Derek Samuelson - Fort Collins, CO

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1999
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of St. Ives (Top 10% of Graduating Class)
    Law Review: University of Denver Law Review

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1996
    B.A.
    Honors: Dean's List
    Major: Political Science
  • University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 1995

Current Employment Position(s)

• Private Practitioner

Past Positions

• Colorado State Public Defender, Trial Attorney, 1999 - 2009

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, The Role of Toxicology in Criminal Cases, Colorado State University, Dept. of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, April 30, 2019
  
• Lecturer, Title IX - Defending Sexual Misconduct Claims in Schools, Colleges & Universities, NITA (National Institute for Trial Advocacy), Boulder, CO, February 7, 2019
  
• Lecturer, The Role of Toxicology in Criminal Cases, Colorado State University, Dept. of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, May 3, 2018
  
• Instructor, Capital Jury Selection: The Colorado Method, Contra Costa County Public Defender, Martinez, California, March 29, 2018 - March 30, 2018
  
• Faculty, National College of Capital Voir Dire, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 18, 2017 - May 20, 2017
  
• Lecturer, Larimer County Bar Association Professionalism Committee’s Annual Ethics Seminar, Fort Collins, CO, April 19, 2017 - Present
  
• Faculty, Florida Public Defender Association, Capital Voir Dire Training: Theory and Intense Practice, Tampa, Florida, March 30, 2017 - April 1, 2017
  
• Faculty, National College of Capital Voir Dire, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 12, 2016 - May 24, 2016
  
• Faculty, National College of Capital Voir Dire, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 14, 2015 - May 16, 2015
  
• Panelist (with 8th Judicial District Attorney Cliff Reidel and Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith), ‘The Fourth Amendment’ sponsored by the Society for Constitutional Education, Loveland, CO, April 24, 2015 - Present
  
• Lecturer, Jury Selection in Media Cases, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Greeley, CO, August 21, 2014 - Present
  
• Faculty, National College of Capital Voir Dire, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 15, 2014 - May 17, 2014
  
• Lecturer (with David Lane), Capital Jury Selection, Cuyahoga County Public Defender’s Office, Cleveland, Ohio, April 7, 2014 - April 8, 2014
  
• Panelist (with Ben Autobee, Senator Rhonda Fields and Adams County District Attorney Dave Young), ‘Discussing the Death Penalty’ sponsored by the Colorado Independent, Denver, CO, February 27, 2014 - Present
  
• Lecturer, Jury Deselection that Works … and Doesn't Alienate Your Judge (with District Court Judge Thomas French), Larimer County Bar Association, Ft. Collins, June 5, 2013
  
• Faculty, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Capital Voir Dire Training, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 16, 2013 - May 17, 2013
  
• Faculty, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Capital Voir Dire Training, Myrtle Beach, CO, April 29, 2013
  
• Faculty, Arizona Public Defender Association, Colorado Method of Capital Voir Dire Training: Theory and Intensive Practice, Tempe, AZ, June 18, 2012 - June 20, 2012
  
• Faculty, Oklahoma Indigent Defense System - Federal Grant Training, Norman, Oklahoma , May 18, 2011 - May 19, 2011
  
• Faculty, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Capital Voir Dire Training, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 12, 2011 - May 13, 2011
  
• Faculty, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Life in the Balance, Annual National Conference, Orlando, FL, March 5, 2011 - May 8, 2011
  
• Faculty, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Colorado Method Training, Annual National Conference, Orlando, FL, March 5, 2011 - March 8, 2011
  
• Faculty, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Capital Voir Dire Training, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 14, 2010 - May 15, 2010
  
• Lecturer, Tying Trauma to the Colorado Method: Application of Theory to Practice, ADC Death Penalty Mitigation Program, Denver, CO, May 7, 2010
  
• Lecturer, Mitigation Themes: Applying them to the Colorado Method of Jury Selection, ADC Death Penalty Mitigation Program, Denver, CO, May 6, 2010
  
• Lecturer, Proper File Documentation (with Tamara Brady, Chief Trial Deputy, Colorado State Public Defender), Colorado State Public Defender Annual Conference, Broomfield, CO, September 14, 2009
  
• Faculty, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Capital Voir Dire Training, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 8, 2009 - May 9, 2009
  
• Panelist, The Colorado Court of Appeals "Courts in the Community" Workshop (with Judge Dave Furman, Colorado Court of Appeals), Poudre High School, Fort Collins, CO, January 30, 2009
  
• Lecturer, Cross-Examining the Snitch Witness, Colorado State Public Defender Annual Conference, Crested Butte, CO, September 22, 2008
  
• Lecturer, Overview of the Colorado Method of Capital Jury Selection (with Doug Wilson, Colorado State Public Defender), Colorado State Public Defender Annual Conference, Crested Butte, CO, September 22, 2008
  
• Faculty, Colorado Public Defender Boot Camp Training Program, Denver, CO, July 13, 2008 - July 15, 2008
  
• Faculty, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Capital Voir Dire Training, CU Law School, Boulder, CO, May 17, 2008 - May 18, 2008
  
• Panelist, Criminal Justice Panel Discussion hosted by Weld County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Committee (with Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Weld County District Court Judge Marcelo Kopkow), Greeley, CO, April 13, 2006
  
• The Mission of the Public Defender, Kiwanis Club, Greeley, CO, February 15, 2006
  
• Lecturer, The Role of the Prosecutor vs. the Role of Defense Counsel (with Chief Deputy Weld County District Attorney Zeke Knox), University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, October 27, 2005
  
• Lecturer, Sane Nurses and Debunking Medical Mythology in Sex Assault Cases (with Deputy State Public Defenders Jamie Roth and Sheryl Uhlmann), Public Defender Annual Conference, Breckenridge, CO, September 20, 2004
  
• Lecturer, Defending the DUI, Colorado State Public Defender Lecture Series, Denver, CO, June 4, 2004
  
• Lecturer, The Role of Defense Counsel, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, October 27, 2003

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1999
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2010
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2011

Other Affiliations

• Colorado Criminal Defense Bar (Member)
• Colorado Bar Association (Member)
• Larimer County Bar Association (Member)
• Criminal Justice Act Panel, Member
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Member