Our Staff

Dianne A. Van Voorhees Executive Director	Ms. Van Voorhees earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a Minor in French from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.  She obtained her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law.   Ms. Van Voorhees is an attorney admitted to practice in the State of Colorado, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the Tenth Circuit, and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. She has practiced in the areas of family, juvenile, consumer, bankruptcy, immigration, landlord/tenant, and Federal Indian law, among others. In addition practicing law, she has served on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Indian Education Association and is a committee member on the Colorado Coalition for Minority Youth Equality.  She serves on the Denver Access to Justice Committee, the 18th JD Access to Justice Committee, the 17th JD Access to Justice Committee, and the Denver Domestic Violence and Legal Issues committee.  Ms. Van Voorhees is the Chair of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Council.  The JJDPC was established pursuant to the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 5601), to act in the best interests of Colorado's juveniles.  JJDPC members and the Chair are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Ms. Van Voorhees is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, the Adams/Broomfield Bar  Association, the Arapahoe County Bar Association, the Douglas/Elbert Bar Association, the 1st JD Bar Association, the Colorado Women's Bar Association, the Colorado Indian Bar Association, and the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association.
Patricia Trujillo Legal Services Coordinator	Mrs. Trujillo began her work in assisting with the provision of legal services to indigent people in Colorado on November 2, 1987.  At that time, she started work with the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver as a receptionist.  She left that position on March 24, 1989.  During the time that she worked for the Legal Aid Society, she spoke with thousands of persons on the telephone that needed legal assistance but did not have the financial resources to pay for those services.  She always treated the callers with dignity and respect.  She answered call after call day after day.  The callers often had emergencies that they wanted resolved and if was Patricia's role to send them to the proper person or resource.  In March 24, 1989, Mrs. Trujillo began work for the Thursday Night Bar Program (TNB), now Metro Volunteer Lawyers (MVL).  Her role has been to refer poor persons to volunteer attorneys throughout the Denver metropolitan area.  She was involved with the establishment of the Family Law Court Program (FLCP). She was of the first staff members to come to court for the FLCP to assist the volunteer attorneys and the clients.  Mrs. Trujillo has referred more people to lawyers than anyone else in the state of Colorado.  Last year alone, she handled referral matters for over one thousand MVL applicants whose legal needs included family law, public utilities, housing, bankruptcy, guardianship, wills, taxes, and immigration, among others.
Veronica Mabry-James Family Law Court Program Coordinator	MVL welcomes our new Family Law Court Program (FLCP) Coordinator, Veronica Mabry. She has been an MVL volunteer & has given countless hours of her time to our FLCP clients over this past year. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver School of Law and has specialized experience practicing immigration and family law.  A world traveler, she has reads, writes, and speaks both Japanese and French. We are happy to have her join our team!
Brandy Tulley  Program Assistant	Ms. Tulley is a Candidate for a Bachelors degree in finance at the Metropolitan State College of Denver, and is seeking her Paralegal Certificate at the Community College of Denver.  Ms. Tulley began working as our program Assistant in the fall of 2008.  She has extensive experience as a personal banker and in customer service.  Brandy is a reliable, self-motivated, organized and flexible member of our team.  She has been a valuable addition who has helped to make improvements in our programs by learning our processes and finding ways to make them more efficient and organized.