KAY J. RICE

OCCUPATION Shareholder/Attorney
Cooper & Clough, P.C.
1512 Larimer Street, Suite 600
Denver, Colorado 80202-1621
Telephone: (303) 607-0077
EDUCATION

Stanford Law School, J.D., 1979
Portland State University, B.S. Psychology (Magna Cum Laude), 1976

EMPLOYMENT

Attorney and Shareholder, Cooper & Clough, P.C. December 1994 to present. Trial practice, including defense of medical and psychiatric malpractice and sexual misconduct claims.

Attorney, Cooper & Kelley, P.C. 1983 to 1994. Shareholder 1986-1994. Trial practice, including defense of medical and psychiatric malpractice and sexual misconduct claims.

Attorney, Arthur Schwartz, P.C., Denver, Colorado, 1981-1983. Constitutional and criminal defense litigation.

Attorney, Holme Roberts & Owen, Denver, Colorado, 1979-1981. Associate in litigation and tax divisions.

ADMISSIONS State Bar of Colorado
State Bar of Wyoming
United States District Courts for the District of Colorado and Wyoming
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
PUBLICATIONS “The Statutory Liability of Attorneys under RICO,” Insurance Counsel Journal, Volume LIII, No. 4, (October, 1986).
FACULTY
& LECTURES

Faculty: National Institute of Trial Attorneys Advocacy, 1990 through 1993. Rocky Mountain Regional Program.

Faculty 1995 CTLA Cafeteria Seminar Panel Presentation Regarding Ethics.

“Litigating the Birth Trauma Case in Colorado,” NBI presentation to attorneys and health care professionals

Fall 1998 Risk Management Seminar, The Doctors' Company/Denver Medical Society presentation to physicians of various specialties.

Various lectures to physician groups regarding medical malpractice issues.

ARBITRATION

Experience as an Arbitrator in mandatory arbitration.

ORGANIZATIONS

Member of American Board of Trial Advocates, November 1997 to present
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Colorado Women’s Bar Association
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Inns of Court-Thompson G Marsh Inn 1993-1995
Honored Member of Strathmore’s Who’s Who 2001-2002

Graduate: Trial Academy, International Association of Defense Counsel, 1984

PERSONAL Born October 25, 1954 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Three children. Recreation: biking, backpacking and cross-country skiing.
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE Member of the Advisory Committee Chinese Children Adoption International
Member of the Advisory Committee Earth Law
Hearing Board Officer, Grievance Committee 1993-1994