Credentials
Education
Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Honorable William Robbins, Denver District Court
Other 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
Legal Memberships
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
Bar and Admissions
Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court, D. Colorado
Articles and Presentations
Panelist, “Ship Fast But Don't Get Sued: Navigating AI Legal Risk & Innovation for Colorado Startups,” 2026 Colorado Startup Week.
Presenter, "Effective Witness Preparation," Doyle Inn Continuing Legal Education Series.
Presenter, "Effective Collection of Digital Evidence," Rocky Mountain HIDTA Quarterly Conference.
Presenter, "Witness Preparation," Doyle Inn Continuing Legal Education Series.
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.
Presenter, "The Lighter Side of Fraud," Conference for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Presenter, "Insurance Fraud Investigations: from detection to trial," National Insurance Crime Bureau Annual Conference.
Presenter, "Complex Securities Fraud Investigations," Conference for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Presenter, "Insurance Fraud Litigation: tips and tricks," Rocky Mountain Association of Special Investigative Units.
Alison Connaughty is a former federal prosecutor with significant experience in trials and litigation. She previously was an Assistant U.S. Attorney, a state Assistant Attorney General, and a county Deputy District Attorney. She has first-chaired three federal jury trials and 44 state jury trials. She also second-chaired 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.
Alison's personal interests include road biking, golf, cooking, and snowboarding.
Cases
Professional Liability & Catastrophic Injury
Served as co-counsel to a hospital system in a two-week jury trial in Iowa. Prepared fact and expert witnesses for trial and briefed and argued numerous motions. The case settled favorably during the first week of trial.
Obtained a favorable settlement for one of the world’s largest companies in a catastrophic injury case in which the plaintiff sought over $100 million in damages after uncovering improper actions of opposing counsel while taking depositions of the plaintiffs.
Obtained a favorable settlement for a hospital system in Texas after conducting extensive expert witness depositions, successfully arguing motions in limine, and filing offensive motions that were successfully argued to limit plaintiffs’ evidence.
Represented employees of a large clinical laboratory company in connection with ancillary legal proceedings, including testimony preparation and strategic management of defensive discovery.
Professional Liability & Catastrophic Injury
Served as co-counsel to a hospital system in a two-week jury trial in Iowa. Prepared fact and expert witnesses for trial and briefed and argued numerous motions. The case settled favorably during the first week of trial.
Obtained a favorable settlement for one of the world’s largest companies in a catastrophic injury case in which the plaintiff sought over $100 million in damages after uncovering improper actions of opposing counsel while taking depositions of the plaintiffs.
Obtained a favorable settlement for a hospital system in Texas after conducting extensive expert witness depositions, successfully arguing motions in limine, and filing offensive motions that were successfully argued to limit plaintiffs’ evidence.
Represented employees of a large clinical laboratory company in connection with ancillary legal proceedings, including testimony preparation and strategic management of defensive discovery.
Investigations
Lead investigator for the Town of Mountain Village in a public corruption investigation that received substantial local and national media coverage.
Alison Connaughty is a former federal prosecutor with significant experience in trials and litigation. She previously was an Assistant U.S. Attorney, a state Assistant Attorney General, and a county Deputy District Attorney. She has first-chaired three federal jury trials and 44 state jury trials. She also second-chaired 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.
Alison's personal interests include road biking, golf, cooking, and snowboarding.
Credentials
Education
Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Honorable William Robbins, Denver District Court
Other 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
Legal Memberships
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
Bar and Admissions
Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court, D. Colorado
Articles and Presentations
Panelist, “Ship Fast But Don't Get Sued: Navigating AI Legal Risk & Innovation for Colorado Startups,” 2026 Colorado Startup Week.
Presenter, "Effective Witness Preparation," Doyle Inn Continuing Legal Education Series.
Presenter, "Effective Collection of Digital Evidence," Rocky Mountain HIDTA Quarterly Conference.
Presenter, "Witness Preparation," Doyle Inn Continuing Legal Education Series.
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.
Presenter, "The Lighter Side of Fraud," Conference for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Presenter, "Insurance Fraud Investigations: from detection to trial," National Insurance Crime Bureau Annual Conference.
Presenter, "Complex Securities Fraud Investigations," Conference for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Presenter, "Insurance Fraud Litigation: tips and tricks," Rocky Mountain Association of Special Investigative Units.
Cases
Professional Liability & Catastrophic Injury
Served as co-counsel to a hospital system in a two-week jury trial in Iowa. Prepared fact and expert witnesses for trial and briefed and argued numerous motions. The case settled favorably during the first week of trial.
Obtained a favorable settlement for one of the world’s largest companies in a catastrophic injury case in which the plaintiff sought over $100 million in damages after uncovering improper actions of opposing counsel while taking depositions of the plaintiffs.
Obtained a favorable settlement for a hospital system in Texas after conducting extensive expert witness depositions, successfully arguing motions in limine, and filing offensive motions that were successfully argued to limit plaintiffs’ evidence.
Represented employees of a large clinical laboratory company in connection with ancillary legal proceedings, including testimony preparation and strategic management of defensive discovery.
Professional Liability & Catastrophic Injury
Served as co-counsel to a hospital system in a two-week jury trial in Iowa. Prepared fact and expert witnesses for trial and briefed and argued numerous motions. The case settled favorably during the first week of trial.
Obtained a favorable settlement for one of the world’s largest companies in a catastrophic injury case in which the plaintiff sought over $100 million in damages after uncovering improper actions of opposing counsel while taking depositions of the plaintiffs.
Obtained a favorable settlement for a hospital system in Texas after conducting extensive expert witness depositions, successfully arguing motions in limine, and filing offensive motions that were successfully argued to limit plaintiffs’ evidence.
Represented employees of a large clinical laboratory company in connection with ancillary legal proceedings, including testimony preparation and strategic management of defensive discovery.
Investigations
Lead investigator for the Town of Mountain Village in a public corruption investigation that received substantial local and national media coverage.