Alternate Dispute Resolution Services

Arbitration:
LRC's former judges can accept appointments as sole arbitrators or as a neutral on a multi-person panel.

Settlement Conferences:
LRC's former judges are able to provide impartial mediation of disputes between parties, including mediation pertaining to specialized industries and practice areas such as personal injury, construction defects, commercial law, domestic disputes, municipal issues, water law and railroads.

Specially Appointed Judges:
LRC has former judges available for appointment as judges pro tem pursuant to C.R.S. 13-3-111. This option allows a party a means of preserving the right to appeal which would not occur with arbitration.

Domestic Settlement Services:
LRC's former judges are available for both pre-decree and post-decree services.

Hearing Officers:
LRC's former judges are available for appointment as neutral hearing officers.

Kenneth M. Plotz

Westminster, Colorado
phone: (888) 881-7365
fax: (303) 426-7714

Kenneth M. Plotz chose to become part of the legal system to provide a civil and peaceful resolution to disputes of all magnitudes. Judge Plotz earned his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Denver and will soon complete his master’s degree in public affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. In 2000, Judge Plotz attended the National Judicial College, where he studied advanced family law issues on a scholarship provided by the College. Over the past fifteen years Judge Plotz has taught various courses in law for Colorado Mountain College. He regularly participates as a judge for "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution," a statewide program to engender interest in the Constitution at the high-school level.

Judge Plotz recently served as chief judge for the Eleventh Judicial District in Colorado. While there, he instituted a case management system that improved the flow of cases throughout the district and promoted the early resolution of civil, domestic and probate cases. During his tenure on the bench, Judge Plotz actively participated as a settlement judge. He has been successful in settling numerous construction industry cases, personal injury cases and domestic cases. As chief judge, he instituted a system of settlement conferences before the magistrates in the district as well as requiring mediation in most civil cases.

As the result of years of judicial experience, he now serves on assignment as a senior judge throughout the state of Colorado. After serving fifteen years on the district bench, Judge Plotz feels privileged to have the opportunity to take cases and nurture them to resolution.

Current Employment Position:

• Arbitrator/Mediator

Areas of Special Expertise:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bar Admissions:

• Colorado

Education:

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1973
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
• National Judicial College, San Francisco, California, 2000
• Advanced Family Law Institute, 2004
• University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, 1970
  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

Past Judicial Positions Held:

• Eleventh Judicial District, Colorado, Chief Judge, 2000 - 2005
• Eleventh Judicial District, Colorado, District Court Judge, 1989 - 2005
• Deputy State Public Defender, Salida, Colorado, 1979 - 1989