BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N;LANGUAGE=en-us:Newell;Steven;R. FN:Steven R. Newell ORG:Newell & Decker Criminal Defense Lawyers TITLE:Attorney NOTE;CHARSET=us-ascii;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Steven R. Newell is a Colorado native and received his undergraduate degree= from the University of Colorado in 1974 and his Juris Doctorate degree fro= m Seattle University in 1977. That same year, he became a member of the Col= orado Bar and opened his own private law practice.=0D=0A= His pursuit of justice for the criminally accused began in 1975 when he int= erned at the Seattle Public Defender's Office while enrolled in the Robert = F. Kennedy Street Law Program. Once a licensed attorney, his passion for de= fending the accused led him to increasingly focus his practice on criminal = defense work.=0D=0A= Mr. Newell has held the highest attainable peer rating in legal abilities s= ince 1989 and is in the Bar Register of Preeminent LawyersT. He has twice b= een elected by his peers to the Board of Directors for the Colorado Crimina= l Defense Bar and was an original member of its Legislative Action Committe= e serving as a registered lobbyist at the Colorado Legislature for three ye= ars. He is also a long time member of the National Association of Criminal = Defense Attorneys and state and local Bar Associations.=0D=0A= Mr. Newell has tried over 150 criminal jury trials and won acquittals for h= is clients in the vast majority of those cases. These include numerous high= -profile cases alleging sexual assault, first degree murder, and other seri= ous crime allegations. Just as importantly, he has secured the favorable re= solution of thousands of cases for clients without the necessity of a jury = trial.=0D=0A= In the case of People v. Steele, Mr. Newell won acquittals for his client o= n first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges despite hand-= written and video/audio taped confessions by his client. The trial gained h= eavy local media coverage for over three weeks and the verdict drew nationa= l media attention.=0D=0A= As an essential component of his practice, Mr. Newell is a highly-qualified= appellate advocate for his clients. He has successfully challenged advers= e trial court rulings at the appellate level and has eight published decisi= ons. The most notable decision overturned a trial court's refusal to seal t= he criminal justice records of a school teacher and church youth leader for= whom Mr. Newell gained an acquittal/dismissal of 26 counts of sexual assau= lt-related charges.=0D=0A= Steven Newell and Christopher Decker combined forces to strengthen their ca= pacity to give each client the finest representation and advocacy available= at a reasonable cost. TEL;WORK;VOICE:(303) 573-5253 TEL;WORK;FAX:(303) 573-5257 X-MS-OL-DEFAULT-POSTAL-ADDRESS:0 URL;WORK:www.newelldecker.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:snewell@newelldecker.com X-MS-CARDPICTURE;TYPE=JPEG;ENCODING=BASE64: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBwYIChAKCgkJChQODwwQFxQY GBcUFhYaHSUfGhsjHBYWICwgIyYnKSopGR8tMC0oMCUoKSj/2wBDAQcHBwoIChMKChMoGhYa KCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCj/wAAR CACUACcDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAHwAAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtRAA AgEDAwIEAwUFBAQAAAF9AQIDAAQRBRIhMUEGE1FhByJxFDKBkaEII0KxwRVS0fAkM2JyggkK FhcYGRolJicoKSo0NTY3ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqDhIWG h4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWmp6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uHi4+Tl 5ufo6erx8vP09fb3+Pn6/8QAHwEAAwEBAQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtREA AgECBAQDBAcFBAQAAQJ3AAECAxEEBSExBhJBUQdhcRMiMoEIFEKRobHBCSMzUvAVYnLRChYk NOEl8RcYGRomJygpKjU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElKU1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6goOE hYaHiImKkpOUlZaXmJmaoqOkpaanqKmqsrO0tba3uLm6wsPExcbHyMnK0tPU1dbX2Nna4uPk 5ebn6Onq8vP09fb3+Pn6/9oADAMBAAIRAxEAPwD6UdwpAPU0oIwSTxVeQ7nOPoKRj2B4FAEk k4/g59zREMgk9fWoFGSKsr8qc+maAIJPnmx6cUUkIy5aigBw4yfSkpT93680lABEMtUs52xk evFJAOabcHkLQA1DsiJ70US8Kq0UAK3Xim0vagdfpQBYhHy5qufmm/GrJ+SP6Cq0PLE0AJMc vj0opjNlyfeigCTtTohyKb2qaEfyxQAlw2EA9ajT5YyfWluDlwPQUFSVCryeM0AV6KmEaLy5 59KKAFHJxU0ZwoxyTzSBoz0Xn6UOSqEjigBDGN2X5J7CmSSEYCjbSRZLEnkgUyQgufSgBEG5 vmNFNAycCigCzEPmH50s56D8adEvyk/hTJGXeeMkcc9BQAkQIXPvUeFX7xyfQVK5Pl4OBwBx UFAAXPRcKPaimUUAaJ4TJ7VUA3MPerMxxGfeoI+pPoKACY8Adjk1FT5fv49OKZQAyiiigC3c HkD0psXC89zSSHLNTjwn0H86AISckmkoPWigBlFFFAFoPuIBHWnOVI5xzTI+pPoKSTqB6CgA 2Ken6GmGP3/MU09aAxHQkUABRscc/Q0Ubz3AP4UUATp9xvwpj/fb60UUARnrRRRQAyiiigD/ 2Q== X-MS-OL-DESIGN;CHARSET=utf-8: REV:20080331T192723Z END:VCARD