Cynthia L. Ciancio

Bar / Professional Activity

• Former Officer and President of Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2019
• Colorado Bar Association Executive Council, 2003-2005
• Board of Directors, Metro Volunteer Lawyers
• Past Chair - Family Law Section of Colorado Bar Association, 2012
• Family Law Institute (FLI), Chair, 2012-2013
• Editor, Family Law Newsletter, Colorado Bar Association, 2008-2010
• Former Deputy District Attorney, Adams County Colorado, 1996
• Supervised Parenting Time and Exchange Commission, Member
• Colorado Women's Bar Association (CWBA)
• Colorado Bar Association Judicial Committee, 2012-Present
• Participant, Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training Program (COBALT), 2009
• Board of Governors, Colorado Bar Association, 2002-2004
• Executive Director, President, Vice President, Treasurer, Adams/Broomfield Bar Association, 2000-2005
• Adams Broomfield Bar Association (ABBA)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), Member, 2012-Present
• Executive Council, Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2008-Present

Special Licenses / Certifications

• Certified Mediator, 2008-Present

Pro bono / Community Service

• President, Bal Swan Children's Center Board of Directors, 2011 - Present
• Metro Volunteer Lawyers (MVL), Board of Directors
• Board of Directors, Bal Swan Children's Center, 2008-Present
• Board of Directors, Adams Community Mental Health

Educational Background

• University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D., 1995, 1993-1995
• Stetson University, B.A., 1992

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Co-Author, "Modifying or Terminating Maintenance Based on Co-habitation", Colorado Lawyer, June, 2009
• Modification of Maintenance, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, February, 2010
• The Changing Practice of Law, Law Week Colorado, 2013

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Published opinions by the Colorado Court of AppealsIn the Interest of S.N.V., a Child, and Concerning C.A.T.C.,, 2011, and In re the Parental Responsibilities of A.D., and Concerning Rueda, 2010. 

Honors

• Recipient of the ABBA Amicus Award, 2005
• The Primo Award of Excellence:  Service to the Community Award, 2012
• Recipient of the Adams/Broomfield Bar Association's Volunteer Attorney of the Year Award, 2001
• Cynthia was named a Top Women Lawyers finalist by Law Week Colorado, in 2010 & 2011. The editor's note reads: The following women attorneys in Colorado, many of whom were nominated by their colleagues and associates, deserve recognition for their extensive and varied accomplishments in law and life.
• Nominated for Denver Business Journal's Outstanding Women in Business Award, 2011

Industry Groups

• Family Law

“Cynthia is founding sharehold of Ciancio Ciancio Brown and is a recognized and lauded expert litigator in Family Law.”