Experience & Accomplishments

Bar and Professional Memberships

Admitted to practice in the state of Colorado and the state of Georgia


Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), 2021-present


Colorado Bar Foundation Fellow, 2015 to present


Colorado (Trusts and Estates Section) and Denver Bar Associations

  • Statutory Revisions Committee, 2001-2015
  • Orange Book Forms Committee, 2016 to 2023
  •  Member of the 2017 Revised Edition of Orange Book Forms subcommittee, 2016-2017
  • Chair of the Engagement Letter subcommittee, September 2017-2022 


Denver Estate Planning Council (2004 to 2023) and Women's Estate Planning Council (2011 to present)

Programs & Podcasts

“Trust and Estate Planning for Digital Assets,” Presenter, 22 nd Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute, Westminster, Colorado, May 31, 2014


“Aging Single #3: Finances and Estate Planning,” Guest, Solo – Hosted by Peter McGraw, Aging Single #3: Aging Single #3: Finances And Estate Planning (petermcgraw.org), Finances And Estate Planning (petermcgraw.org), May 2, 2024.


“Estate Planning with Intellectual Property: Hot Tips to Avoid Getting Lost in the IP Desert,” Panelist, 2024 ACTEC Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, March 10, 2024


“Can We Talk About This Please – Foundation for Client Interaction, Communication, and Support in Controversial Trust and Estate Administration Matters,” Co-Presenter, 40th Annual Estate Planning Retreat, October 16-17, 2020


“Divorce and Income Taxes After the 2017 Tax Act,” Presenter, Trust & Estate Section CLE Luncheon Series, Denver, Colorado, May 2019


"Intellectual Property Issues in Estate Planning and Administration," Presenter, Trust & Estate Fall Update 2017, Denver, Colorado, November 3, 2017


"Intellectual Property Issues in Estate Planning and Administration," Presenter, 37th Annual Estate Planning Retreat, Vail, Colorado, June 8-10, 2017


"Death, Divorce, and Disaster," Panel Member, Denver Startup Week, Denver, Colorado, September 12, 2016


"Estate Planning for IP and Technology Entrepreneurs," Presenter, 14th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Westminster, Colorado, June 2, 2016


"Estate Planning," Presenter, Women's Vision Foundation, Savvy Salon II – Personal Development, Denver, Colorado, March 29, 2007 

Publications

Louisa M. Ritsick, “Intellectual Property Issues in Estate Planning and Administration,” THE COMPUTER AND INTERNET LAWYER, Volume 35, Number 8 (August 2018)


Louisa M. Ritsick, “Estate Planning and Administration for Intellectual Property,“ ESTATE PLANNING JOURNAL, Thomson Reuters (May 2018)


Louisa M. Ritsick, “The New Engagement and Non-engagement/Termination Letter Orange Book Forms,” Trust and Estate Council Notes, CBA (Fall 2020)

Louisa M. Ritsick, "Chapter 1 – Estate Planning," The Orange Book, Colo. Estate Planning Forms (rev. ed. 2019 and 2017)


Louisa M. Ritsick, "Intellectual Property Issues in Estate Planning and Administration," 46 Colo. Law. (Dec. 2017)


Louisa M. Ritsick and Constance Tromble Eyster, “Probate and Trust Law,“ 2004 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, CBA-CLE Books


Cyndi Lyden, Louisa M. Ritsick, and K. Gabriel Heiser, “Rights to and Disclosure of Medical Information:  HIPAA and Colorado Law, “ 33 Colo. Law. No. 10, p. 101 (Oct. 2004). 


Louisa M. Ritsick and Constance Tromble Eyster, “Probate and Trust Law,” 2003 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, CBA-CLE Books


Louisa M. Ritsick and Constance Tromble Eyster, “Probate and Trust Law,” 2002 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, CBA-CLE Books

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 1999


University of Georgia, Honors Program, Athens, GA

Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Psychology with minor in Spanish, June 1995