Charles Spence is a partner in the law firm of Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, LLP.  Charles practices in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, elder law, business transactions and planning, asset protection, and tax.

Education       

• University of Denver Graduate Tax Program, LL.M. in Taxation
• University of Tulsa, College of Law, J.D., with honor
  • Editor – Tulsa Law Journal
  • Phi Delta Phi
• Austin College, B.A. in Business Administration

 Associations and Honors

• Board Member, Trusts and Estates Section Executive Council, Colorado Bar Association,
• Director, Real Property Trusts & Estates Section, New Mexico State Bar
• Past Board Member and Treasurer, Elder Law Section Executive Council, Colorado Bar Association
• Past Director and Officer, Elder Law Section, New Mexico State Bar
• Past Director and Officer, Business Law Section, New Mexico State Bar
• Member, Legal Regulation Committee, Colorado Supreme Court, Office of Attorney Regulation
• Member, Probate Rules and Forms Committee, Colorado Supreme Court
• Past Member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Colorado Supreme Court, Office of Attorney Regulation
• Past Board Member, Colorado Bar Association Executive Council
• Past President, Southwest Colorado Bar Association
• Past Vice-President, CBA Executive Council – 6^th District
• Graduate, Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training Program
• Fellow Emeritus, Colorado Bar Foundation
• Past President, Eastern Idaho Estate Planning Council
• Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.
• Designated as an Accredited Estate Planner® by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils
• Past Board Member, Durango Chamber of Commerce, (Past Board President)

Admitted to Practice  

• Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming

* Colorado does not certify attorneys as “specialists” in any field