North Luncheon with Guest Speaker Jean Dubofsky

Jean E. Dubofsky is a sole practitioner in Boulder, Colorado, who represents litigants in state and federal courts -- primarily appellate courts -- in tort, workers’ compensation, commercial, criminal, civil rights and family law cases.  Dubofsky served as a justice on the Colorado Supreme Court from 1979 until 1987, the first woman appointed to the court.  She was lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the successful constitutional challenge to Amendment 2 to the Colorado Constitution; the case, Romer v. Evans, is the first time - 1996 - that the United States Supreme Court recognized gay rights.  Awards she has received include the ABA Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, 1994, and the ACLU Carle Whitehead Memorial Award for “exceptional commitment and dedication to civil liberties and the state of Colorado.”  She is listed in Best Lawyers in America.  Dubofsky is a 1967 graduate of Harvard Law School and a 1964 graduate of Stanford University.