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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 91 - OFFICE OF THE CHILD'S REPRESENTATIVE (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-91-107) › Section 13-91-102 - Legislative declaration

(1)
(a)
The general assembly hereby finds that the legal representation of and non-legal advocacy on behalf of children is a critical element in giving children a voice in the Colorado court system. The general assembly further finds that the representation of children is unique in that children often have no resources with which to retain the services of an attorney or advocate, they are unable to efficiently provide or communicate to such an attorney or advocate the information needed to effectively serve the best interests or desires of that child, and they lack the ability and understanding to effectively evaluate and, if necessary, complain about the quality of representation they receive. Accordingly, the general assembly finds that the representation of children necessitates significant expertise as well as a substantial investment in time and fiscal resources. The general assembly finds that, to date, the state has been sporadic, at best, in the provision of qualified services and financial resources to this disadvantaged and voiceless population.
(b)
Accordingly, the general assembly hereby determines and declares that it is in the best interests of the children of the state of Colorado, in order to reduce needless expenditures, establish enhanced funding resources, and improve the quality of representation and advocacy provided to children in the Colorado court system, that an office of the child's representative be established in the state judicial department.
(2)
It is the intent of the general assembly that an office of the child's representative shall be established pursuant to this article and operational over the course of a two-year period. It is further the intent of the general assembly that a board and a director of the office shall be appointed as specified in section
13-91-104
and that the operational structure of the office shall be established during fiscal year 2000-01. The costs associated with the establishment of the office, including the associated FTE, shall be paid for by a transfer from the state judicial, trial courts, mandated costs line item. In addition, it is the intent of the general assembly that, for fiscal year 2001-02 and fiscal years thereafter, an appropriation shall be made to the office of the child's representative in the state judicial department for the purpose of payment of all financial obligations previously covered by the judicial department, trial courts, mandated costs line item relating to the provision of those legal services to children that are addressed in this article.
L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1766, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 91 - OFFICE OF THE CHILD'S REPRESENTATIVE (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-91-107) › Section 13-91-103 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Definitions

As used in this article 91, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Child" means a person under eighteen years of age.
(2)
"Contract entity" means a nonprofit entity with which the state judicial department may contract for the coordination and support of CASA activities in the state of Colorado.
(2.5)
"Counsel for youth" means an attorney-at-law who provides specialized client-directed legal representation for a child or youth and who owes the same duties, including undivided loyalty, confidentiality, and competent representation, to the child or youth as is due an adult client. Counsel for youth may be appointed by the court to represent a child or youth in a proceeding pursuant to article 1, 3, or 7 of title 19, or may be assigned by the office of the child's representative pursuant to article
7
of title
19
. "Counsel for youth" does not mean defense counsel for a juvenile pursuant to article
2.5
of title
19
.
(3)
"Court-appointed special advocate" or "CASA volunteer" means a trained volunteer appointed by the court pursuant to the provisions of part 2 of article
1
of title
19
, C.R.S., section
14-10-116
, C.R.S., or title 15, C.R.S., in a judicial district to aid the court by providing independent and objective information, as directed by the court, regarding children involved in actions brought pursuant to section
14-10-116
, C.R.S., or title 15 or 19, C.R.S.
(4)
"Guardian ad litem" or "GAL" means a person appointed by a court to act in the best interests of a child involved in a proceeding under title
19
, C.R.S., or the "School Attendance Law of 1963", set forth in article
33
of title
22
, C.R.S., and who, if appointed to represent a child in a dependency or neglect proceeding pursuant to article
3
of title
19
, C.R.S., shall be an attorney-at-law licensed to practice in Colorado.
(5)
"Local CASA program" means a CASA program established pursuant to part 2 of article
1
of title
19
, C.R.S.
(6)
"Representative of a child" means an attorney appointed by a court pursuant to section
14-10-116
, C.R.S., to represent the best interests of a minor or dependent child.
(7)
"Youth" means an individual who is less than twenty-one years of age or such greater age of foster care eligibility as required by federal law.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 92, §2, eff. 1/9/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 340, §8, eff. 6/25/2021.
L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1767, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 753, § 1, effective March 25.
2022 Ch. 92, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 91 - OFFICE OF THE CHILD'S REPRESENTATIVE (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-91-107) › Section 13-91-103 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Definitions

As used in this article 91, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Child" means a person under eighteen years of age.
(2)
"Contract entity" means a nonprofit entity with which the state judicial department may contract for the coordination and support of CASA activities in the state of Colorado.
(2.5)
"Counsel for youth" means an attorney-at-law who provides specialized client-directed legal representation for a child or youth and who owes the same duties, including undivided loyalty, confidentiality, and competent representation, to the child or youth as is due an adult client. Counsel for youth may be appointed by the court to represent a child or youth in a proceeding pursuant to article 1, 3, or 7 of title 19, or may be assigned by the office of the child's representative pursuant to article
7
of title
19
. "Counsel for youth" does not mean defense counsel for a juvenile pursuant to article
2.5
of title
19
.
(3)
"Court-appointed special advocate" or "CASA volunteer" means a trained volunteer appointed by the court pursuant to the provisions of part 2 of article
1
of title
19
, section
14-10-116
, or title 15, in a judicial district to aid the court by providing independent and objective information, as directed by the court, regarding children and youth involved in actions brought pursuant to section
14-10-116
or title 15 or 19.
(4)
"Guardian ad litem" or "GAL" means a person appointed by a court to act in the best interests of a child involved in a proceeding under title
19
, C.R.S., or the "School Attendance Law of 1963", set forth in article
33
of title
22
, C.R.S., and who, if appointed to represent a child in a dependency or neglect proceeding pursuant to article
3
of title
19
, C.R.S., shall be an attorney-at-law licensed to practice in Colorado.
(5)
"Local CASA program" means a CASA program established pursuant to part 2 of article
1
of title
19
, C.R.S.
(6)
"Representative of a child" means an attorney appointed by a court pursuant to section
14-10-116
, C.R.S., to represent the best interests of a minor or dependent child.
(7)
"Youth" means an individual who is less than twenty-one years of age or such greater age of foster care eligibility as required by federal law.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 254,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 92, §2, eff. 1/9/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 340, §8, eff. 6/25/2021.
L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1767, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 753, § 1, effective March 25.
2024 Ch. 254, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2022 Ch. 92, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 91 - OFFICE OF THE CHILD'S REPRESENTATIVE (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-91-107) › Section 13-91-106 - Guardian ad litem fund - court-appointed special advocate (CASA)

(1)
There is created in the state treasury the guardian ad litem fund, referred to in this subsection (1) as the "fund". The fund consists of general fund money as may be appropriated by the general assembly and any money received pursuant to section
13-91-105(1)(a)(IX)
. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the state judicial department for allocation to the office of the child's representative for the purposes of funding the work of the office of the child's representative relating to the provision of guardian ad litem or counsel for youth services and for the provision of guardian ad litem or counsel for youth services in Colorado. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund must be credited to the fund. Any money not appropriated remains in the fund and must not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year.
(2)
Repealed.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 340,§ 10, eff. 6/25/2021.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 312,§ 3, eff. 5/28/2019.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 259,§ 33, eff. 8/5/2015.
L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1772, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 754, § 4, effective March 25. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-208), ch. 620, p. 620, § 11, effective April 20. L. 2015: (1) amended, (SB 15-264), ch. 950, p. 950, § 33, effective August 5. L. 2019: (2) amended, (HB 19-1282), ch. 2815, p. 2815, § 3, effective May 28.
(1) For the amendments in HB 19-1282 in effect from May 28, 2019, to July 31, 2019, see chapter 312, Session Laws of Colorado 2019. ( L. 2019, p. 2815.)
(2) Subsection (2)(c) provided for the repeal of subsection (2), effective July 31, 2019. (See L. 2019, p. 2815.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 91 - OFFICE OF THE CHILD'S REPRESENTATIVE (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-91-107) › Section 13-91-107 - [Repealed]

L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1773, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (SB 10-043), ch. 145, p. 492, §1, effective April 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 92 - OFFICE OF THE RESPONDENT PARENTS' COUNSEL (§§ 13-92-101 — 13-92-104) › Section 13-92-101 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a)
Respondent parents' counsel plays a critical role in helping achieve the best outcomes for children involved in dependency and neglect proceedings by providing effective legal representation for parents in dependency and neglect proceedings, protecting due process and statutory rights, presenting balanced information to judges, and promoting the preservation of family relationships when appropriate;
(b)
There is a need to establish additional and equitable funding to compensate respondent parents' counsel; and
(c)
A clear set of practice standards for respondent parents' counsel needs to be established and made available to all parties involved in dependency and neglect proceedings.
(2)
Therefore, the general assembly declares that it is in the best interests of the children and parents of the state of Colorado to have an independent office to oversee the respondent parents' counsel to improve the quality of legal representation for parents involved in dependency and neglect proceedings and who often do not have the financial means to afford legal representation.
(3)
It is the intent of the general assembly to establish a respondent parents' counsel governing commission by July 1, 2015, and the office of the respondent parents' counsel in the state judicial department, beginning January 1, 2016. It is the further intent of the general assembly that all existing and new state paid respondent parent counsel appointments be transferred on July 1, 2016, to the operational structure recommended in the final report to the office of the state court administrator by the respondent parents' counsel work group, due on or before September 30, 2014, and set forth in section
13-92-103(1)(b)
.
(4)
(a)
To implement the recommendations from the respondent parents' counsel work group, as referenced in subsection (3) of this section, the state judicial department shall include an appropriate fiscal request to the joint budget committee on or before November 1, 2014.
(b)
The costs associated with the establishment of the office, including any associated FTE, shall be paid for by a transfer from the state judicial department mandated costs line item. It is the further intent of the general assembly that, for fiscal year 2015-16 and fiscal years thereafter, an appropriation shall be made to the office of the respondent parents' counsel for the purpose of payment of all financial obligations previously covered by the state judicial department mandated costs line item relating to the provision of services provided by the respondent parents' counsel as set forth in this article.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 116,§ 1, eff. 4/24/2015.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (SB 14-203), ch. 281, p. 1139, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2015: (3) amended, (HB 15-1149), ch. 116, p. 350, § 1, effective April 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 92 - OFFICE OF THE RESPONDENT PARENTS' COUNSEL (§§ 13-92-101 — 13-92-104) › Section 13-92-102 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Child" means a person under eighteen years of age.
(1.5)
"Commission" means the respondent parents' counsel governing commission established in section
13-92-103
.
(2)
"Department" means the judicial department.
(2.5)
"Director" means the director of the office of the respondent parents' counsel.
(3)
"Office" means the office of the respondent parents' counsel established in section
13-92-103
.
(4)
"Parent" means a natural parent of a child, as may be established pursuant to article
4
of title
19
, C.R.S., a parent by adoption, or a legal guardian.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 116,§ 2, eff. 4/24/2015.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (SB 14-203), ch. 281, p. 1140, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2015: (1.5) and (2.5) added, (HB 15-1149), ch. 116, p. 350, § 2, effective April 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-101 - License to practice necessary

(1)
No person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney- or counselor-at-law or to commence, conduct, or defend any action, suit, or plaint in which he or she is not a party concerned in any court of record within this state, either by using or subscribing his or her own name or the name of any other person, without having previously obtained a license or other authorization to practice law pursuant to the supreme court's rules governing admission to the practice of law in Colorado.
(2)
Upon request of the supreme court or its office of attorney regulation counsel, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall conduct a state and national fingerprint-based criminal history record check, utilizing records of the Colorado bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. Upon completion of the criminal history record check, the bureau shall provide the results to the requesting agency.
(3)
Upon request of the supreme court or a representative of its office of attorney regulation counsel, the applicant shall also provide a name-based judicial record check, as defined in section
22-2-119.3(6)(d)
, if the applicant has a record of arrest without a disposition.
(4)
Local law enforcement agencies shall cooperate with any supreme court request for records related to criminal history.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 114,§18, eff. 4/21/2022.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 125,§17, eff. 4/18/2019.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-101 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§1, eff. 8/9/2017.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 146,§1, eff. 5/2/2014.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 698, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-101 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-102 - No discrimination - issuance of license

A person shall not deny an individual a license to practice on account of race, creed, color, religion, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, or ancestry.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 156,§ 19, eff. 9/7/2021.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-102 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-102 as it existed prior to 2017.
2021 Ch. 156, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1108, see section 1 of chapter 156, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-103 - License fee

The license fee for admission to practice law in this state shall be as prescribed by the supreme court under rules for admission to the bar.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-103 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 699, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-103 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-104 - Clerk of supreme court keeps roll of attorneys

It is the duty of the clerk of the supreme court to make and keep a roll or record of the persons who have been regularly licensed and admitted to practice as attorneys- and counselors-at-law within this state and who have taken the prescribed oath.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-107 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 699, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-107 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-105 - Supreme court may strike name

No person whose name is not subscribed to or written on the said roll, with the day and year when the same was subscribed thereto or written thereon, shall be admitted to practice as an attorney- or counselor-at-law within this state under the penalty mentioned in section
13-93-108
, anything in this article 93 to the contrary notwithstanding; and the justices of the supreme court in open court, at their discretion, shall have power to strike the name of any attorney- or counselor-at-law from the roll for malconduct in his or her office.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-108 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 699, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-108 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-106 - Persons forbidden to practice

No coroner, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or jailer, though qualified, shall be permitted to practice as an attorney in the county in which he or she is commissioned or appointed, nor shall any clerk of the supreme court or district court be permitted to practice as an attorney- or counselor-at-law in the court in which he or she is clerk.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-109 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 699, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-109 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-107 - Judge not to act as attorney

It is unlawful for judges of the district, county, and municipal courts to counsel or advise in or write any petition or answer or other pleadings in any proceeding, or to perform any service as attorney- or counselor-at-law, or to be interested in any profits or emoluments arising out of any practice in any of said courts, except costs in their own courts; except that county judges in counties of such classes as may be specified by the laws relating to county courts, if licensed attorneys, may practice in courts other than the county court and in matters that have not come before the county court; and further, municipal judges, if licensed attorneys, may practice in courts other than the municipal court and in matters that have not come before the municipal court.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-110 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 699, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-110 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-108 - Practicing law without license deemed contempt

Any person who, without having a license from the supreme court of this state so to do, advertises, represents, or holds himself or herself out in any manner as an attorney, attorney-at-law, or counselor-at-law or who appears in any court of record in this state to conduct a suit, action, proceeding, or cause for another person is guilty of contempt of the supreme court of this state and of the court in which said person appears and shall be punished therefor according to law. Nothing in this section shall prevent the special admission of counselors residing in other states, as provided in section
13-93-109
.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-112 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 699, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-112 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-109 - Special admission of counselors from other states

Whenever any counselor-at-law residing in any of the adjacent states or territories has business in any of the courts of this state, he or she may be admitted, on motion, for the purpose of transacting such business and none other.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-113 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 700, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-113 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-110 - Notice of charges - time to show cause

Every attorney, before his or her name is stricken off the roll, shall receive a written notice from the clerk of the supreme court stating distinctly the grounds of complaint or the charges exhibited against him or her, and after the notice he or she shall be heard in his or her defense and allowed reasonable time to collect and prepare testimony for his or her justification. Any attorney whose name, at any time, is stricken from the roll by order of the court shall be considered as though his or her name had never been written thereon until such time as the said justices, in open court, authorize him or her to sign or subscribe the same.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-114 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 700, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-114 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-111 - Solicitation of accident victims - waiting period - definition

(1)
Except as permitted by section
13-21-301(3)
or
10-3-1104(1)(h)
, no person shall engage in solicitation for professional employment or for any release or covenant not to sue concerning personal injury or wrongful death from an individual with whom the person has no family or prior professional relationship unless the incident for which employment is sought occurred more than thirty days prior to the solicitation.
(2)
No person shall accept a referral for professional employment concerning personal injury or wrongful death from any person who engaged in solicitation of an individual with whom the person had no family or prior professional relationship unless the incident for which employment is sought occurred more than thirty days prior to the solicitation.
(3)
As used in this section, "solicitation" means an initial contact initiated in person, through any form of written communication, or by telephone, telegraph, or facsimile, any of which is directed to a specific individual, unless requested by the individual, a member of the individual's family, or the authorized representative of the individual. "Solicitation" shall not include radio, television, newspaper, or yellow pages advertisements.
(4)
Any agreement made in violation of this section is voidable at the option of the individual suffering the personal injury or death or the individual's personal or other authorized representative.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-115.5 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 700, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-115.5 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-112 - Attorney not to be surety

No attorney- or counselor-at-law shall become surety in any bond or recognizance of any sheriff or coroner, in any bond or recognizance for the appearance of any person charged with any public offense, or upon any bond or recognizance authorized by any statute to be taken for the payment of any sum of money into court in default of the principal, without the consent of a judge of the district court first had approving said surety.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-117 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 700, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-117 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-113 - Judge not to have law partner

A judge shall not have a partner acting as attorney or counsel in any court in his or her judicial district, county, or precinct.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-118 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 701, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-118 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-114 - Attorney's lien - notice of claim filed

All attorneys- and counselors-at-law shall have a lien on any money, property, choses in action, or claims and demands in their hands, on any judgment they may have obtained or assisted in obtaining, in whole or in part, and on any and all claims and demands in suit for any fees or balance of fees due or to become due from any client. In the case of demands in suit and in the case of judgments obtained in whole or in part by any attorney, such attorney may file, with the clerk of the court wherein such cause is pending, notice of his or her claim as lienor, setting forth specifically the agreement of compensation between such attorney and his or her client, which notice, duly entered of record, shall be notice to all persons and to all parties, including the judgment creditor, to all persons in the case against whom a demand exists, and to all persons claiming by, through, or under any person having a demand in suit or having obtained a judgment that the attorney whose appearance is thus entered has a first lien on such demand in suit or on such judgment for the amount of his or her fees. Such notice of lien shall not be presented in any manner to the jury in the case in which the same is filed. Such lien may be enforced by the proper civil action.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-119 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 701, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-119 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-115) › Section 13-93-115 - Other property to which lien attaches

An attorney has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon any papers of his or her client that have come into his or her possession in the course of his or her professional employment and upon money due to his or her client in the hands of the adverse party in an action or proceeding in which the attorney was employed from the time of giving notice of the lien to that party.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-120 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 701, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-120 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 2 - LAW STUDENT PRACTICE (§§ 13-93-201 — 13-93-206) › Section 13-93-201 - Legal aid dispensaries - law students practice

Students of any law school that maintains a legal-aid dispensary where poor or legally underserved persons receive legal advice and services shall, when representing the dispensary and its clients, be authorized to advise clients on legal matters and appear in court or before any arbitration panel as if licensed to practice law.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-116 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 701, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-116 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 2 - LAW STUDENT PRACTICE (§§ 13-93-201 — 13-93-206) › Section 13-93-202 - Practice by law student intern

(1)
An eligible law student intern, as specified in section
13-93-203
, may appear and participate in any civil proceeding in any municipal, county, or district court or before any administrative agency in this state or in any county or municipal court criminal proceeding, except when the defendant has been charged with a felony, or in any juvenile proceeding in any municipal or county court or before any magistrate in any juvenile or other proceeding or any parole revocation under the following circumstances:
(a)
If the person on whose behalf he or she is appearing has indicated his or her consent to that appearance and the law student intern is under the supervision of a supervising lawyer, as specified in section
13-93-205
;
(b)
When representing the office of the state public defender and its clients, if the person on whose behalf he or she is appearing has indicated his or her consent to that appearance and the law student intern is under the supervision of the public defender or one of his or her deputies; and
(c)
On behalf of the state or any of its departments, agencies, or institutions, a county, a city, or a town, with the written approval and under the supervision of the attorney general, attorney for the state, county attorney, district attorney, city attorney, town attorney, or authorized legal services organization. A general approval for the law student intern to appear, executed by the appropriate supervising attorney pursuant to this subsection (1)(c), shall be filed with the clerk of the applicable court and brought to the attention of the judge thereof.
(2)
The consent or approval referred to in subsection (1) of this section, except a general approval, shall be made in the record of the case and shall be brought to the attention of the judge of the court or the presiding officer of the administrative tribunal.
(3)
In addition to the activities authorized in subsection (1) of this section, an eligible law student intern may engage in other activities under the general supervision of a supervising lawyer, including but not limited to the preparation of pleadings, briefs, and other legal documents that must be approved and signed by the supervising lawyer and assistance to indigent inmates of correctional institutions who have no attorney of record and who request such assistance in preparing applications and supporting documents for postconviction relief.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-116.1 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 701, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-116.1 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 2 - LAW STUDENT PRACTICE (§§ 13-93-201 — 13-93-206) › Section 13-93-203 - Eligibility requirements for law student intern practice

(1)
In order to be eligible to make an appearance and participate pursuant to section
13-93-202
, a law student must:
(a)
Be duly enrolled in or a graduate of any accredited law school;
(b)
Have completed a minimum of two years of legal studies;
(c)
Have the certification of the dean of such law school that he or she has no personal knowledge of or knows of nothing of record that indicates that the student is not of good moral character and, in addition, that the law student has completed the requirements specified in subsection (1)(b) of this section and is a student in good standing;
(d)
Be introduced to the court or administrative tribunal in which he or she is appearing as a law student intern by a lawyer authorized to practice law in this state;
(e)
Neither ask nor receive any compensation or remuneration of any kind for his or her services from the person on whose behalf he or she renders services; but such limitation shall not prevent the law student intern from receiving credit for participation in the program upon prior approval of the law school, nor shall it prevent the law school, the state, a county, a city, a town, or the office of the district attorney or the public defender from paying compensation to the law school intern, nor shall it prevent any agency from making such charges for its services as it may otherwise properly require; and
(f)
State that he or she has read, is familiar with, and will be governed in the conduct of his or her activities under section
13-93-202
by the code of professional responsibility adopted by the supreme court.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-116.2 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 702, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-116.2 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 2 - LAW STUDENT PRACTICE (§§ 13-93-201 — 13-93-206) › Section 13-93-204 - Certification of law student intern by law school dean - filing - effective period - withdrawal by dean or termination

(1)
The certification by the law school dean, pursuant to section
13-93-203(1)(c)
, required in order for a law student intern to appear and participate in proceedings:
(a)
Shall be filed with the clerk of the supreme court and, unless it is sooner withdrawn, shall remain in effect until the announcement of the results of the first bar examination following the student's graduation. For any student who passes said bar examination, the certification shall continue in effect until the date he or she is admitted to the bar.
(b)
May be withdrawn by the dean at any time by mailing a notice to that effect to the clerk of the supreme court, and such withdrawal may be without notice or hearing and without any showing of cause; and
(c)
May be terminated by the supreme court at any time without notice or hearing and without any showing of cause.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-116.3 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 703, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-116.3 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 2 - LAW STUDENT PRACTICE (§§ 13-93-201 — 13-93-206) › Section 13-93-205 - Qualifications of supervising lawyer

(1)
A supervising lawyer, under whose supervision an eligible law student intern appears and participates pursuant to section
13-93-202
, shall be authorized to practice law in this state and:
(a)
Shall be a lawyer in the public sector as provided in section
13-93-202(1)(b) and (1)(c)
;
(b)
Shall assume personal professional responsibility for the conduct of the law student intern; and
(c)
Shall assist the law student intern in his or her preparation to the extent the supervising lawyer considers it necessary.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-116.4 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 703, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-116.4 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 2 - LAW STUDENT PRACTICE (§§ 13-93-201 — 13-93-206) › Section 13-93-206 - Other rights not affected by provisions for practice by law student intern

Nothing contained in sections
13-93-201
to
13-93-205
shall affect the right of any person who is not admitted to practice law to do anything that he or she might lawfully do prior to the adoption of these sections.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-116.5 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 703, § 1, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 12-5-116.5 as it existed prior to 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-301 - [Effective 8/7/2024] License to practice necessary

(1)
An individual shall not practice as a legal paraprofessional without having previously obtained a license to perform certain types of legal services as a licensed legal paraprofessional pursuant to the supreme court's rules governing licensed legal paraprofessionals.
(2)
Upon request of the supreme court or a representative of its office of attorney regulation counsel, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall conduct a state and national fingerprint-based criminal history record check of an applicant, utilizing records of the Colorado bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. Upon completion of the criminal history record check, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall provide the results to the requesting agency.
(3)
Upon request of the supreme court or a representative of its office of attorney regulation counsel, an applicant shall provide a name-based judicial record check, as defined in section 22-2-119.3 (6)(d), if the applicant has a record of arrest without a disposition.
(4)
Local law enforcement agencies shall cooperate with any supreme court request for records related to an applicant's criminal history.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-302 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Scope of authority to practice

(1)
A licensed legal paraprofessional's scope of practice is limited to representing a client in:
(a)
A legal separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, or dissolution of marriage or civil union;
(b)
An initial allocation or modification of an allocation of parental responsibility matter, including parentage determinations;
(c)
A matter involving establishment or modification of child support or maintenance;
(d)
Seeking, modifying, or terminating a civil protection order pursuant to article 14 of this title 13;
(e)
A matter involving a name change pursuant to section 13-15-101; and
(f)
A matter involving a request for an amended birth certificate to change the sex designation of an adult pursuant to section 25-2-113.8.
(2)
A licensed legal paraprofessional shall not:
(a)
Engage in any tasks or activities that are prohibited by the Colorado supreme court pursuant to court rules;
(b)
Represent a client in matters governed by article 2.5, 3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.5, 5, 5.5, or 7 of title 19; or
(c)
Represent a client in an immigration matter pursuant to section 6-1-727 unless authorized pursuant to federal law to represent an individual in immigration matters.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-303 - [Effective 8/7/2024] No discrimination - issuance of license

An individual shall not deny another individual a license to practice law as a legal paraprofessional on account of race, creed, color, religion, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, or ancestry.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-304 - [Effective 8/7/2024] License fee

The license fee for a license to practice law as a legal paraprofessional in this state is set by the supreme court's rules governing licensed legal paraprofessionals.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-305 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Clerk of supreme court keeps roll of licensed legal paraprofessionals

The clerk of the supreme court shall make and keep a roll or record of individuals who are licensed to practice law as a licensed legal paraprofessional within this state and who have taken the prescribed oath.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-306 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Supreme court may strike name

An individual who is not listed in the roll created pursuant to section 13-93-305 shall not be admitted to practice as a licensed legal paraprofessional within this state and is subject to the penalty described in section 13-93-309. The justices of the supreme court in open court, at the justices' discretion, may strike the name of any licensed legal paraprofessional from the roll for malconduct in the legal paraprofessional's office.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).