Steve, a third-generation Colorado lawyer, limits his practice to all areas of family law including dissolution of marriage and civil unions, custody, nuptial agreements, co-habitation agreements, partition of real estate, adoption, and international cases under the Hague Convention.
Steve has been honored since 2006 as a Colorado Super Lawyer and has earned the peer-chosen designation as a Best Lawyer in America.
Steve is a frequent lecturer to lawyers and psychologists in areas ranging from business valuation to the proper role of mental health professionals to the constitutional rights of parents and children.
As well, Steve is a frequent author of legal articles including the Colorado Family Law Practice Guide on Nuptial Agreements (2006-2013), as well as, for example, “Economic Fault and Equitable Division in Divorce” and “The Death Knell of Fantasy Values.”
In addition to his legal advocacy work, speaking and writing, Steve is available for family law consultation and for appoints as an expert witness.
Steve is a graduate of the Denver Public Schools (Manual High, 1977), Amherst College, 1981, and the University Of Colorado School Of Law, 1985. He is married to Kari, a classical cellist, and has three children, Noah, Anya, and Daniel.
Listed, Colorado Super Lawyers, 2006-2009, 2012. Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee Executive Council, 2003-2006. Lecturer: "Qualified Medical Child Support Order," Colo. Bar Assn., CLE, June 1993; "Nuptial Agreements," CBA-CLE, July 1994; "Colorado Prenuptial Agreements," November 1995; "Equitable Distribution in Divorce Settlements in Colorado," NBI, May 1996; "Exotic Property: Celebrity Goodwill, Trusts Stock Options & Limited Partnerships," Lawyers Public Information Foundation, Oct. 1996; "Family Law Litigation in Colorado," June 1998; "Colorado Practice Guide for Matrimonial Lawyers-Nuptial Agreements," August 1998; "Colorado Family Law Practice for Paralegals," June 1999; "Parental Rights and Responsibilities and Time Sharing in Colorado," July, 1999; "Case Law Update," August 1999; "Legislative Update," August 1999; "Family Law Litigation in Colorado," CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Feb. 2001; "Third Parties, Grandparents and Allocation of Parental Responsibility," CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., May 2000; "Family Law Litigation in Colorado," CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Feb. 2002; "The Constitutionality of the 'Pilot Program'," Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee Conference, May 2003; "Colorado Case Law Update," Family Law Section Lunch Presentation, 2001-2005; "Case Law Update (children's issues)," Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee Conference, May 2004; "We Gather Here Today," Gays and Lesbians CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Sep. 2004; "Family Law Case Law Update," Arapahoe County Bench Bar CLE, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Oct. 2004; "The Outrageous Client/Patient/Litigant: A Hypothetical Case Study," Colorado Interdisciplinary Committee Conference, May 2005; "Family Law Institute: Family Law Update," CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Aug. 2005; "When, Not If: Surviving and Thriving in a Forensic Context," Colorado Psychological Association Fall Conference, Oct. 2005; "Family Law Update," Family Law Section, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Oct. 2005, Apr. 2006, Jan. 2007, Sept. 2008, Jan. 2012; "Family Law Update," Statewide Office of Dispute Resolution Conference, Apr. 2006; "Bench, Bar and Couch: How the Disciplines Relate," Family Law Institute, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Aug. 2006; "Business Valuations for Dummies," National CLE Conference, LEI-CBA, Business Valuations, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Jan. 2007; "Bench, Bar and Couch: Constitutional Complications," National CLE Conference, LEI-CBA, Family Law, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Jan. 2007; "Best and the Worst Trial Tactics," Family Law Section, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Feb. 2007; "How to Handle and Try a Domestic Relations Case," Family Law Section, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Feb. 2007; "Family Law Update," Lawyers Public Information Foundation, Oct. 2007; "Common Law Marriage," Family Law Section, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Feb. 2008; "Family Law Update," Adams, Broomfield and Boulder County Bar Associations, June 2008; "Courts and Expert Testimony," CFI Training Program, May 2010; "Constitutional Issues in Family Law," Family Law Institute, CBA, CLE in Colorado, Inc., Aug. 2010; "Constitutional Issues in Family Law," Adams, Broomfield and Boulder Bar Associations, Aug. 2010. Co-Author: "Parental Rights and Responsibilities of Grandparents and Third Parties," The Colorado Lawyer, May 2001; "Colorado Practice Guide for Matrimonial Lawyers-Nuptial Agreements," November 2003; "Six of the Greatest," The Colorado Lawyer, July 2008; "Business Valuations in Light of Thornhill," The Colorado Lawyer, August 2009; "The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Domestic Relations Law, Chapter on Marital Agreements," 2011; "Economic Fault and Equitable Division in Divorce," Law Week Colorado, July 23, 2012.
