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| Each year the Colorado GLBT Bar Association honors two individuals who have made significant
contributions to the GLBT community. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2007 AWARD WINNERS: Last year, the Colorado GLBT Bar Association honored MICHAEL BREWER, ESQ., as our Outstanding GLBT Attorney, and Rep. TOM PLANT as our Outstanding GLBT Ally for their efforts on Referendum I. Our keynote speaker was Shannon Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and one of the attorneys who argued the California marriage cases before the California Supreme Court. 2007 EVENT SPONSORS: Platinum Sponsor: Holme Roberts & Owen Gold Level Sponsors: Holland & Hart and Faegre & Benson Silver Level Sponsors: Browstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck, Davis Graham & Stubbs, and The National Gay & Lesbian Law Association Bronze Level Sponsors: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and the University of Colorado at Boulder Law School Organizational Sponsors: the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Sam Cary Bar Association, and the Colorado Women's Bar Association In 2006, the Colorado GLBT Bar Association honored ELIZABETH A. BRYANT, ESQ., as the Outstanding GLBT Attorney, and SEAN DUFFY as the Outstanding GLBT Ally for their contributions to the Colorado GLBT community.Our keynote speaker was Jean Dubofsky ( former Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and the attorney who argued Romer v. Evans in the United States Supreme Court ).
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In 2005, the Colorado GLBT Bar Association honored Outstanding GLBT attorney Milo ("Mike") Gonser of Gonser & Associates, for his pioneering efforts in establishing the GLBT Bar Association (originally known as the Colorado Lesbian and Gay Bar Association, or "CLGBA"). The Association also honored GLBT Ally State Senator Abel Tapia for his courageous remarks about his gay son during the floor debate on fellow State Senator Jennifer Veiga's bill seeking to add sexual orientation to the state's employment nondiscrimination statute. State Senator Veiga delivered the keynote address. To view the 2005 program from the GLBT Bar Association Awards Dinner, please click here. In 2004, the GLBT Bar Association honored Outstanding GLBT attorney Julie Tolleson for her longtime advocacy on GLBT issues. GLBT Ally attorney Gina Weitzenkorn was honored for representing a lesbian who was denied visitation rights with her daughter who was living with her former partner. In this case, Ms. Weitzenkorn won landmark visitation rights for GLBT individuals. See In re ELMC, 100 P.3d 546 (Colo. App. 2004). Professor Julie Nice, of the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law, delivered the inaugural keynote address.
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