Attorneys
Karen M. Gerash Denver, Colorado
| Partner | |
| phone | (720) 496-4744 (866) 371-8218 |
| fax | (303) 832-4552 |
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Since 1989, Karen M. Gerash has been specializing in the area of appellate advocacy. Her experience includes serving the needs of indigent clients while working at the appellate division with the Colorado State Public Defenders Office. Her extensive appellate experience includes oral argument in both the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Colorado State Supreme Court.
Ms. Gerash worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Charles Pierce and the Honorable Edwin Ruland on the Colorado State Court of Appeals. As a partner of Gerash, Toray & Gerash, P.C, she is currently working on several appeals for the firm.
- Education:
- University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado
J.D. - Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA,
1984
B.A.
Major: Psychology
- Representative Cases:
- People v. Eppens, 979 P.2d (Colo. 1999)
- Nguyen v. People, 900 P.2d (Colo. 1995)
- People v. Frost, 5 P3d (Colo. App. 1999)
- People v. Downing, 895 P2.d (Colo. 1995)
- Zapotocky v. People, 869 P2d (Colo. 1994)
- Gorman v. People, 19 P3d (Colo. 2000)
- People v. Rivera, 2002 WL (Colo. App. 2002)
- People v. McCarty, 874 p2d (Colo. 1994)
- Past Employment Positions:
- Office of the Public Defender, Appellate Division, Deputy State Public Defender, Appellate Division, 1992 - 2001
- Colorado Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1992
