Rachel A. Bellis
Practice Areas: Criminal and Civil Appeals.
Admitted: 1983, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Law School: Antioch School of Law, J.D., 1982.
College: Duke University, B.A., cum laude, 1977.
Member: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations; Colorado Criminal Defense Bar (Member, Amicus Committee, 1989-1990); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biography: Co Author: "Annual Survey of Colorado Law, Criminal Law," 1984-1991. Law Clerk, Hon. Dale P. Tursi, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1982-1983. Deputy State Public Defender, Appellate Division, 1983-1989.
Reported Cases: In re the 2000-2001 District Grand Jury, 22 P.3d 922 (Colo. 2001); Springer v. City and County of Denver, 13 P.3d 794 (Colo. 2000); In re Special Grand Jury 89-2, 143 F.3d 565 (10th Cir. 1998); USA v. Rockwell International 124 F.3d 1194 (10th Cir. 1997), cert denied, 118 S. Ct. (1998); USA v. Rothhammer, 64, F.3d 554 (10th Cir. 1995); Lunsford v. Western States Life Ins., 908 P.2d 79 (Colo. 1995); J.P. v. District Court, 873 P.2d 745 (Colo. 1994); Houdek v. Mobil Oil Corp., 879 P.2d 417 (Colo. App. 1994); Valdez v. District Court, 720 P.2d 974 (Colo. 1986); Mumford v. Hughes, 852 P.2d 1289 (Colo. App. 1992); People v. Zurenko, 833 P2d 794 (Colo. App. 1991); People v. Auld, 815 P2d 956 (Colo. App. 1991), cert. denied, Colorado v. Auld, 112 S. Ct. 1163; People v. McGrath, 793 P2d 664 (Colo. App. 1989); People v. Raffaelli, 761 P2d 881 (Colo. App. 1985).
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1954.
ISLN: 909127594