Elizabeth Starrs is one of the most experienced and respected civil trial lawyers in Colorado. She is the Past President of the Colorado Bar Association (2006-2007), providing leadership to more than 15,000 Colorado lawyers. She also is a Past President of the Denver Bar Association (2002-2003).

Ms. Starrs is the first Colorado woman to be inducted into the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and only the third Colorado woman to become a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. She has tried numerous medical malpractice cases, and she also has the distinction of having tried more legal malpractice cases than any other lawyer in Colorado. She was part of the team that successfully defended Colorado's first defective breast implant trial, and she has tried employment cases involving well known and high profile companies and individuals. She is an Advocate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and was President of the Colorado Chapter in 2007. Ms. Starrs's practice extends to the arbitration and mediation of all sorts of civil disputes, including business, contract, employment, shareholder fraud, and healthcare. Ms. Starrs has been a practicing attorney since 1980, and she is admitted to practice in both Colorado and Massachusetts.

In 2009, Ms. Starrs was honored to receive the Colorado Women's Bar Association's Mary Lathrop Award. Ms. Starrs was chosen as one of Colorado's "Super Lawyers" in the area of business litigation by the publishers of 5280 Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine in every year since its inception. She also always has been ranked as one of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in Colorado every year since 2007. She is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and listed in the Best Lawyers in America (2009).

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Areas of Experience

• Civil Jury and Bench Trials
• Business and Corporate Litigation
• Legal Malpractice
• Employment Litigation
• Medical Malpractice
• Alternate Dispute Resolution

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D.,1980
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, B.A., 1975

Mediation Training

• Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, "Mediating the Litigated Case," Pepperdine University, Irvine, CA 2007
• The Yarborough Group (n/k/a CDR Associates), "Mediation at Work," Boulder, CO 1999
• National Employment Law Institute, "Mediation of Workplace Disputes," Washington, DC 1998

Arbitration Training

• American Arbitration Association, "Arbitration Fundamentals and Best Practices," Minneapolis, MN 2007

Additional Information

• Upcoming Speaking Engagements
• Professional Activities and Honors
• Lectures and Seminars
• News Articles and Press Releases
• Articles and Publications
• Published Decisions
• Bar Admissions

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