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Doriana R. Fontanella 
Denver, Colorado
Associate
phone (303) 296-4440
fax (303) 296-3330
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Doriana R. Fontanella

 

After many years as a small business owner, Ms. Fontanella now practices in the areas of Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Taxation, and Business Planning.  She has taught in the areas of fiduciary income taxation and legal resources.  Ms. Fontanella is conversant in Italian and French.  She is a former member of the Zonta Club of Denver where she served on the Board of Directors and chaired various committees.  Her outside activities include extensive foreign travel.

 

Ms. Fontanella obtained an LL.M. in Taxation from the Denver University Graduate Tax Program.  She graduated summa cum laude from the College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York where she majored in History and Philosophy.  She was the recipient of the History Department Award and the Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society) award.  She was also named in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.  Ms. Fontanella studied law at the Notre Dame Law School at both the South Bend, Indiana location and the London, England location.

Areas of Practice:
Estate Planning
Probate and Estate Administration
Taxation
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1982
Colorado, 1983
U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1983
Education:
Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1981
J.D.


Denver University Graduate Tax Program, Denver, Colorado, 2000
LL.M.


College of Mount Saint Vincent, The Bronx, New York, 1978
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: History Department Award
Honors: Phi Alpha Theta Award
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: General Excellence Award
Honors: Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
Major:  History and Philosophy


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Fiduciary Income Taxes, Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association - Probate Section, 2007


Legal Resources, Colorado State University, 1998


Honors and Awards:
Primo Award - Italian-Amercian Attorney of the Year, 2004


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Zonta Club of Denver, 1990 - 1995


Zonta Club of Denver
Director


Past Employment Positions:
Katz, Look & Moison, P.C., Associate, 2000 - 2008


Languages:
Italian
French

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