A16 | DECEMBER 14-20, 2012 DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL on facebook: denverbusiness online: denverbusinessjournal.com on twitter: denbizjournal BOARDS: K.C. Groves, managing director of Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe PC, was named chairman of SCG Legal, a network of 150 independent law firms. Another Ire- land Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe attorney, Russell Kemp, was selected to University of Denver’s Law School Alumni Council. Jason Dunn of Brownstein Hyatt Far- ber Schreck LLP was elected to a second term as chairman of the Colorado Com- petitive Council, a statewide business advocacy organization. HIRING: Matthew Sullivan and Michael Toll joined Messner & Reeves LLC as as- sociates. Floy Jeffares and Tyrone Lufman joined Donelson Ciancio & Grant PC. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck hired associates Emily Renwick, Julie Krogh, Justin Cohen and Mark Stockwell. Donald Eby joined Robinson and Henry PC. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton hired associate Matthew Crookston and named Brian O’Donnell counsel. O’Donnell had been intellectual prop- erty counsel for the Kellogg Co. in Battle Creek, Mich. The Harris Law Firm hired Robert Pomper as a senior associate and Sylvia Brownfield as associate in its Denver office. Liberty Media Corp. named Rich Baer senior vice president and gen- eral counsel. Baer, who starts Jan. 1, succeeds Charles Tanabe, who’s retiring after 14 years. Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher LLP hired Chandler Kelley. Bryan Cave HRO added Jason Wer- ner as an associate and Eric Vinton as counsel. Snell & Wilmer LLP hired associates Jason Brinkley, Kasey McDaniel and H. Wiley Dornseif. Tyson Meek and Jessie Pellant joined Lathrop & Gage LLP as associates. Joelle Sires joined McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP as an as- sociate. Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP hired Ansley Covey as an as- sociate. Jena Akin joined Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio PC as an as- sociate. Dorsey & Whitney LLP added associ- ates David Mangum and Patrick Hall. Sweetbaum Sands Anderson hired Melissa Collins as an associate. HONORS: The Colorado Bar Associa- tion’s Young Lawyers Division named Loren Brown winner of its Gary L. McPherson Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year award. Brown is a shareholder with Donelson Ciancio & Grant. The Colorado Crimi- nal Justice Reform Coalition gave Pen- field Tate its inaugural Rupert-Tate Game Changer Award. Tate, a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig, was honored for his role in sponsoring legislation to reduce prison expansion when he was in the Colorado Legislature. LEGAL MATTERS: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP , based in Kansas City, Mo., is open- ing an office in Greenwood Village on Feb. 1. The office is at 5613 DTC Park- way, Suite 970. The firm’s local partners will be Ernie Panasci, Deborah Bayles, Zsolt Bessko, Perry Glantz and Kristin Godfrey. The Colorado Supreme Court and the Colorado Court of Appeals will move to their new home at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center this month. The courts will open at 8 a.m. Dec. 19. Any deadlines for filings in either court on Dec. 17 and 18 will be automatically extended until Dec. 19. The new address for the courts is 2 E. 14th Ave., Denver, 80203. The telephone number for the clerk’s office is 720-625-5150. James “Jim” Mulligan and his wife, Joan Burleson, both alumni of the Uni- versity of Denver law school, have given $2.25 million to endow the Mulligan Burleson Chair in Modern Learning at DU’s Sturm College of Law. Mulligan is a partner in the Denver office of Snell & Wilmer. PARTNERS: Davis Graham & Stubbs elected Elizabeth Karpinski Vonne and Trent Martinet as partners effective Jan. 1. The firm also hired as partner Michael Snider, formerly a partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP. Todd Seelman joined Lathrop & Gage as a partner. He was a partner in the Denver office of Ford & Harrison LLP. Polsinelli Shughart elected William Meyer to become a shareholder. Akerman Senterfitt named Shelley Mixon a shareholder. Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP named Andrew Unthank and Tamera Wester- berg partners. Charlene Krogh was promoted to part- ner at Dorsey & Whitney. Submit items online by filling out the form at bizjournals.com/denver/potm/form. B USINESS OF LAW K.C. Groves Floy Jeffares Robert Pomper Jena Akin Loren Brown Adams Adams Arapahoe Arapahoe Boulder Boulder Broomfield Broomfield Denver Denver Douglas Douglas Jefferson Jefferson 30 Miles Source: Esri ©2012 The Most Affluent ZIP Codes In the Denver, Colorado Area Greater than 8% (High) 4.1% to 8% (Above Average) 0 to 4% (Low) 2011 Percentage Households Earning $200,000+