Pamela Robillard Mackey
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation. Currently best known for her defense of Kobe Bryant, she practices criminal defense and complex civil litigation as a shareholder at Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackey & Foreman, P.C., in Denver, Colorado. She regularly speaks and publishes in the area of criminal defense. She is formerly of the Colorado Public Defender's Office (1989-1994). She received her J.D. with highest honors from The George Washington University Law School in 1985 where she served as Executive Editor of The George Washington Law Review. Her undergraduate degree is in Journalism. She received her B.S. from The University of Colorado at Boulder in 1981 with highest honors. She is currently the chair of the Criminal Justice Act Standing committee having been appointed by Chief Judge Babcock, a member of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals criminal pattern jury instruction committee, a member of the DBA Conciliation Panel and Regional Co-Chair of the ABA Committee on White-collar crime. She is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and was selected by her peers in 2003 as the Best of the Bar in individual criminal defense. She is a past-president of the Colorado Women's Bar Association.
1994 - Present HADDON, MORGAN, MUELLER, JORDAN, MACKEY & FOREMAN, P.C.
Shareholder
Responsibility for state and federal criminal and complex civil litigation
1989-94 OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER
Deputy State Public Defender
Sole responsibility for hundreds of cases involving felony and misdemeanor charges
1987-89 HADDON, MORGAN & FOREMAN
Associate Attorney
1985-87 DAVIS, GRAHAM & STUBBS
Associate Attorney
1981-82 HADDON, MORGAN & FOREMAN Investigator
Investigated factual basis for civil and criminal cases
EDUCATION: The George Washington University Law School
- Juris Doctor with Honors, 1985
- Executive Editor of Law Review
University of Colorado, Boulder
- Bachelor of Science in Journalism with Honors, 1981
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Fellow of the American Bar Association, 2004
Fellow of the Colorado Bar Foundation, 2004
Awarded Best of Bar for Individual Criminal Defense
American College of Trial lawyers, Inducted Fall 2003
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for criminal defense and commercial litigation, 2001 to present
PUBLICATIONS: The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Domestic Relations Law, Criminal Offenses in Families, Chapter by Pamela Robillard Mackey, published by Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc, 2003
Homicide and Hearsay: The Relationship Between Statements and Lesser Offenses, by Pamela Robillard Mackey and Mark Johnson, Colorado Lawyer, June 1993
Mental-State Defenses and Expert Testimony, by Pamela Robillard Mackey and Mark Johnson, The Rap Sheet, Summer 1991
RICO: The Stakes in Fraud Actions, by Gale T. Miller and Pamela Robillard Mackey, Denver Business, July 1986
Understanding the Controversy Over the Legal Services Corporation , by Gerald Caplan, The New York Law School Review, 1983 (Research Assistant)
SPEECHES: Lessons Learned: Looking Back at the Kobe Bryant Case delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Spring Meeting of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York, NY May 2005
Creative Sentencing After Booker delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey for the CJA Standing Committee and Federal Public Defender, May 2005 Balancing Victim's Rights, Accused's Rights and the Public's Right to Know Panel discussion at the Colorado Women's Bar Association Annual Convention, May 2005
Women's Reactions to my Defense of Kobe Bryant delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Annual Meeting of the Ohio Women's Bar Association, April 2005
Lessons Learned: Looking Back at the Kobe Bryant Case delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Annual Convention of the Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, April 2005 Winning Trial Techniques delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the NACDL Winter Seminar, January 2005
Lessons in Defending a High Profile Case delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Joint Kansas City/Topeka/Lawrence Inns of Court Meeting, January 2005
Tips for the Defense of Sex Cases delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Annual Conference for the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, December 2004
Rules for Defending the High Profile Client, delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Annual Meeting of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, December 2004
Defending the High Profile Client, panel discussion at the annual Public Defender Services Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2004 The Erosion of Logical Relevancy: Application of Rape Shield Laws in Sexual Assault Cases, delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Yale Law School, November 2004
Have our Public Trials become Too Public? delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the University of Colorado School of Journalism, October 2004 Search Warrants and Subpoena Duces Tecum in the Information Age, delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Annual Colorado Public Defender's Conference, September 2003
Criminal Law for the Non-criminal Practitioner, delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Colorado Women's Bar Association Annual Convention, May 2002
Focusing on Business, Panel discussion concerning business development for women lawyers. Sponsored by the Colorado Women's Bar Association, November 2001
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Workshop, Panel Discussion and Workshop Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Act Standing Committee, Fall 2001 Ethical Responsibility of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Panel Discussion at Faculty of Federal Advocates Ethics & Experts in the Federal Criminal Case Seminar, December 1999
Faculty for National Institute of Trial Advocates, Denver, Colorado Program, Summer 1999
Departures from Federal Sentencing Guidelines, delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at 1999 NORML Aspen Legal Seminar Trial Techniques, delivered by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Winter 1999
De-Mystifying Complex Legal & Factual Information for the Jury, by Pamela Robillard Mackey at the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Annual Meeting, Summer 1997
Detecting and Avoiding Conflicts in a Criminal Practice, by Pamela Robillard Mackey delivered at the Annual CBA Legal Malpractice Seminar, January 1996 and January/February 1997
Client Control in Negotiation, panel discussion at Negotiation Skills for the Woman Lawyer seminar sponsored by The University of Denver, March 1996
Benefits the Defense can Derive from Motions and Hearings in Sexual Assault on a Child Cases, by Pamela Robillard Mackey, delivered at the Public Defenders' Training Session, October 1995
Skills for the Criminal Lawyer, panel discussion for the Colorado Women's Bar Association Annual Convention, May 1995
Establishing a Positive Relationship with Your Client, panel discussion at The Woman Advocate - Colorado Style/seminar sponsored by The University of Denver, March 1995
Ethics for the Criminal Defense Lawyer, by Pamela Robillard Mackey delivered at the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar's Tenth Annual Trial Practice Institute, March 1995
The Use, Misuse and Nonuse of Similars and Reverse Similars, by Pamela Robillard Mackey, delivered at Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Annual Conference, Summer 1992
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
2002 to present Member of the Tenth Circuit Ad Hoc Committee for Drafting of Pattern Jury Instructions
2000 to present Member of the Federal Criminal Justice Act Standing Committee; Chair of Committee effective February 2002
2000 to present Regional co-chair of the ABA Section on White Collar Crime
2000 to present Member of the Denver Bar Association Conciliation Panel
1999 -2001 DBA representative to the Colorado Bar Association's Board of Governors
1995-96 President, Colorado Women's Bar Association
- Developed and directed the Economic Disparity Task Force, a joint project of the CWBA, DBA and CBA formed to study the reasons for the economic disparity existing between men and women lawyers in the Denver area
1994-95 President-elect, Colorado Women's Bar Association
1992-93 Warren Village, a housing project with on-site social programs to help single-parent families attain self-sufficiency - Vice President, Board of Trustees - Chairman, Housing Committee
1987-91 Board of Directors, Colorado Women's Bar Association
1985 Report to the Governor of Colorado on Tort Reform, Blue Ribbon Committee appointed by Governor Lamm, (Research Assistant)
OTHER SERVICE:
1987-89 Editor, The Rap Sheet, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar publication