Mark loves the law and likes to explain how estate planning and administration works to clients, paralegals, and other lawyers. Mark has been a continuing education lecturer and program planner for Colorado attorneys since 1992. He was awarded the Doyle Award of Excellence in 2007 by CLE, Inc. of the Colorado Bar Association for his contributions to legal continuing education and publications. Mark is an adjunct faculty member of the Paralegal Department of Arapahoe Community College and a Lab Instructor for the University of Denver College of Law. For 2009, 2010 and 2011 Mark is recognized in 5280 and ColoradoBiz magazines for "Five Star" client satisfaction among Colorado estate planning attorneys, and is recognized in those publications as a "Colorado Superlawyer" for 2011.

Washburn University J.D., 1982
University of Colorado B.A., 1979

Mark is active in the Trust and Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association, having served as Section President, Section Vice President and Chair of the CLE Committee, Secretary-Treasurer, and former chair of the Section's Statutory Revisions Committee and member of the select Colorado Probate Code (UPC II) revision committee. He has also served as Legislative Liaison, was a member of the Colorado Estate Planning Forms (Orange Book) Committee, and has written legislation dealing with decedents' last remains and powers of attorney. Mark is a Fellow of the Colorado Bar Foundation, designated by his peers as one of the best lawyers in Colorado.

Mark’s recent speaking engagements include: Lecturer, Fundamentals of Elder Law; Lecturer on transfer taxation, University of Colorado School of Law; Program Chair and Panelist, Advanced Estate Administration; Program Speaker, Estate Planning Council of Southeast Denver; Lecturer, D.U. College of Law Advanced Estate Planning Institute; Program Planner and Lecturer, CBA Trust & Estate Section Annual Estate Planning Retreat; Program Chair and Lecturer of recurring CLE curriculum "Fundamentals of Estate Planning," presented biennially since 1998; Program Chair, "Life Insurance," jointly presented with Colorado CFP Association; Program Chair and Lecturer of recurring curriculum "Basic Probate Administration"; Lecturer, CBA Solo & Small Firm Symposium; Program Chair and Lecturer, "Drafting Wills and Trusts"; Lecturer for Society of Certified Senior Advisors.

Mark has been quoted in "Time Magazine" and "Bloomberg Business News," and has written articles for The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News.

Mark was admitted to the Colorado bar and U.S. District Court of Colorado in 1983. He is a member of the CBA Tax Section.

* Contributing Editor, Colorado Will and Estate Planner, Bradford Publishing (2004, 2003)

He has also authored and edited the following legal articles and publications:

* Commissioned to edit Society of Certified Senior Advisors estate planning study text, 2003, 2001
* "Subtle Screw ups: Twenty-Six Ways to Sabotage an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust," The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 27, No. 1 (1998)
* "Bequest of Life: Organ and Tissue Donation as Part of a Thorough Estate Plan," The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 25, NoO. 4 (1996)
* "The New Colorado Statutory Power of Attorney for Property," 23 The Colorado Lawyer 2527 (1994)
* Authored article on revocable living trusts for the Colorado CLU Society newspaper.

Mr. Masters is also a member (former director) of the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, and the Estate Planning Council of Southeast Denver, former President of the Arapahoe Community College Foundation, and is a long-time referral attorney of the Denver Probate Court VIRS Program and volunteer attorney for pro-bono clients of the Colorado Lawyers for the Arts. He has served as President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Radio Reading Service of the Rockies, been a consulting attorney to the St. Anthony Health Foundation and University of Colorado Foundation, and served for over ten years on the Medical Ethics Board of North Suburban Medical Center. Mark is listed in many "Who's Who" publications.

Below are pictures of some of the books that Mark Masters has published,

	Mark Masters served as Legislative Liaison, was a member of the Colorado Estate Planning Forms (Orange Book) Committee, and has written legislation dealing with decedents' last remains and powers of attorney.