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About Tess
Biography
Tess Hand-Bender is a litigation associate with Reilly Pozner LLP. Tess focuses her practice on complex civil litigation. Prior to joining Reilly Pozner, she was a law clerk to the Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The previous year, she served as law clerk to the Hon. Philip A. Brimmer of the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. In these clerkships, Tess gained valuable research and writing experience – as well as exposure to diverse areas of civil and criminal law. Tess earned her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she often received the highest or second-highest grades in her courses and was a member of Order of the Coif, which recognizes scholarship. She was a research assistant to two professors and submissions editor for the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law. Tess holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa and departmental honors, from Stanford University. Between college and law school, Tess was a legal assistant in a solo criminal defense office in San Francisco. After this experience, she knew she wanted to become the kind of litigator who uses her skills to excel in the courtroom.
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Licensed in Colorado for 15 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 2010
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Location
Reilly Pozner LLP
1900 16th Street, Ste. 1700, Denver, CO, 80202
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Experience
Honors
2015
Rising Star, Colorado Super Lawyers Magazine
2015
Visionaries in Action, GLBT Community Center of Colorado
2015
Award of Special Recognition, Colorado Lawyers Committee
2014
Rising Star, Colorado Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Order of the Coif, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Jurisprudence Award (Highest Grade) Crim. Pro. Adjudication, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Jurisprudence Award (Highest Grade): Family Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Jurisprudence (Highest Grade): Privacy Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Prosser Award (Second Highest Grade): Civil Procedure, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Prosser Award (Second Highest Grade): Contracts, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Prosser Award (Second Highest Grade): Administrative Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Work Experience
2012 - Present
Associate Attorney, Reilly Pozner LLP
2011 - 2012
Law Clerk to the Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
2010 - 2011
Law Clerk to the Hon. Philip A. Brimmer, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
2009 - 2010
Research Assistant to Professors Farber and O'Connell, Berkeley Law
2009 - 2009
Summer Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton
2008 - 2009
Clinic Participant, Death Penalty Clinic, Berkeley Law
2008 - 2008
Intern to the Hon. Judge John Kane, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
2005 - 2007
Legal Assistant, Law Office of Frank Z. Leidman
2003 - 2003
Administrative Assistant, Office of Federal Public Defender (Chicago, IL)
Associations
2015 - Present
Colorado Lawyers CommitteeChair Elect, Young Lawyers Division
2014 - Present
Colorado GLBT Bar AssociationMember
2013 - Present
Colorado Bar AssociationMember
2013 - Present
Colorado Women's Bar AssociationMember
2013 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2013 - Present
Faculty of Federal AdvocatesMember
2013 - Present
Colorado Lawyers CommitteeFood Stamps Task Force
2012 - Present
Denver Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Defense of Automobile Dealerships in Purported Class Action
Defeat of Second Attempt at Class Certification in the Trial Court
Counsel for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Ongoing
Marriage Equality Litigation
Education
2010
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
2005
Stanford University
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa; Departmental Honors
Languages
English