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2000

2001 Adrian Fontes (JD ’01) was

resulting from a peer-reviewed selection process that puts her in the top 5.3% of lawyers in the U.S. DezaRae is a senior attorney at Franklin D. Azar & Associates, where she practices personal injury and insurance bad faith litigation. She has litigated and tried complicated multimillion-dollar malpractice cases throughout Colorado. 2010 Craig Branton (MS ’10) has been appointed to lead an equity, debt and structured financing team in Denver in a joint venture between Cushman &Wakefield and Greystone. Craig previously served as executive vice presi dent at CBRE.

elected Arizona

secretary of state in November 2022. Adrian is

a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served on active duty from 1992–1996. He was a prosecutor with the Denver District Attorney and then with the Maricopa County Attorney’s office. He recently was the Maricopa County recorder. 2008 DezaRae LaCrue (BA ’04, JD ’08) has been named a 2023 Best Lawyer, an accolade

ANDREW PRATT (BA ’00) has joined the com mercial transactions practice group as a partner in the Minneapolis office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. He represents clients on a wide range of real estate financing and development matters, and advises companies throughout the life cycle of real estate transactions.

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