Class Notes

Michael Fox '15 was promoted to partner at Kalamaya | Goscha. Fox, a personal injury attorney, joined the firm in 2017 and has tried more than 30 personal injury and criminal defense cases with a judge or jury.

Emily Thayer '15 joined McKinley Law Group, LLC in April 2022, handling criminal and domestic law matters for the firm's mostly immigrant and migrant clientele. She joined Colorado Law alumni Tiago Guevara '16, Sabrina Yip '19, and founding attorney Ian McKinley '13 to round out this mostly bilingual legal team. Thayer previously worked at the Colorado Public Defender's Office (Mesa County) and Colorado Legal Services (Grand Junction).

Erika Brotzman '16 joined the Harris Law Firm as Associate Attorney.

Mike Simpson '16 was named senior counsel at Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP. Simpson works out of the firm's Denver office where he handles complex civil litigation matters and assists its national insurance coverage practice.

Margaret Farrell ‘16 was named “Attorney of the Year” by the Denver Trial Office—the largest office in the state.

Ayshan Ibrahim '17 joined the Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Denver office. Ibrahim focuses her practice on public finance matters with an emphasis on tax-exempt bond financing and serves as counsel in various roles on an assortment of tax-exempt and taxable financing transactions throughout the state of Colorado.

Isuri Lawson '18 joined Collins Cole Flynn Winn Ulmer's special district, municipal, and local government practice.

Shannon O'Keefe '18 became an equity partner at Johnson Law Group.

Riley Cutner-Orrantia '18 joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP in San Diego. As a real estate associate, Cutner-Orrantia represents developers and investors in all phases of the commercial real estate cycle.

Andrew Neiman '19 joined the Denver office of Buchalter. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation and labor and employment.

Ryan Mahoney '19 joined Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as an associate. He focuses his practice on corporate transaction law, including mergers and acquisitions and securities law.

John Stenger '19 was appointed as Rio Grande County Court Judge on June 1, 2022.

Bobby Dishell '20 joined Cloudbreak Energy Partners, LLC as their General Counsel in November 2023. 

On January 12, Adrian Untermyer '20 was elected as a Trustee of the Historical Society of the New York Courts. Untermyer currently hosts the Society's podcast series entitled "Wrecking Ball," and looks forward to continue building on his contributions as a Trustee.

After working as an associate at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Nate Bartell '20 accepted a position with Lumen Technologies as associate general counsel. In this role, Bartell focuses on corporate transactions and other M&A-related matters.

On May 12, 2023, Adrian Untermyer ’20 moderated a panel discussion inside Manhattan’s monumental Appellate Division, First Department courthouse considering the past, present, and future of our nation’s judicial architecture against the backdrop of today’s rapid social and technological change. Panelists included the acting presiding justice of that court, Dianne T. Renwick, along with artist Shahzia Sikander, who was recently featured in the New York Times for adding the first-ever female figure to the courthouse’s landmarked exterior sculptural façade. The event was co-sponsored by the Historical Society of the New York Courts, and a recording will be made available on their website.

After a few years as a staff attorney in the trial division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Stone MacBeth '20 recently moved and started a new job as a staff attorney in the Criminal Practice Division at The Bronx Defenders.

Matthew Stewart '21 joined Wood, Smith, Henning and Berman as an associate in the firm's Denver in September 2023. Stewart handles complex civil litigation throughout the state of Colorado.