Side Bar Virtual CLE: Attorney Discipline Cases Before the Presiding Disciplinary Judge

Please join us for the monthly Side Bar Virtual CLE. For our October presentation, Judge William Lucero, the Presiding Disciplinary Judge, will be presenting a CLE entitled Attorney Discipline Cases Before the Presiding Disciplinary Judge: An Independent Disciplinary Tribunal Ensuring Public Protection and Guaranteeing Due Process. Judge Lucero's presentation will provide an introduction to the Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge (PDJ), an overview of the disciplinary hearing system, and a discussion of other types of proceedings that come before the PDJ.  There will also be an opportunity for a brief Q&A session with Judge Lucero.

William R. Lucero received his J.D. in 1972 from the University of Denver.  He served in the Denver District Attorney’s Office from 1972 to 1990 and the United States Attorney’s Office from 1990 to 2001, where he supervised the Complex Prosecution Unit and the Appellate Unit. He then returned to the Denver District Attorney’s Office and served as Chief Trial Deputy until 2004, when the Colorado Supreme Court appointed him Presiding Disciplinary Judge. In 2002, Judge Lucero was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a past member of numerous committees handling professional responsibility matters, including the Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee, the Attorney Regulation Committee, and the Federal Committee on Conduct. He received the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association’s award for Outstanding Hispanic Lawyer of the Year in 1995 and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. He was also named a DU Law Star in 2019 and received the Robert H. McWilliams Professionalism Award from his alma mater.