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Meet the Commission

Voting Members

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 Susan Blanco
Chief Judge
8th Judicial District
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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Beth Crane
Attorney Shareholder
Crane & Tejada
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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Adam Espinosa
District Court Judge
2nd Judicial District
Colo. Supreme Court Appointee

 

Voting Members

Dick Gast
Former Commission Chair
Colo. Access to Justice Commission
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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Alexi Freeman
Assoc. Dean of DEI & Director of Social Justice Initiatives; Professor
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

 

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Kimberly Gent
Associate
The Harris Law Firm
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

 

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Wesley Hassler
Principal
Hassler Law Firm
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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Lino Lipinsky
Appellate Court Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

Brittany Kauffman
Chief Executive Officer
Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS)
Governor's Appointee

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Jason Lynch
COO & General Counsel
Foundry
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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Timothy Macdonald
Legal Director
ACLU
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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Richard Murray
Chair, Access to Justice Commission
Shareholder, Polsinelli
Colo. Senate President's Appointee

 

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Jack Regenbogen
Deputy Director
Colorado Center on Law and Povert
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Colo. House of Representatives Speaker Appointee

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David W. Stark
Senior Counsel
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Colo. Supreme Court Appointee

Timothy J. Schutz
Appellate Court Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Colo. Supreme Court Appointee

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Reenie Terjak
Vice-Chair, Access to Justice Comm'n
Director of Advocacy
Colorado Legal Services
Colo. Legal Services Appointee

 

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Sam Walker
Executive in Residence
Colorado Attorney General's Office
COLTAF Appointee

 

Brandy Toelupe
Principal
Toelupe Law Office LLC
Colorado Bar Association Appointee


 

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Jon Asher
Former Director (ret.)
Colorado Legal Services
Ex-Officio

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Matthew Baca
Executive Director
Colorado Legal Services
Ex-Officio

 

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Ex-Officio & Emeritus Members

Fred Baumann
Senior Litigation Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Emeritus

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Melissa Hart
Justice
Colorado Supreme Court
Ex-Officio

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Jackie Marro
Access to Justice Coordinator
State Court Administrator's Office
Ex-Officio

Diana Poole
Executive Director
Colo. Legal Aid Foundation & 
Colo. Lawyer's Trust Account Foundation (COLTAF) 
Ex-Officio

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Dan Taubman
Senior Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Emeritus

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John Zakhem
Partner
Jackson Kelly
Emeritus

Penny Wagner
Self-Represented Litigant Program Coordinator
Emeritus

Executive Director

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Elisa Overall, who also goes by “Emo,” has dedicated her career to issues of equity and justice. In March of 2021 she was selected as the first-ever Executive Director to the Colorado Access to Justice Commission.

 

Previously Ms. Overall worked as court-appointed counsel in criminal appeals. She also lived and worked in southwest Colorado, directing nonprofit and grant work to support the region’s immigrant communities.

 

Ms. Overall is a 2014 alum of the Latino Leadership Institute, and has served on the board of RISE Colorado since 2015.

 

She earned her B.A. from Stanford University and J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Elisa Overall (Emo)
elisa@coloradoaccesstojustice.org

 

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