Contact Lists

Jill Cohen
Director of Programs

Melissa Thompson
Executive Director

Ashlee Arcilla
Deputy Director

Janet Miks
Chief Financial Officer

Phone: 303-731-8750
Email: jcohen@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 303-731-8770
Email: mthompson@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 303- 731-8746
Email: aarcilla@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 303-731-8772
Email: jmiks@coloradoorpc.org

Christy Van Gaasbeek
Training Director

Amanda Schmitz
Case Strategy Director

Zaven (“Z”) Saroyan
Appellate Director

Melanie Jordan
Policy Director

• Training schedule, registration, and location
• Training requirements, access to training videos, and training ideas
• Evidence
• Concurrent criminal cases
• Approving co-counsel
• Trial strategy
• Trial skills and preparation
• Voir dire
• ADA/disability

• General case questions
• Children’s code
• UCCJEA
• Family time
• Relative/kin placement
• GAL/CFY issues
• Jury instructions
• Substance exposed newborns
• ADA/disability issues
• Constitutional issues
• Identifying and approving experts

• Requests for appellate consults/legal research and writing
• Expedited transcript and depositions
• Appellate cases/strategy
• UCCJEA
• ICWA
• Approving co-counsel
• Constitutional issues
• Ethics
• ADA/disability

• ICPC
• Legislative changes
• Family time
• Relative/kin placement
• GAL/CFY issues

Phone: 720-388-8616
Email: cvangaasbeek@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 720-790-1258
Email: aschmitz@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 719-421-6767
Email: zsaroyan@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 303-641-9054
Email: mjordan@coloradoorpc.org

Shawna Geiger
Director of Engagement

Kelli Nagel
Carrie Ann Lucas Civil Rights Director

Tracie Jones
Director of Advocacy and Outreach

Joe Stroh
Director of Parent Advocacy

• Trial strategy
• Evidence
• Ethics
• Voir dire
• Concurrent criminal cases
• Trial skills and preparation
• Approving co-counsel
• Constitutional issues

• ADA/ Disability litigationConcurrent criminal cases
• Civil rights
• Constitutional issues
• Trial skills and preparation
• Approving co-counsel
• Evidence
• Immigration
• Identifying experts
• Human trafficking
• Voir dire

• Social worker/family advocate questions, referrals and consults
• Preventive legal services program
• Concurrent criminal matters

• Parent advocate questions, referrals, and consults
• DHS/Volume VII questions

Phone: 303-731-8771
Email: sgeiger@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 720-790-1268
Email: knagel@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 303-335-0199
Email: tjones@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 208-360-4343
Email: jstroh@coloradoorpc.org

Jena Fleiner
Director of Administration

Lana Trujillo
Administrative Specialist

Annette Mitchell
Legal Projects Coordinator

Malia Reddick
Director of Research

• Help locating the right office contact
• Change your contact or billing information
• Questions about appointment lists and/or contracts
• Getting set up with Westlaw or Data Access
• Questions about finding substitution of counsel

• Getting set up with the adocacy center
• Listserv questions
• Family defender digest inquires
• Any inquires not listed elsewhere on this flyer

• Getting set up with the motions bank
• Appellate issues
• Legal research questions

• Data needs/ideas

Phone: 720-776-0430
Email: jfleiner@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 303-731-8750
Email: ltrujillo@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 303-731-8773
Email: amitchell@coloradoorpc.org

Phone: 720-689-8019
Email: mreddick@coloradoorpc.org