Partner
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Phone: 303-936-3300
Fax: 303-936-0125
Email: Email Me
Robin Lutz Beattie is a Partner in the Lakewood firm of Polidori, Franklin, Monahan & Beattie, LLC.
Ms. Beattie served as the Chair for the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association in 2018 and 2019. Ms. Beattie is the Co-Chair of the Amicus Committee of the Family Law Section and serves on the Board of Directors of Court Support Jeffco. Ms. Beattie is listed in “Best Lawyers in America” and Super Lawyers and was the President of the First Judicial District Bar Association for the 2013-2014 term. Ms. Beattie carries a superb rating of 10/10 by the online lawyer directory Avvo.
Ms. Beattie graduated from the University of Michigan with honors in 1993. After three years working as a paralegal in family law, Ms. Beattie attended law school at the University of Colorado School of Law, where she graduated with highest honors (Order of the Coif) in 2002.
Although Ms. Beattie practiced civil litigation for several years, she has focused exclusively on family law for over a decade, and finds this field to be both challenging and meaningful. Ms. Beattie wrote the chapter on Spousal Maintenance for The Practitioner’s Guide to Colorado Domestic Relations Law and co-wrote an article for the January 2009 Colorado Lawyer: “Postsecondary Education Expenses After Chalat: Paying College Expenses After Divorce.” She has also presented lectures on many family law topics, ranging from jurisdiction to the drafting of Separation Agreements to the impeachment of valuation experts. In 2015, she co-chaired the 2015 Family Law Institute in Vail and in 2018 she was the Chair of the Family Law Institute. As Co-Chair of the Amicus Committee, Ms. Beattie has written several briefs to the Colorado Supreme Court concerning family law issues.
Ms. Beattie has volunteered for many organizations, including the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center and the Commerce City Police Department, where she received a Unit Citation for her assistance following the Columbine school shooting.
Legal Experience
- Partner , July 2012 – Present
Polidori, Franklin, Monahan & Beattie, LLC. - Associate Attorney, September 2007 – June 2012
Polidori, Franklin & Monahan, LLC. - Associate Attorney, April 2006 – September 2007
Spies, Powers & Robinson, P.C. - Associate Attorney, December 2002 – April 2006
Law Office of Eric Ruderman - Research Assistant to Professor James B. Levy, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001
University of Colorado School of Law - Law Clerk, Summer 2000
Law Office of Eric Ruderman - Paralegal, 1996-1999
Law Office of Eric Ruderman
Education
- University of Colorado School of Law
Juris Doctor Degree, May 2002
Casenote and Comment Editor for the University of Colorado Law Review - Denver Paralegal Institute
Paralegal Certificate, May 1996 - University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts, Criminology and Creative Writing, April 1993
Bar Admission and Service
- Licensed to practice law in Colorado in October 2002.
- Immediate Past Chair, Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, July 2018-Present
- Co-Chair, Amicus Committee, Family Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, July 2018-Present
- Treasurer, Family Law Section Colorado Bar Association, July 2015-Present
- Trustee, Board of Governors Colorado Bar Association, July 2014-July 2016
- Immediate Past President, 1st Judicial District Bar Association, July 2014-July 2015
- President, 1st Judicial District Bar Association, July 2013 –July 2014
- President Elect, 1st Judicial District Bar Association, July 2012-July 2013
- Treasurer, 1st Judicial District Bar Association, July 2011-July 2012
- Board of Directors, 1st Judicial District Bar Association, July 2009-July 2011
Publications
- Common Law Marriage, Bench Bar Book (publication pending).
- Spousal Maintenance, Practitioner’s Guide to Colorado Domestic Relations Law, 2nd Ed. (rev. Jan. 2016).
- Co-Author, Postsecondary Education Expenses After Chalat: Paying College Expenses After Divorce, Vol. 38, No. 1, 19 (Jan. 2009).
- Experimenting With Death: An Examination of Colorado’s Use of the Three-Judge Panel in Capital Sentencing, 73 Colo. L. Rev. 1, 227 (Winter, 2002).
Legal Education
- Lecturer, Jurisdiction, February 2019
2019 Family Law Basic Skills - Co-Chair, 2018 Family Law Update, October 2018
Responsible for Curriculum of One-Day Colorado Bar Association CLE - Lecturer, Practical Considerations Regarding Evidence, October 2018
Colorado Bar Association CLE - Co-Chair, 2018 Family Law Institute, August 2018
Responsible for Curriculum of Three-Day Family Law Institute in Vail, Colorado - Facilitator, Evidence Practicum, May 2018
Colorado Bar Association CLE - Lecturer, Jurisdiction, February 2018
2018 Family Law Basic Skills - Lecturer, Alternative Enforcement: Enforcing Orders Without Filing Contempt, August 2017
2017 Family Law Institute - Lecturer, Contempt, April 2017
Colorado Attorney General’s Office - Lecturer, Jurisdiction, February 2017
2017 Family Law Basic Skills - Co-Chair, 2016 Family Law Update, October 2016
Responsible for Curriculum of One-Day Colorado Bar Association CLE - Lecturer, Considerations for Drafting a Separation, October 2016
20th Judicial District Bar Association - Lecturer, Marijuana and Parenting Time, August 2016
2016 Family Law Institute - Lecturer, Considerations for Drafting a Separation, June 2016
1st Judicial District Bar Association - Co-Chair, 2015 Family Law Institute, August 2015
Responsible for Curriculum of Three-Day Family Law Institute in Vail, Colorado - Lecturer, Jurisdiction, February 2015
2015 Family Law Basic Skills - Co-Chair, 2014 Family Law Update, October 2014
Responsible for Curriculum of One-Day Colorado Bar Association CLE - Moderator, Judges Panel on Maintenance, October 2014
2014 Family Law Update - Lecturer, Separation Agreements: What Every Family Law Practitioner Should Know, August 2014
2014 Family Law Institute - Lecturer, Legislative Update – New Laws on Maintenance, Civil Protection Orders, Civil Unions … And More!, March 2014
1st Judicial District Bar Association - Lecturer, Overview and Initial Client Information, February 2014
2014 Family Law Basic Skills - Co-Chair, 2013 Family Law Update, October 2013
Responsible for Curriculum of One-Day Colorado Bar Association CLE - Lecturer, Contempt, April 2013
Colorado Attorney Generals Office - Lecturer, The Blueprint for Domestic Relations Practice, August 2012
2012 Family Law Institute - Lecturer, Creation and Destruction of the Valuation Expert, December 2011
National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts Seminar - Lecturer, Case Law Update, December 2010
1st Judicial District Bar Association
Volunteer Experience
- Board Member, November 2016-Present
Court Support Jeffco - Parliamentarian, September 2013-Present
Volunteers of America Guild - Board Member, September 2011-August 2013
Volunteers of America Guild - Website Administrator, July 2008 – July 2018
Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section - Special Advocate, Fall 2005 – September 2007
Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center - Victim Advocate, 1997 – 2000
Commerce City Police Department
Awarded Unit Citation for Victim Assistance during the Columbine High School tragedy. - Member of On-Call Crisis Team, 1992 – 1994
Domestic Violence Project, Inc. - Overnight Supervisor, 1988 – 1989
Domestic Violence Project, Inc.