Patricia L. Clowdus practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, pre- and post- marital agreements, and guardianships and conservatorships. She is frequently engaged as an expert witness and acts as a private mediator.
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning
- Estate Administration
- Pre- and Post-Marital Agreements
- Charitable Planning
- Retirement Planning
- Elder Law
- Health Care Planning
- Expert Witness engagements for matters involving estate and trust administration, estate planning and taxation, marital agreements, retirement planning, guardianships, conservatorships, and reasonableness of attorney fees
- Private Mediator
- Court appointed guardian ad litem
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
Education
- University of Denver College of Law – 1984
LL.M. – Taxation - University of Denver College of Law – 1978
J.D. - University of Denver – 1972
M.A. – Education - Grinnell College – 1970
B.A. – English/Education
Select Publications
- Managing Editor, Colorado Estate Planning Handbook, 1998 revised Edition
- Contributing Author, Colorado Estate Planning Handbook: Estate Tax Marital Deduction
- Contributing Author, Colorado Handbook on Elder Law: Estate Planning – Use of Wills
Select Presentations
- Annual seminar in area of business succession and estate planning sponsored by Accountant’s Education Services and CPE4U Colorado.
- “Estate Tax and Gift Tax Planning after the 2010 Tax Act,” Continuing Legal Education in Colorado Inc. (“CLECI”) Estate Planning Retreat, June 2011
- “Colorado Elder Law 2006,” Health Education seminar, May 19, 2006
- “HIPAA: Its Impact on Privacy and Confidentiality,” CLECTI April 7, 2005
- “Setting up a Guardianship or Conservatorship in Colorado,” National Business Institute, September 2003
- “The New Guardianship & Protective Proceedings Act,” CLECI Estate Planning Retreat, June 2002
- “Planning with the Residence,” Elder Law Institute, University of Denver College of Law, September 1998
- “Trust in Complex Estate Planning,” 45th Annual Denver Tax Institute, University of Denver Graduate Tax Program, July 1995
- “Tax Considerations for Seniors,” National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Fourth Annual Institute on Elder Law, November 1994, New Orleans, LA
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Colorado Bar Association, Trust & Estate and Elder Law sections
- Denver Bar Association
- Denver Estate Planning Council
Recognitions/Positions Held
- Chair Emeritus, Guardianship Alliance of Colorado
- Best Lawyers in America
- Super Lawyers
- Martindale Hubbell Rating, 5 out of 5
