Colorado Bar Association

1900 Grant Street, 9th Floor

Denver, Colorado 80203

http://www.cobar.org

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.

Steven M Almeida	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1675828279 - 1540669489 February 7, 2023 Cooperative Misconduct Employer: Colorado Attorney General Authority: Colorado Bar Association
Amy Ferrin	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1701797696 - 583939593 November 30, 2023 Attorney Misconduct, Cooperative Misconduct Employer: Arapahoe County District Attorney Authority: Colorado Bar Association
Zoe Laird	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1701797566 - 870459475 November 30, 2023 Attorney Misconduct, Cooperative Misconduct Employer: Arapahoe County District Attorney Authority: Colorado Bar Association
Linda Stanley	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1702418251 - 1296605772 May 15, 2021 Attorney Misconduct, Cooperative Misconduct, Extra Judicial 'Administrative' Sanctions, Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material, Judicial Proceedings, Obstruction of Justice, Overcharging Employer: Fremont County District Attorney Authority: Colorado Bar Association

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 (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

Prosecutors have ethical obligations and may be held individually accountable for their conduct within the legal system. Prosecutors contribute to just and honorable legal profession and a legal system that promotes fairness and accountability.

Violations of these rules can result in disciplinary actions which may include sanctions, suspension, or disbarment.

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Colorado Public (Open) Records Act

C.R.S. 24-72-201 et seq.

Until the Colorado Public (Open) Records Act was formalized in 1969, the ability of a citizen to gain access to public records was at the discretion of the custodian of the records. Public records include all writings that are made, maintained, kept or held by entities that are subject to the Colorado Public (Open) Records Act for use in the exercise of functions required or authorized by law or administrative rule or involving the receipt or expenditure of public funds. Keep in mind, this could mean that a record that is in the custody of an agency subject to the Colorado Public (Open) Records Act would not itself, be subject to the Colorado Public (Open) Records Act if it was not made, maintained or kept for a governmental function or for an official reason.

There are several clear exemptions in the Colorado Public (Open) Records Act. The first statute exempts correspondence that is work product and all correspondence with constituents that clearly implies by its nature or content that the constituent expects that it is confidential.

Any person can request records and they are not required to state a purpose nor is the custodian of the records allowed to ask said person to provide a reason. Criminal justice record cannot be used for solicitation of business for monetary gain, but that is the only restriction on obtaining public records. Colorado Law stipulates a three day deadline for a response.

We the People

We the People have a Right to Know according to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. As an expression of that Right to Know, we have coordinated valuable information from a number of resources into a single, public-facing, searchable database.