
Meet the Commission
Voting Members

Susan Blanco
Chief Judge
13th Judicial District
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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

Adam Espinosa
District Court Judge
2nd Judicial District
Colo. Supreme Court Appointee
Dick Gast
Commission Chair
Colo. Access to Justice Commission
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

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


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

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


Lino Lipinsky
Appellate Court Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee
Brittany Kauffman
Senior Director
Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS)
Governor's Appointee

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

Timothy Macdonald
Partner
Arnold & Porter
Colo. Bar Assoc. Appointee

Sarah Mercer
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Colo. House Speaker's Appointee

Kristen Mix
U.S. Magistrate Judge
District of Colorado
Colo. Supreme Court Appointee

Richard Murray
Shareholder
Polsinelli
Colo. Senate President's Appointee

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

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

Reenie Terjak
Director of Advocacy
Colorado Legal Services
Colo. Legal Services

Penny Wagner
Self-Represented Litigant Program Coordinator
State Court Administrator's Office
Colo. Supreme Court Appointee

Sam Walker
Executive in Residence
Colorado Attorney General's Office
COLTAF
Ex-Officio & Emeritus Members

Jon Asher
Executive Director
Colorado Legal Services
Ex-Officio

Matthew Baca
Director
Community Engagement Division
Office of the Attorney General
Ex-Officio

Fred Baumann
Senior Litigation Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Emeritus
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Melissa Hart
Justice
Colorado Supreme Court
Ex-Officio

Tiffani Lennon
Executive Director
Colorado Center on Law & Policy
Ex-Officio

Emy López
Director of Local Bar Relations & Access to Justice
Colorado Bar Association
Ex-Officio

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

Dan Taubman
Senior Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
Emeritus

John Zakhem
Partner
Jackson Kelly
Emeritus
Executive Director

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.