SHAREHOLDERS
- Sheila M. Gutterman
- Suzanne Griffiths
- Diana L. Powell
- Ann Gushurst
- Carolyn Witkus
- Alex White
OF COUNSEL
- Karen Steinhauser
ASSOCIATE
- Heather Broxterman
- Melanie Jordan
- James Garts
THE ATTORNEYS: Ann Gushurst
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Shareholder Gutterman Griffiths PC, from 2005 to present Ann@ggfamilylaw.com |
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| Education University of New Brunswick, LL.B., 1994 Honors and Distinctions Colorado Super Lawyer in field of Family Law: 2007, 2010, & 2011. Appeared, Dr. Phil Show. | ||
Biography
Ann Gushurst, LLB, has been a shareholder at Gutterman Griffiths PC since 2005. Ann has been practicing exclusively in Family Law for most of her law career. She is also trained mediator and collaborator. Ann believes strongly that divorcing families should do everything they can to minimize the emotional fallout from divorce, so that the experience doesn't cripple them or their children. This doesn't mean getting a bad deal - it means finding a good deal without a slash-and-burn technique. Either way you do it, you are going to get divorced. The question is: will you hate your spouse, your attorney and yourself at the end of it, or will you have come through the process with your integrity and your peace of mind intact?Some people think that the only way to get what is fair is to be as mean and aggressive as possible. That's what leads to divorces like "The War of the Roses". It's a prevalent - yet misguided - philosophy. It's expensive (emotionally and financially) and it doesn't produce better results - sometimes quite the opposite. You can be fair - even when your spouse doesn't want to be - and you can protect yourself financially and emotionally. That is what Ann strives for.
Ann Gushurst received an Honor's Bachelor of Science in Physiology from the University of Toronto in 1985. She received her law degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1995. She was in the top 10% of her class and was awarded the New Brunswick Faculty Law Prize for the graduating class of 1994.
Ann was admitted to the New Brunswick Bar in 1995 and the Colorado Bar in 1998. Since entering the legal field, she has practiced in the fields of civil and family law. After working and later becoming a partner at another Denver family law firm, Ann opened her own practice in 2004, and eventually joined Gutterman Griffiths PC as a shareholder in 2005.
Ann has been admitted to practice in Federal Court and has litigated complex cases under the Hague Convention for the Prevention of the Abduction of Children.
Ann has always been very involved in the legal community. Ann is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and is the current co-president of the Colorado Collaborative Law Professionals board of directors and sits on the IACP task force for collaborative law and ethics. Ann is committed to community service and serves as a Board Member of Maria Droste Counseling Services, a non-profit counseling service. Previously, she participated in the Kids and Court Committee of the Colorado Bar Association. She is also a member of the Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee, the Catholic Lawyer's Guild, and is a Colorado Bar Fellow. She was Chairperson of the "Women in Law" conference for New Brunswick in 1993 and 1994, and Co-Chaired the UNB Association of Women in Law for two years.
Authorships and Lectures
AFCC Presentation, Alienating Parents, Alienating Attorneys, June 2010
AFCC Presentation, Ethical Issues in Collaborative Law, June 2010
"Treat Your Divorce Like a Business", ColoradoBiz Magazine
"Low Conflict Divorce", ColoradoBiz Magazine
Collaborative Ethics Opinion
MDIC Presentation, Collaborative Law + Ethics, March 2007
Discovery Collaborative Law + Ethics for NBI, December 2005
Cobar Presentation, Collaborative Law + Ethics, September 2006
Cobar Presentation, Collaborative Law + Ethics, September 2007
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