THE ATTORNEYS: Megan M. Sherr

	Shareholder Gutterman Griffiths PC, from 2005 to present. Senior Associate 2003-2005. Email msherr@ggfamilylaw.com	Memberships Denver Bar Association. Colorado Bar Association. Douglas / Elbert Bar Association. Colorado Women's Bar Association. Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee. Colorado Judicial Institute . Honors and Distinctions The Best Lawyers in America 2009, the nation's most highly regarded listing of extraordinary lawyers. Colorado Bar Fellow. Editor, Denver University Law Review.
Education University of Denver, College of Law, J.D., 1999.

Biography

Prior to joining the firm, Megan served as a Deputy District Attorney for the City and County of Denver, Colorado for three and a half years. Megan was appointed by Bill Ritter to run a specialized juvenile federal grant program at the District Attorney's Office wherein she gained invaluable experience in family related legal matters. Accordingly, Megan has extensive court experience trying cases as well as researching and arguing pre-trial matters, including complex legal motions. In 2003, Megan joined Gutterman Griffiths PC as a senior associate. In May 2005, Megan became a shareholder. During her time at Gutterman Griffiths PC, Megan has litigated, mediated and settled all types of family law cases, including dissolution cases, paternity actions, post decree cases, contempt citations, high asset cases, high conflict matters, dependency and neglect cases. Megan has also trained as a family law mediator and arbitrator. In 2006, Megan began a lecture series in Colorado on various family law issues.

While in law school, Megan clerked for the Honorable Larry J. Naves Chief presiding Judge in Denver District Court. Megan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with an emphasis in Mediation and Conflict Resolution from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

 

Best Lawyers in America 2009 - Megan has been selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the nation's most highly regarded listing of extraordinary lawyers.

 

Selection to The Best Lawyers in America is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 2.5 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country.  The annual publication has been described in The American Lawyer as "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

 

Megan specializes in high conflict family law cases and is known as a superb and tough trial attorney.  She is also a trained mediator respected for her ability to bring both sides to the negotiating table and hammer out a deal even between bitter opponents.  It is no surprise that with these skills, coupled with her substantive family case law knowledge, Megan has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America.

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