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J.M. Stanlee West-Watt
Of Counsel

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Attorney J.M. Stanlee West-Watt has been with our Firm since 2011 and built up West-Watt Law, PLC as managing attorney until her semi-retirement and acceptance of the cloak of "Of Counsel." Now she can write Wills and Trusts at leisure, spend supervision sessions with our attorneys drinking coffee and telling war stories, and look back in   years building a successful  practice in both Boulder, Colorado and our hometown of Tucson, Arizona.

 

Stanlee received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1992. She is a member of the State Bars of Arizona and Colorado.  Areas of practice now include:

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  • Estate Planning: Will and Trust packages

 

While practicing in Colorado, Stanlee participated in several legal- and community-based organizations and after joining the Arizona Bar in 2011, continues to be a strong advocate for clients in all legal matters both in-office and in the community. 

Stanlee is retired adjunct faculty in the Pima Community College's ABA-accredited Paralegal Program, where she taught advanced classes in family law, criminal law and procedure, social security law and practice, bankruptcy law and procedure, and Trial Advocacy.
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Stanlee graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts degree in modern languages from the University of Utah in 1983.

 

Admitted to practice

  • Colorado, 1992

  • Arizona, 2011

 

Awards and recognition

  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

  • National Association of Women Lawyers, Outstanding Woman Attorney, 1992

  • Boulder County Bar Association, Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, 1995

  • Champion for Children, Voices for Children, Colorado, 2008

 

Education

  • University of Colorado School of Law, J.D., 1992

  • University of Utah, B.S., Philosophy, B.A., Modern Languages, magna cum laude, 1983

  • University of Hull, England

  • University of Jaca, Spain

 

Professional memberships and associations

 

Publications

  • "Effective Representation in Child Welfare Law:  Learning from the Past," Colorado Lawyer, December 2007, co-author with Sheri Danz and Theresa Spahn

 

Biography

  • Born in Singapore, Malaysia

  • Working knowledge of Spanish, German, Italian and French

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