Anne Whalen Gill - Castle Rock, CO

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • New York Law School, New York, New York, 1979
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Dickinson College, 1969
    B.S.
    Honors: National Merit Scholar
    Major: Geology
  • City University of New York
    Post-Graduate Study in Geology

Past Positions

• Colorado Court of Appeals, Staff Attorney, 1988 - 2000

Representative Cases

• Supreme Court of the State of Colorado
• People v. Zadra, 2017 CO 18, affirming 10CA1207
• In re Marriage of Gromicko, 387 P.3d 58 (Colo. 2017), 2017 CO 1
• Glustrom v. Colorado Public Utilities Com’n, 280 P.3d 662 (Colo. 2012)
• Regents of University of Colorado v. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, LLC, 271 P.3d 496 (Colo. 2012)
• Andersen v. Lindenbaum, 160 P.3d 237 (Colo. 2007)
• State v. Denver, 139 P.3d 635 (Colo. 2006)
• Smith v. Truman, 115 P.3d `179 (Colo. 2005)
• Spahmer v. Gullette, 113 P.3d 158 (Colo. 2005)
• In re Marriage of Ciesluk, 113 P.3d 135 (Colo. 2005), reversing 100 P.3d 527 (Colo. App. 2004)
• In re Estate of DeWitt, 60 P.3d 746 (Colo. 2002)
• Court of Appeals of the State of Colorado
• Calvert v. Mayberry, 2016 COA 60, certiorari granted
• In re Parental Responsibilities Concerning W.C., 2018 COA 63
• In re Marriage of Vanderborgh, 370 P.3d 661 (Colo. App. 2016), 2016 COA 27
• In re Parental Responsibilities Concerning B.C.B., 2015 COA 42
• In re Marriage of Webb and Christiansen, 284 P.3d 107 (Colo. App. 2011)
• In re Marriage of Connerton and Nevin, 260 P.3d 62 (Colo. App. 2010)
• In re M.G. C.-G., 228 P.3d 271 (Colo. App. 2010)
• In re Petition of J.A.V., 206 P.3d 467 (Colo. App. 2009)
• State ex rel. Suthers v. Cash Advance and Preferred Cash Loans, 205 P.3d 389 (Colo. App. 2008)
• Good v. Bear Canyon Ranch Ass’n, 160 P.3d 251 (Colo. App. 2007)
• People v. Versteeg, 165 P.3d 760 (Colo. App. 2006)
• Stauffer v. Stegman, 165 P.3d 713 (Colo. App. 2006)
• Clinger v. Hartshorn, 89 P.3d 462 (Colo. App. 2003)
• Equitex, Inc v. Unger, 60 P.3d 746 (Colo. App. 2002)
• People ex rel. E.S., 49 P.3d 1221 (Colo. App. 2002)
• People v. Rios, 43 P.3d 726 (Colo. App. 2002)
• People v. Duke, 36 P.3d 149 (Colo. App. 2001)
• Cases citing Colorado Appellate Law and Practice
• Scott v. Scott, 136 P.3d 892 (Colo. 2006), affirming Estate of Scott, 119 P.3d 511 (Colo. App. 2004)
• Romanoff v. State Com’n on Judicial Performance, 126 P.3d 182 (Colo. 2006)
• People ex rel. Salazar v. Davidson, 79 P.3d 1221 (Colo. 2003)
• Anstine v. Churchman, 74 P.3d 451 (Colo. App. 2003)
• Marriage of Buck, 60 P.3d 788 (Colo. App. 2002)

Published Works

Articles

• Colorado Appellate Law and Practice, Second edition, West’s Colorado Practice Series Volume 18
  
• Colorado Appellate Law and Practice, Plank and Gill (West’s Colorado Practice Series Volume 18, 1999 and annual supplements) (Third Edition August 2018)
  
• Post-Trial Motions, Robertson and Gill (Colorado Lawyer, Nov. 2003)
  
• The Unwritten Rules of Appellate Practice, Trial Talk (April 2003)
  
• Appealable Orders in Family Law, Rothenberg and Gill (Colorado Lawyer, Dec. 1997)
  
• Interpreting Colorado’s Governmental Immunity Act, (Colorado Lawyer, Nov. 1997)
• Motions Practice in the Court of Appeals, (Colorado Lawyer, Aug. 1994)
• Black’s Law Dictionary – Abridged Eighth Edition, Panel of Practicing Contributors
• Contributed to: Aids and the Law (Second Edition, 1992); Fitzgerald and Arena, Bankruptcy and Divorce: Support and Property Division (1992); Valiulis, Covenants Not to Compete: Forms, Tactics and the Law (1987-1992).
• Continuing Legal Education of Colorado: Colorado Appellate Practice
• State and Federal Appellate Practice 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Family Law Institute 2012, 204, 2015
• Appellate Case Study: Moreno v. Hall 2012
• Evaluating the Case for Appeal 2012
• Brief Writing 2003
• Oral Argument 2001
• Overview of Appellate Practice 1999, 1997
• Appellate Procedure 1998
• Family Law 1997
• Workers’ Compensation 1997
• Jurisdiction of the Appellate Courts 1996, 1995
• Motions Practice 1995
• Private Sponsors
• Overview of Appellate Practice 2003
• Jurisdiction of the Colorado Court of Appeals 1999
• Motions Practice in the Appellate Courts 1999
• Colorado’s Governmental Immunity Act 1996
• Computer Research (Judicial Conference) 1995
• In-house at the Colorado Court of Appeals
• Jurisdiction of the Colorado Court of Appeals, 1995-2000; Colorado’s Governmental Immunity Act 1996.

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1985
• New York, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1981
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2007

Other Affiliations

• Colorado Bar Association, Appellate Practice, 2000 - 2008 (Chairman, Vice Chairman)
• Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Appellate Rules, 1998 - Present
• Denver Bar Association
• Arapahoe Bar Association
• Douglas/Elbert Bar Association