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Alison M. Connaughty

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Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law
    J.D., 2010; Trial Team Member; Vice President of Student Trial Lawyers Association
  • University of Colorado
    B.A., Philosophy, 2006

Government Service

Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado

Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Attorney General’s Office

Deputy District Attorney, Jefferson County, Colorado, District Attorney’s Office

Law Clerk to the Honorable William Robbins, Denver District Court

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Colorado
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, D. Colorado

Biography

Alison Connaughty is a former federal prosecutor with significant experience in trials and litigation. She previously was an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and she was a state Assistant Attorney General and a county Deputy District Attorney. She has first-chaired three federal jury trials, in addition to 44 state jury trials. She second-chaired an additional 23 state jury trials. She also has first-chaired bench trials in both state and federal court. Alison is President of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association.

As an AUSA at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Colorado, she was in the Cybercrime and National Security Section. She was an Assistant AG in the Special Prosecutions and Financial Fraud Units in the Colorado AG’s Office, and she was a Deputy DA in the Jefferson County, Colorado, DA’s Office.

Throughout her career, Alison has managed a wide variety of sophisticated cases and investigations, from securities fraud to intellectual property to First Amendment litigation.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

    Presentations

  • Presenter, "Effective Witness Preparation," Doyle Inn Continuing Legal Education Series (April 2025).
  • Presenter, "Effective Collection of Digital Evidence," Rocky Mountain HIDTA Quarterly Conference (December 2024).
  • Presenter, "Witness Preparation," Doyle Inn Continuing Legal Education Series (December 2023).
  • Presenter, "Motions in Limine: a Sword, a Shield, and how not to impale yourself on appeal"," Colorado Attorney General's Office In House Continuing Legal Education Program (May 2021).
  • Presenter, "The Lighter Side of Fraud," Conference for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (March 2019).
  • Presenter, "Insurance Fraud Investigations: from detection to trial," National Insurance Crime Bureau Annual Conference (October 2018).
  • Presenter, "Complex Securities Fraud Investigations," Conference for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (March 2018).
  • Presenter, "Insurance Fraud Litigation: tips and tricks," Rocky Mountain Association of Special Investigative Units (September 2017).

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Colorado Women’s Bar Association
    President, current
    President Elect, 2024-2025
    Vice President, 2022-2023
    Board Member: Co-chair, Public Policy Committee, 2020-2022; Co-chair, Judicial Committee, 2018-2020
    Attorney General’s John Marshall Award for Excellence in Litigation, 2025
    Victim Advocates Award for Excellence in Victim Services, 2024

Doyle Inn of Court
    Board Member, current
    President, 2023-2024
    Treasurer, 2022-2023

Personal Interests

Road biking, golf, cooking, snowboarding

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