Craig L. Truman - Denver, CO

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado, 1973
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 1971
    B.A.
    Major: History
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Sole Practitioner, since 1985

Past Positions

• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Chief Deputy State Public Defender (Littleton), 1983 - 1985
• Miller, Gray, Hale & Truman, Partner, 1982 - 1983
• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Chief Deputy State Public Defender (Denver), 1978 - 1982
• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Deputy State Public Defender - In Charge (Brighton), 1975 - 1978
• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Deputy State Public Defender (Boulder), 1973 - 1975
• University of Colorado School of Law, Legal Aid and Defender Program, Board of Directors and Senior Council, 1973
• Boulder County Court, Chief Deputy Probation Officer, 1972

Classes and Seminars

• Throughout his career, Mr. Truman has always been in high demand as a speaker and teacher, and the following list represents only a small percentage of the total of his speaking and teaching engagements.
  
• A View from the Dark Side - A Defense Lawyer's Perspective, Ralston House, 2015
  
• 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Vehicle Crimes Training Seminar, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 2014
  
• What Happens in the Courtroom at Sentencing, State Court Administrators New Judges' Orientation, 2014
  
• View from the Defense: Welcome to the Jungle, Jefferson County New Detectives' Training, 2014
  
• The Defense Perspective, Jefferson County Citizens' Academy, 2013
  
• Scaling the Mountains of Fraud, International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, 2013
  
• Advanced New Judge Orientation re: Sentencing Considerations, Office of the State Court Administrator, 2013
  
• Cross Examination, Denver District Attorney's Office, 2013
  
• Quarterly Training, Boulder Police Department, Colorado Homicide Investigators' Association, 2013
  
• 2012 Annual Training Conference, Colorado State Investigators' Association, 2012
  
• Prosecutor on Trial: The Rule of Law or Unfettered Discretion, Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2012
  
• Evidence for the Civil & Criminal Practitioner & Special Evidentiary Issues of Criminal Law, Colorado Bar & Denver Bar Association CLE, 2012
  
• Ethics & Professionalism, Colorado Bar & Denver Bar Association CLE, 2012
  
• Sentencing Considerations, Colorado State Judicial Department, New Judge Orientation and Training, 2011 - 2012
  
• Faculty, Criminal Defense Program, Western Trial Advocacy Institute, Laramie, WY, 1982 - 2010
  
• Preventing Legal Malpractice, Colorado Bar & Denver Bar Association CLE, 2010
  
• Voir Dire Done Right, Colorado State Judicial Conference, 2009
  
• Criminal Defense Clinic; Legal Ethics Symposium, University of Denver School of Law, 2003 - 2005
  
• Adjunct Professor, University of Denver College of Law, 1986 - 2006
  
• Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado School of Law, 1984 - 1985
  
• Major Case Course, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, 2016

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1974
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1974
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of Wyoming, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1985
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

Other Affiliations

• Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Founding Member)
• Colorado Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1985 - Present (Sustaining Member)
• Colorado Bar Foundation, 2000 - Present (Fellow)
• Minoru Yasui Inn of Court, 1996 - Present