Profile
Richard Zuber's family law practice emphasizes large financial and complex child-related matters incident to dissolution of marriage cases. In addition, the firm serves clients seeking annulments and paternity matters. Mr. Zuber is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and served as past President of the Colorado Chapter. He is a member of the Denver and Arapahoe County Bar Associations and immediate past Chair of the Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association. He has mediation training with CDR Associates/Boulder and is a member of the Academy of Collaborative Law Professionals. He is a frequent author and speaker on family law topics. He was selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
About Richard Zuber
Admitted: 1976, Colorado
Professional Webpage: www.zuberfamilylaw.com/Attorney-Profile/
Honors and Awards:
- I was honored in 2008-2009 to have been elected President of the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. (AAML) Similarly, it was a wonderful experience to contribute to the practice of family law as Chair of the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association in 2010-2011. This year I look forward to serving in the position of immediate past Chair of the Family Law Section which shall allow me to use my experience from last year to improve the practice of family law in Colorado. I was selected to be included in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
- AV Peer Review Rated /Preeminent Lawyer, Martindale-Hubbell
- Included in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America, 2012
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Denver County Bar Association, Member Arapahoe County Bar Association, Member Colorado Bar Association, Member Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, immediate Past Chair 2009 - 2010 CLE of Colorado, Past President, 2005 - 2007 The Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Member Minoru Yasui Inn of Court, Member American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Colorado Chapter, Past President, 2008 - 2009
- Mr. Zuber has served on the Board of Continuing Legal Education since 2004. He was President of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) of Colorado from 2006 to 2008. He is presently immediate past Chair of the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Assn. He has served on the executive council of the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Assn for 13 years.
Pro bono/Community Service:
- I serve on the Board of Continuing Legal Education of Colorado since 2004 and was President of the Board of Continuing Legal Education for 2006 to 2008.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Frequent Speaker, Family Law and the Implications and Tax Consequences of Divorce.
Speaking topics classifying term insurance as property, prepayment of maintenance,
voluntary early retirment as a factor in modifying maintenance and dividing the pets.
- Author, Getting the “Get”: Obtaining a Jewish Divorce in Colorado, The Colorado Lawyer, 1991
- Author, "Domestic Eavesdropping and Wiretapping: Admissibility of Intercepted Communications", The Colorado Lawyer, 1992
- Author, "Classifying Income, Rents and Profits form Separate Property", The Colorado Lawyer, 1994
- Author, "Voluntary Early Retirement as a Factor in Modifying Maintenance", The Colorado Lawyer, 1996
- Author, "The Prepayment-of-Maintenance Conundrum: Traps for the Unwary", The Colorado Lawyer, 1998
- Author, "Who Pays the Tax?: The Assignment of Income Doctrine, Code 1041, and Dividing Non-Qualified Pensions", The Colorado Lawyer, 2000
- Author, "Exploring the Tax Perils of Temporary Unallocated Family Support", The Colorado Lawyer, 2001
- Author, "Revisiting the Tax Perils of Temporary Unallocated Family Support", The Colorado Lawyer, 2005