Elizabeth A. Raba
Born
in California and raised in New York, Elizabeth A. Raba
graduated from Vassar College in 1983, completing her
undergraduate degree in English in three years. After working in
New York City in fields as varied as marketing communications
and commodity metals research and analysis, she moved to
Colorado in 1985. Liz then worked for a software firm that
designed and marketed one of the first software packages for
legal research. Liz earned her M.A. in English from the
University of Northern Colorado in 1989. During her time at UNC,
she taught core writing classes to UNC underclassmen and was a
member of both Sigma Tau Delta (English honor society) and Kappa
Delta Phi (education honor society). Liz also co-founded the
English Graduate Student Association and served as the student
member of the English Department Ad Hoc Committee.
Liz attended the University of
Colorado Law School, graduating in 1995. During her tenure at
CU, Liz was a Rothgerber, Appel, Powers & Johnson Teaching
Fellow and a Teaching Assistant in the Diversity/Academic
Support Program, tutoring other students in Civil Procedure and
Torts. She also served as the Research Assistant for Clinical
Professor Carol Glowinsky (now the Hon. Carol Glowinsky of the
Boulder District Court), working on the seminal Clark/Glowinsky
Domestic Relations casebook. In addition to her academic
interests during law school, Liz served as President of the
Student Trial Lawyers Association, was the coordinator of the
1994 Women in the Law Day, and was a semi-finalist in the
Rothgerber Moot Court competition. Liz is a member of the Order
of the Coif, an honor reserved for those who graduate in the top
10% of their law school classes. Other honors include the Legal
Aid Award and Dean’s List.
After graduation, Liz clerked
for the Hon. Morris W. Sandstead, Jr. of the Boulder District
Court during his rotation in the civil docket. Her duties
included researching and drafting the court’s opinions and
serving as bailiff during all court proceedings. She then built
a thriving family law practice, becoming a partner in a firm
with offices in Longmont and Greeley, and serving clients in a
four-county area.
After several years of intense
litigation work, Liz took some time off from the practice of law
to spend more time with her young children. In returning to
part-time practice, Liz now concentrates primarily on her
favorite parts of legal work: research and writing. She
especially enjoys the opportunity to keep her hand in litigation
by working with the other lawyers of Flanders Elsberg Nash
Herber & Dunn, LLC.
Liz is married with two
children and spends considerable time volunteering in the
community, mostly with the Boulder Valley School District and
the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. She is also an
accomplished art quilter whose work has been shown at the
Fremont Center for the Arts in Canon City, Colorado, and the
Primedia Gallery in Golden, Colorado.
Liz's other profiles can be found at: (1)
Colorado Bar Association and
(2)
Find Law.