October 25, 2019 Denver, Colorado Iris Eytan has been awarded the Law Week Colorado “Barrister’s Best” Award for “Best Criminal Defense Lawyer” in 2019. This award relies on the survey responses of hundreds of peer attorneys who have worked with Iris personally...
September 20, 2019 Denver, CO The Court of Appeals made a ruling in a sexual assault case that touches on both the admissibility of expert testimony and Colorado’s criminal rape shield law. The latter typically precludes defenses from using information about an...
September 30, 2019 Denver, Colorado I wrote an opinion piece in 2015 for Law Week Colorado on how Title IX is being used against young male students. Then and now, Title IX is meant to secure equality and safety for young people...
August 12, 2019 Denver, Colorado The weekend death, apparently by suicide, of billionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has drawn the nation's attention to the challenges of preventing inmates who want to kill themselves from doing so...
July 31, 2019 Denver, Colorado In a recent feature article published by Super Lawyers, Colorado criminal defense attorney Iris Eytan discussed the legalities of serving subpoenas and the consequences for not responding to them. The article, written by Super Lawyers, identifies key...
April 29, 2019 Pro Bono Spotlight In 2006, Eugene Zuniga was arrested in Colorado for stealing a bike and was declared unable to stand trial because of severe mental illness. But instead of being sent for treatment, he spent five months in...
State officials have agreed to vastly speed up how quickly severely mentally ill people get into treatment after being arrested and will pay millions in fines until they can meet that goal, according to a federal court agreement reached this...
April 15, 2019 Long-running litigation over the time-frame for competency evaluations for criminal defendants resolved with a consent decree. After the issue went through multiple rounds of litigation and settlements, the consent decree is expected to resolve the litigation. The result includes...
Iris Eytan was selected to the 2019 Colorado Super Lawyers list. In addition, she was recognized in the Top 50 Women Colorado Super Lawyers and the Top 100 Colorado Super Lawyers. More About Super Lawyers Each year, no more than five percent of...
Multifirm Litigation Team Enters into Consent Decree to Settle Decade-Long Battle to Protect Thousands in Colorado With Mental Illness DENVER, MARCH 21, 2019 — A longstanding court battle over extensive wait times for court-ordered mental health evaluations has come to a...