Christine M. Hernández - Statewide Colorado Representation, CO

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 2005
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • American University, Washington, District of Columbia, 2001
    B.S.B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Eleanor Isaacs Law Award
    Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society
    Major: International Business
  • Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato , Mexico, 2003

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder, Director of Immigration Department

Past Positions

• Lau & Choi, P.C., Associate Attorney
• Colorado Legal Services, Legal Externship
• Denver Immigration Court, Clerk
• Supremo Tribunal de Justicia in Guanajuato, Mexico, Clerk

Languages

• English

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• “Diversity in Leadership” – CWBA – Leadership Summit – 2020
  
• “One Love: Diversity & Inclusion and Elimination of Bias in the Workplace” – AILA – Fall Conference, 2020
  
• “Developments in Immigration Law – COVID-19’s Impact in 2020 and Beyond” CHBA –2020
  
• “Growing Diversity on the Bench from the Bench” – Colorado Judicial Conference, 2020
  
• “How Diversity Can Help Grow Your Practice” - AILA Colorado Chapter, 2020
  
• “Diversity and Inclusion Within Your Firm: Impact on Profitability” – AILA – Annual Conference, 2020
  
• “Pereira Update and Best Practices in Immigration Court”, AILA Colorado Chapter, 2020
  
• “Rainmaking”, CAMP – 2020
  
• “Client Communication in Long Removal Cases”, AILA University, 2019
  
• “Can Visa Waiver Program Entrants File Adjustment of Status Applications”, AILA University, 2019
  
• Colorado Judicial Conference, “How to Champion a Multicultural Courtroom”, CHBA, 2019
  
• Congressional Briefing, “Current State of Immigration”, HNBA, 2018
  
• Law Day Larimer County Bar Association, “Immigration Under the Trump Administration”, CHBA, 2018
  
• Pueblo County Bar Association, “Immigration Under the Trump Administration”, CHBA, 2018
  
• “Conflicts of Interest”, AILA Colorado, 2018
  
• “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions”, Adams County, CO Public Defender’s Office, 2018
  
• “Introduction to SIJS – How You Can Get Involved, HNBA, 2017
  
• “HR & Legal Considerations Impacting International Talent Management”, HNBA, 2017
  
• “Immigration 101: Immigration Defense Under the New Administration”, HNBA, 2017
  
• “Beyond the Safety Pin: How to be an Active Ally, CHBA, 2016
  
• “Legal Developments in US Immigration Law", HNBA, 2015
  
• "Demonstrating Exceptional and Extremely Unusual Hardship", AILA Colorado, 2013
  
• "Best Practices - DACA", AILA Colorado, 2013
  
• “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions”, Aurora, CO Public Defender’s Office, 2012
  
• “Reject Me Not: New Practitioner’s & Paralegals Guide to the Immigration Court Manual”, AILA National Webinar, 2011
  
• Immigration Court Practice Manual, AILA Colorado, 2011
  
• “Deportation Defense: Representation Before the Immigration Court”, RMAIN, 2010
  
• “When Should I Consult an Immigration Attorney – for Criminal Defense Attorneys”, Rhone Brackett Inn of Courts, 2009

Pro Bono Activities

• AILA Access to Justice Campaign Mentor, 2017 - Present
• Legal Nights, 2008 - Present
• RMAIN, 2008 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• “Leading the Way to a Diversity-Focused CLE Requirement”, The Colorado Lawyer, vol. 49, no. 11 (December 2020), pp. 4-7;
  
• “Unaccompanied Alien Children: A Crisis in Our Immigration Courts”, The Colorado Lawyer, vol. 45, no. 10 (October 2016), pp. 35-42;
  
• Are Unaccompanied Alien Children Really Getting a Fair Trial? An Overview of Asylum Law and Children, Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, Vol 33 No.4 Fall, 2005
  
• Promoting Racial Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity within the Bar, The Colorado Lawyer, vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2021), pg. 11-12;
  
• Anti-Hate/Anti-Racism parenting: Teaching Your Children to be Anti-Racist Through Self Identity, CWBA Blog: The 1891, 2020
  
• Lawyer of the Year, Law Week Colorado, 2019
• In Their Defense, American Magazine, American University, 2019
• Colorado Hispanic Bar Association: Christine Hernandez Discusses Community in Colorado, Law Week Colorado, 2019
• Tales from the Trenches: Celebrating Diversity, CWBA Blog: The 1891, 2019
• Practicing Crimmigration is in the Details, Law Week Colorado, 2016

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 2005
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2008
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2008
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2012
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2019

Other Affiliations

• Alliance for Latinx Leadership & Policy, 2020-Present (Co-Chair Immigration Pod, 2020-Present)
• CBA/DBA President’s Diversity Council, 2019-2020
• Colorado Supreme Court Wellness Task Force, 2019-Present
• CBA/CJI Diversity on the Bench Initiative, 2019-Present (Co-Chair of the Judicial Nominating Commission Committee, 2020-Present)
• Colorado Lawyers Committee (Co-Chair of the Racial Justice Taskforce, 2020; CHBA Representative, 2019-Present; Member of the Probation Memo Taskforce, 2018-2019)
• Mentor, AILA’s Access to Justice Campaign, 2018
• Colorado Women’s Bar Association, 2016- Present (CAMP Mentor – 2019-present)
• Colorado Bar Association, 2016- Present
• Denver Bar Association, 2016-Present (Board of Trustees – 2020-2021)
• Hispanic National Bar Association, 2015 – Present (Chair, Immigration Section, 2015-Present)
• DU Latino Alumni Committee, 2015-Present
• Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, 2014 – Present (President - 2019)
• Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, 2010 – Present
• Mentor, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, 2010- present
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2005 – Present (Chair, Practice Management Committee, 2018-Present)
• Rhone-Brackett Chapter of the American Inns of Court, 2003 - 2012

Fraternities and Sororities

• Alpha Kappa Psi