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Bob Steiert is very active in the Denver Tech Rotary Club, which has raised more than $100,000 over the past five years for food and education programs, vaccinations, and clean water. Its annual auction fundraiser, For the Love of Children, was featured in the Your Hub sections of the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News in October.

LADR founder Katy Miller shares a laugh with her LADR partners Gary Clexton, Bob Steiert and Mike Miller at a surprise celebration thrown by staff in September. The party marked the 200th matter for Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution since the firm installed its new database several years ago. Founded in 1997, the LADR team has helped "many times 200" parties in dispute, Katy Miller said, and enjoys a mediation success rate of more than 90 percent. Currently, in addition to conducting mediations in class-action and individual cases, and performing a wide range of workplace fact-finding investigations, Katy also monitors class-action settlement agreements for two federal agencies. Photo by Sarah Peasley.

Mike Miller (right), with his wife Laura Cuetara, and Katy Miller (second from left) with husband Greg Eurich chatted with Jean Ritter, wife of Colorado governor Bill Ritter, at the Arapahoe County Bar Foundation dinner in August. Photo courtesy of the Arapahoe County Bar Association.

Benjamin Currier is the Arapahoe County Bar Association's 2007 recipient of the Tommy D. Drinkwine Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year. Currier received the award at the Bar Association's annual meeting in June in recognition of his commitment to the improvement of our community, as well as enthusiastic service to clients, the public and the Bar Association, according to David J. Stevens, present of the Arapahoe County Bar Association.

"Ben represents a long line of attorneys who have served the bar and made a mark as a young lawyer," said Stevens.

The Award was established in 1976. It was posthumously named after 1983 recipient Tommy Drinkwine after he died in an accident within years of receiving the honor.

Currier's practice focuses on criminal law, family law and commercial law.

Walter Kelly has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. The Counsel is a national association that brings together lawyers who have made outstanding contributions to the field of trust and estate law. Its purpose is to maintain a high quality of trust and estate legal services, and to contribute to the improvement of the areas of law in which trusts and estates lawyers practice. Fellows are elected by their peers and invited to join this prestigious organization of 2,500 lawyers.

Miller & Steiert Attorneys Volunteer at High School Mock Trial Competition

Attorneys Benjamin Currier (left) and Michael Miller compare notes during the Arapahoe Regional High School Mock Trial Competition at the Arapahoe County Justice Center February 9 and 10. Nearly 200 students from six schools participated in the challenging two-day competition. Ben and Mike were among nearly 85 volunteers – including 18 presiding judges – who make this event possible. Photos by Sarah Peasley

Mollie Hawes, the newest associate at Miller & Steiert, learns about Mock Trial scoring and our firm’s strong tradition of volunteer public service from Ben Currier. Mollie, a May 2006 graduate of the University Denver School of Law, interned at our firm during 2006 and joined as an associate in March 2007, after successfully passing the state Bar exam.

Michael Miller, left, Benjamin Currier and Mollie Hawes tally scores from a round of judging at the competition, then match up teams for the next round. The three top teams at the end of two days were from Regis Jesuit High School, Kent Denver and Aurora Central High School. Those teams went on to represent Arapahoe County at the state competition in March, and the winner there advanced to the national competition.

Mock trial presentations took place in courtrooms at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, giving students a taste of the nerves and excitement of arguing before a judge.