About 73% of active Colorado attorneys are members of the Colorado Bar Association. A voluntary membership organization, the Colorado Bar Association was founded in 1897 and strives to improve the quality of members' legal practice, to support and improve the justice system, and to support the community through pro bono, voluntary, and education endeavors. The association is governed by a 21-member Board of Governors that is elected on an annual basis and an Executive Director who is hired by the Board outright.
Colorado Bar Association
1900 Grant Street, 9th Floor
Denver, Colorado 80203
The Colorado Bar Association Brady List includes all known issues of police misconduct, do not call status, decertification, public complaints, use-of-force reports, and citizen reports. Colorado Bar Association is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, platform of record: The Brady List; or:
- Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
- US Freedom of Information Act 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1967);
- Colorado Public (Open) Records Act C.R.S. 24-72-201 et seq.;
- Open Government Act S .248 (2007);
- Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
- Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.
