Anne Whalen Gill

Anne Whalen Gill heads the Appellate Practice Group at Highlands Ranch Law Center. She is the author of the leading treatise on Colorado appeals, Colorado Appellate Law and Practice (Second Edition), in West's Colorado Practice Series.

Mrs. Gill acquired her extensive grasp of appellate practice during the years she was a staff attorney at the Colorado Court of Appeals. She has successfully handled appeals in a broad range of areas: land use, zoning, interpretation of deeds, easements, contracts and business disputes, family law, and probate.

Bar Admittance and Memberships:

• Colorado, 1985
• New York, 1980
• U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. 1981
• U.S. District Court, Colorado 2001
• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
• Colorado Bar Association
  • Litigation Section
    • Chairman/Vice Chairman of Appellate Practice Subcommittee 2000-2008
  • Family Law Section
    • Executive Council member, 2011- to date
• Denver Bar Association
• Douglas/Elbert Bar Association

Education Information:

• New York Law School, J.D., 1979
• C.U.N.Y., 1969-1971
  • Post-graduate study in geology
• Dickinson College, B.S. 1969
  • National Merit Scholar

Personal Information and Community Service:

Mrs. Gill has been active in her church, serving on the Board of Trustees, in addition to being a deacon and elder. She was the editor of Colorado Shooting, the magazine of the Colorado State Shooting Association for a number of years and remains active with that organization. She also volunteers with TAPS, an organization to support military families who have lost their military member, and the Association for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder.

She enjoys hiking, photography and classical music.

Author and Speaker:

Ms. Gill has written several articles on various aspects of appellate practice in addition to Colorado Appellate Law and Practice. She has been a speaker at numerous programs on appellate practice, sponsored by CLE in Colorado, Lohrman, and private organizations. Her publications include:

Books:

• Colorado Appellate Law and Practice, Anne Whalen Gill, 2007 (2nd Edition and annual supplements)
• Colorado Appellate Law and Practice, Plank and Gill (West's Colorado Practice Series 1999; annual supplements through 2006)
• Black's Law Dictionary - Abridged Eighth Edition, Panel of Practicing Contributors

Contributions:

• AIDS and the Law (Second Edition, 1992)
• Bankruptcy and Divorce: Support and Property Division (1992)
• Covenants Not to Compete: Forms, Tactics and the Law (1987-1992)

Articles:

• Post-Trial Motions, Robertson and Gill (Colorado Lawyer, Nov. 2003)
• The Unwritten Rules of Appellate Practice, Trial Talk (April 2003)
• Appealable Orders in Family Law, Rothenberg and Gill (Colorado Lawyer, Dec. 1997)
• Interpreting Colorado's Governmental Immunity Act, (Colorado Lawyer, Nov. 1997)
• Motions Practice in the Court of Appeals, (Colorado Lawyer, Aug. 1994)

Presentations & Speaking Engagements:
Continuing Legal Education of Colorado: Colorado Appellate Practice

• Appellate Law Update (2011)
• Appellate Hot Topics (2009)
• Family Law Institute (2007)
• State and Federal Appellate Practice (2005, 2006)
• Appellate Hot Topics (2004)
• Brief Writing (2003)
• Oral Argument (2001)
• Overview of Appellate Practice (1999, 1997)
• Appellate Procedure (1998)
• Family Law Institute (1997)
• Workers' Compensation (1997)
• Jurisdiction of the Appellate Courts (1996, 1995)
• Motions Practice (1995)
• Court Procedure (1995)

Private Sponsors:

• The Constitution and Child Relocation/Removal (2005, 2006, 2007)
• Overview of Appellate Practice (2003)
• Jurisdiction of the Colorado Court of Appeals (1999)
• Motions Practice in the Appellate Courts (1999)
• Colorado's Governmental Immunity Act (1996)
• Computer Research (Judicial Conference) (1995)

In-house at the Colorado Court of Appeals:

• Jurisdiction of the Colorado Court of Appeals (1995-2000)
• Colorado's Governmental Immunity Act (1996)