Megan M. Sherr

303.741.5300 | info@spalfamilylaw.com

Megan is the President and CEO, as well as a founding shareholder of Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC. She is a seasoned attorney with an extensive background in family law. Megan served as a Deputy District Attorney, where she earned an appointment from District Attorney Bill Ritter to lead a juvenile federal grant program. Through the grant program she managed a team of professionals from multiple agencies and departments.

Megan has extensive legal experience trying cases as well as researching and arguing pre-trial matters, including complex legal motions. Since moving to the private sector, Megan has consistently been named among the country’s top lawyers by organizations that include 5280 Top Lawyer, Family Law, SuperLawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Megan has also been chosen as “Barristers Best – Barrister’s Choice”, Best Family Law Lawyer. Her drive, tenacity and compassion have earned her high marks from her clients and peers.

Education

University of Denver, Juris Doctorate, 1999
University of Colorado, Honors Program and Dean’s List
University of Colorado, B.A. Communications, Conflict Management, 1996

Experience

Shareholder – Sherr, Puttmann, Akins, Lamb PC
Shareholder – Gutterman Griffiths, PC
Senior Associate Attorney – Gutterman Griffiths, PC
Appointee – Juvenile Assessment Incentive Block Grant, Denver District Attorney’s Office
Deputy District Attorney – City and County of Denver, Colorado
Judicial Law Clerk – Honorable Larry Naves, former Presiding Judge, Denver District Court
Paralegal – Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison, LLC
Community Corrections Professional/Juvenile Assessment Counselor – Boulder County Justice Center

Professional Achievements

Barristers Best – Barristers Choice, Best Family Law Lawyer, Law Week, 2020.
5280 Magazine’s Top Lawyers List – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Colorado Super Lawyers – 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 201a8, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Top 100 Lawyers: Colorado, Super Lawyers 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Top 50 Women Lawyers 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Best Lawyers in America – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Firm awarded one of America’s Best Law Firms by U.S. News and Best Lawyers – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Featured in The Denver Post as Super Lawyers Colorado Rising Stars 2013 and Denver’s Best Lawyers 2013
Colorado Rising Star, Super Lawyers – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Firm published in The Denver Post as one of “Denver’s Best Law Firms,” March 2012 & 2013
Firm featured in Law Week’s “Super Lawyers” Edition, March 2012, 2013 & April 2014
Featured in 5280 Magazine as one of Colorado’s Rising Stars, 2012
Featured in Law Week‘s “Small Firm Focus,” April 2012
National Council of Jewish Women – Business Woman of the Year Award, 2011
“Divorce Expert” – Colorado Expression magazine, 2009
AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell®.
Colorado Bar – Admitted in April 2000

Presentations & Publications

Contributor: Book: Financial Expert Guide for Family Law Attorneys, published April 2020
Speaker: Advanced Family Law Conference, December 2019; Rule 16.2(e)(10)
Speaker: Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Counsel, November 2019; Parent-Child Interactional Assessments
Speaker: 2019 Family Law Update, October 2019; Modification of Parental Responsibilities: Decision Making and Parenting Time
Speaker: Colorado Chapter of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, September 2019; Resistant Teens and Parenting Time Orders
Speaker: Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Counsel, April 2019; Resistant Teens and Parenting Time Orders
Speaker: Family Law Institute, August 2017; The Sworn Financial Statement and How to Effectively Use it in Trial
Speaker: Rocky Mountain Paralegals Association (RMPA) on “Income Issues with Child Support and Maintenance”, May 2017
Speaker: Family Law Institute, August 2016; Income Issues with Child Support and Maintenance
Faculty: AICPA Expert Witness Workshop, September 2016
Speaker: June 2016 Colorado Family Support Council Conference
Speaker: Colorado Family Law Institute on Professionalism, August 2013
Co-Chair – Colorado Bar Association, 2009 Family Law Institute Annual Conference