Patricia Jarzobski

Biography

Patricia Jarzobski, 2016-2017 Colorado Bar Association President. Patricia has an impressive history of leadership in Colorado. In 2016-2017 Patricia was the first woman in a decade to serve as CBA president and only the fifth woman to serve in the CBA’s 120-year history. Patricia served as the president of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association from 2012-2013. She chaired the Colorado Bar Association and the Denver Bar Associations first ever diversity and inclusivity committee to help improve inclusivity in Colorado’s two largest bar associations. She also co-chaired the Colorado Bar Association and Colorado Judicial institute Judicial Diversity Coalition. Patricia serves on the BLI team as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services. In 2018, Patricia received the Denver University Sturm College of Law’s highest honor, the DU Law Stars Professionalism award. The Colorado LGBT Bar Association Foundation honored Patricia with Attorney of the Year in 2016. In 2015 the CWBA Foundation honored her with the Raising the Bar Award and the same year she was rated one of the top women lawyers by Law Week. Patricia has been practicing law for 32 years and for 25 years she has been as a solo practitioner and trial lawyer handling exclusively plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death cases. Patricia is committed to mentoring and sponsoring other attorneys. In her spare time, Patricia loves traveling the world, fly fishing, surfing - badly – raising two golden retrievers, camping and meeting people from different cultures.