colorado.

Chester Fernández '12 will start a tenure-track assistant professor of law position at Quinnipiac University School of Law in fall 2023.

Kevin Giles '12 was elected partner at Holland & Hart LLP. A member of the firm's real estate team, Giles works out of the firm's Aspen office.

Mark Gibson '12 joined Holland & Hart LLP as of counsel in its commercial litigation practice. Gibson has a wide range of litigation experience including disputes involving renewable energy projects, insurance, real estate and development disputes, and civil rights complaints.

Kevin M. Brown '13, an associate in the San Diego office of Snell & Wilmer, has joined the Board of Palomar Health Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that supports the programs, services, projects, and growing needs of the healthcare district in San Diego. Brown's primary area of practice is employment law.

David Hsu '13 was promoted to counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend effective Jan. 1, 2023. Hsu works from the firm’s Denver office on the electronics and software team. He focuses his practice on patent preparation, prosecution, and related counseling with technical expertise in biotechnology, clean technology, and semiconductors.

Adam Gianola '13 was promoted to counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend effective Jan. 1, 2023. Gianola works from the firm’s Denver office on the electronics and software team, focusing on patent prosecution and counseling in materials, optics, software, and electronics.

Sam Cannon '13 was elected vice president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Cannon is a founding partner at Cannon Law.

Kelsey Shofner '13 joined the Dallas office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as a senior attorney in the corporate & securities practice group. Shofner assists business clients with corporate transactions, including entity formation and corporate governance, contract negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property protection.

Kevin M. Brown '13, an associate at Snell & Wilmer, was selected for inclusion in San Diego Metro’s 2022 Men of Accomplishment. This list recognizes men who have made significant contributions to the San Diego community.

Kelly Page '13 was elected shareholder at Recht Kornfeld PC. Her practice emphasizes complex cases with a focus on antitrust, white-collar defense, and other high-stakes criminal matters.

In October 2023, David Meschke '14, a shareholder in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP's Litigation Department, was appointed to the executive committee of the Colorado Lawyers Committee. Meschke, who has served on the board of directors of the CLC for four years, also co-chairs the committee's Education Task Force.

Michael LaVigne '14 joined the boutique probate firm Glatstein & O'Brien LLP in Denver. He specializes in probate litigation.

Amanda Hoberg '14 was elected partner at Woods | Aitken LLP. Working in the firm’s Denver office, she focuses her practice on construction law and commercial litigation.

Nathan Goergen '14 was promoted to partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. Goergen specialized in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in a variety of industries.

Leah Gould '14 was named assistant dean for public service at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she leads the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center. Gould has devoted her career to public service, first as an officer in the U.S. Navy before law school and then as a federal prosecutor and assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice following a clerkship after law school. Gould also co-founded The Brigid Alliance, an abortion access nonprofit that has raised millions of dollars and has helped thousands of people travel to receive abortion care.