Experience
Miranda K. Hawkins has been practicing law since 1999. Miranda provides practical legal advice and counseling to families and individuals in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, probate, and estate and gift tax planning. Miranda advises a wide variety of clients, including individuals and families who want to plan for their children and families who need more sophisticated estate and gift tax planning advice.
Early in her career, Miranda practiced in the areas of fiduciary liability litigation, ERISA, and employee benefits. Miranda also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Timothy L. Fasing of the Arapahoe County District Court in 1999-2000.
Awards and Recognition
· Colorado Super Lawyers (2018 - 2021)
· Five Star Investment Professional Award (2020 - 2021)
· "AV" Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating
· Featured, Thinking Strategically in Crisis, The 1891-CWBA blog (October 2020)
· Interviewed, Colorado Women’s Bar Association President 2020 Miranda Hawkins on Leadership Law Talk Colorado (September 2020)
· Named among 2018 "Women Leaders" in the law by The American Lawyer Magazine
· Featured, Inside the CWBA: Meet Miranda Hawkins, Board Member Spotlight, The Advocate (Winter 2017-2018)
· Colorado Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2012-2014)
Professional Associations
· Colorado Women’s Bar Association
o Board of Directors, Immediate Past President, Executive Committee (2021-2022)
o Board of Directors, President, Executive Committee (2020-2021)
o Board of Directors, President-Elect, Executive Committee (2019-2020)
o Board of Directors, Historian, Executive Committee (2018-2019)
o Board of Directors, Co-Chair Pro Tem Convention Committee (2018)
o Board of Directors, At-Large Representative (2009-2010, 2016-2018)
o Professional Advancement Committee, Member (2015-2016)
o Convention Committee, Member (2008-2009)
· Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation, Board of Directors (2019-2020)
· Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2017-present)
· American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section), Member
· Rocky Mountain Estate Planning Council, Member
· Women’s Estate Planning Council, Member
· Colorado Bar Association (Tax and Trust and Estate Sections), Member
· Denver Bar Association, Member
Community Involvement
· Denver Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association, Board of Directors (2017-2019)
· Metro Volunteer Lawyers Power of Attorney Clinic, Volunteer
· Denver Law Alumnae Group, Steering Committee Member
· Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Chamber 100 Program, Class of 2007-2008
Presentations and Interviews
· Panelist, Making the Most of the Moment: 40 Tips for Bar Leaders, American Bar Association Bar Leadership Institute (March 2021)
· Panelist, Importance of Bar Association Leadership, Solo and Small Firm Mentorship Circle (March 2021)
· Panelist, Specialty Bar Association Roundtable, Law Week Colorado (November 2020)
· Interview, Colorado Female Attorneys Feel ‘Deep Reverence’ Over Loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Channel 4 CBS News Denver (September 2020)
· Interview, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Colorado Connections Spanned Career, Rocky Mountain PBS (September 2020)
· Speaker, Five Tactics to Think Strategically in a Crisis for Colorado Women’s Bar Association Board of Directors (August 2020)
· Co-Speaker, Board Fiduciary Duty Training for Colorado Hispanic Bar Association Board of Directors (February 2018)
· Co-Speaker, Board Fiduciary Duty Training webinar for Colorado Women’s Bar Association Board of Directors (September 2017)
· Speaker, Wills and Trusts, What’s the Fuss? Understanding Estate Planning and Probate (May 2015)
· Speaker, Legal Issues and Estate Planning (December 2014)
· Speaker, Estate Planning 101 (February 2013)
· Speaker, Estate Planning Strategies in an Uncertain Political and Economic Environment (January 2009)
· Speaker, Advising Pro Bono Clients in the Areas of Wills, Probate, Conservatorship & Guardianships (November 2007)
Publications
· Co-author, New Remote Notarization Rules – Not Out of Sight, Out of Mind, web blog post, The 1891-CWBA (May 2020)
· Co-author, Four Estate Planning Pitfalls for the Unwary Business Owner, Business Altitude Magazine (Fall 2007)
· Author, Catch it While You Can – New Roth 401(k) Available, The Advisor (Jan. 2006)
· Author, Revamped IRS Regulations Simplify 401(k) Plan Administration, The Advisor (Mar. 2005) Co-author, The Right to Die and the Ninth Amendment: Compassion in Dying after Glucksberg & Vacco, 7 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 313 (Winter 1999)
· Author, Oil & Gas Law, 75 Denv. U. L. Rev. 1031 (1998)
