Wanda J. Abel accepted the Cathy Stricklin Krendl Business Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019
DENVER, CO, August 13, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Wanda J. Abel has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Driven by a desire to become a librarian and backed by an interest in law, Ms. Abel began her career as a law librarian for the Supreme Court of Ohio. Between 1980 and 1982, she excelled as a reference librarian for the general public, attorneys and the Supreme Court justices. She subsequently enrolled in law school and was a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado before joining Davis Graham and Stubbs LLP in 1986. As a partner at Davis Graham and Stubbs, Ms. Abel currently excels in representing clients in corporate, securities and business law.
Throughout her career, Ms. Abel has represented private and public companies from formation through exit strategy, counseling clients in securities transactions and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, software and technology licensing and partnership law. Between 1998 and 2001, she served as general counsel to CIBER Inc., a NYSE listed company. By mutual agreement between CIBER and her firm, she negotiated a billing arrangement that allowed her to devote approximately 80 percent of her time to CIBER. As general counsel, she maintained responsibility for securities offerings and compliance, acquisitions, business partner agreements and corporate governance. Moreover, Ms. Abel established an in-house legal department, advised on a range of employee issues and managed litigation.
Ms. Abel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Germanic languages and a Master of Library Sciences from Indiana University-Bloomington. Later, she enrolled at the University of Colorado, graduating with a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1985. Ms. Abel keeps abreast of changes in the field through her affiliation with various sections of the Denver Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the Colorado Women's Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
A champion of her community, Ms. Abel has dedicated herself to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, coordinating the Denver Walk for PKD for five years. She also worked to improve the Denver Public Schools through her involvement with the PTA and the Washington Park House Tour benefiting Steele Elementary School. She accepted the Cathy Stricklin Krendl Business Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 for her dedication to improving the business laws of the State of Colorado and has been consistently recognized as an AV-Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. Ms. Abel intends to continue to provide her clients with effective and efficient service.
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