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Carrie Clein
received her
Bachelor of Arts
Degree from the
University of Denver
in 1981, and
graduated from the
University of Denver
College of Law in
1984. Carrie is
licensed to practice
law in the State of
Colorado and the
Tenth Circuit
Federal District
Court.
From 1984 to 1993,
Carrie was a Deputy
State Public
Defender in the
Colorado State
Public Defender's
Office, and
practiced in
Colorado's First
Judicial District
(Jefferson County;
1984), Twenty-first
Judicial District
(Mesa County;
1985-1986) and
Eighteenth Judicial
District (Arapahoe,
Douglas, Elbert and
Lincoln Counties;
1987-1993). As a
member of the public
defender's office,
Carrie handled all
types of criminal
and juvenile
proceedings on
misdemeanor and
felony cases,
including numerous
cases involving the
charge of
first-degree murder.
In 1990, Carrie was
asked by the State
Public Defender to
serve in his stead
as a member of a
committee dealing
with issues
involving the
Colorado Mental
Health Institute. In
1992, Carrie was
appointed by to be a
member to the Sex
Offender Management
Board, and, as such,
was one of the
Board's original
members. Carrie has
lectured on numerous
topics in both the
criminal and
juvenile law, and
her audiences have
included attorneys,
probation officers,
mental health
professionals,
social service
workers, childcare
workers and law
enforcement
officers.
Carrie has extensive
experience working
with children,
particularly those
children who are
considered "at-risk
youth". Carrie was
an intern with the
Denver Juvenile
Court Probation
Department in 1979,
and an intern in a
locked, violent
offender's cottage
at Lookout Mountain
School, a state
facility within the
Colorado Department
of Youth
Corrections, in
1981. Carrie
continued to work
with violent
juvenile offenders,
as a teacher,
throughout law
school. From
1991-2002, Carrie
helped develop and
teach the law class
at Arapahoe High
School. She has also
participated in the
Colorado High School
Mock Trial
competition, as both
a coordinator and a
team coach. Carrie
freely gives her
time to speak to
children about
various aspects of
criminal law, and
has lectured to many
different age
groups. These
experiences have
contributed to
Carrie's creative
perspective when
representing
children in all
types of legal
proceedings.
Carrie came to the
law firm of
Harrington, Brewster
and Clein, P.C., as
a partner, in 1993.
Domestic law,
collaborative law,
mediation,
dependency and
neglect and criminal
defense are her
primary areas of
practice. Carrie has
also represented the
interests of
children as a
Guardian ad Litem in
delinquency and
dependency and
neglect cases, and
as a Special
Advocate in divorce
cases. The Court has
appointed her to act
as Guardian ad Litem
for an adult when
the issue of
competency to
proceed has been
raised in a Court
action. Carrie has
been retained as an
expert witness on
numerous
post-conviction
criminal cases, and
has been qualified
as an expert witness
in Arapahoe and
Denver counties.
Carrie has served as
the head of the
Arapahoe County
chapter of the
Colorado Criminal
Defense Bar
Association in 1994
and 1995. She was
elected to the Board
of Directors and
acted as secretary
to the Colorado
Criminal Defense Bar
Association in 1995.
Carrie is currently
a member of the
Colorado
Collaborative Law
Professionals and
the Rocky Mountain
Collaborative Law
practice group as an
attorney, mediator,
a special advocate
and a criminal
defense attorney
familiar with issues
of domestic
violence. Carrie is
currently the acting
secretary of the
Rocky Mountain
Collaborative Law
practice group, and
has been elected to
the Board of
Directors of the
Colorado
Collaborative Law
Professionals for
the year 2008. She
is also a member of
the Arapahoe County
Bar Association and
the Colorado Bar
Association. Since
2010 she has been Adjunct Professor in Criminal Justice at Johnson and Wales Univeristy Teaching Criminal Law, Juvenile Law and Criminal Procedure.
Areas of Practice
- Mediation
- Domestic Law
- Collaborative
Law
- Dependency and
Neglect
- Criminal Defense
Litigation
Percentage
- 85% of Practice
Devoted to
Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
- U.S. Court of
Appeals 10th
Circuit
Education
- University of
Denver College
of Law, Denver,
Colorado, 1984
- University of
Denver, 1981
B.A.
Professional
Associations and
Memberships
- Sex Offender
Management
Board, 1992
Member
- Colorado
Criminal Defense
Bar Association,
Arapahoe County
Chapter, 1994 -
1995
Head
- Colorado
Criminal Defense
Bar Association,
1995
Secretary, Board
of Directors
- Colorado
Collaborative
Law
Professionals
Member
- Rocky Mountain
Collaborative
Law Practice
Group
Mediator/Special
Advocate/Criminal
Defense Attorney
- Rocky Mountain
Collaborative
Law Practice
Group
Secretary
- Colorado
Collaborative
Law
Professionals,
2008
Board of
Directors
- Arapahoe County
Bar Association
Member
- Colorado Bar
Association
Member
Past Employment
Positions
- Colorado State
Public
Defender's
Office, Deputy
State Public
Defender, 1984 -
1993
- Denver Juvenile
Court Probation
Department,
Intern, 1979
- Lookout Mountain
School, Colorado
Department of
Youth
Corrections,
Teacher, 1981
- Arapahoe High
School, Teacher,
1991 - 2002
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