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Ms. Yates has practiced law at Holland & Hart since she graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law in 1990. Ms. Yates recently served for five years as the Administrative Partner of the firm's Denver Tech Center Office. At Holland & Hart, Ms. Yates' litigation practice is divided into three areas: commercial litigation, oil and gas, and space law.

Ms. Yates represents major and mid-sized companies with business interests in the Rocky Mountain region and throughout the world. As a litigator, Ms. Yates has defended a range of cases, from small lawsuits to mass tort and class actions.

In service to the firm's space industry clients, Ms. Yates has advised them on government contracting and risk avoidance issues. She actively participates in the Colorado Space Coalition. In that capacity, she has testified to the Colorado congressional delegation on export controls, drafted working documents analyzing the impacts on industry, and proposed legislatives solutions. In addition, Ms. Yates has worked closely with her client, the Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation, to present practical and real-world advice at the International Space Symposium, in Toulouse, France, and the National Space Symposium held annually in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She developed the first legal workshop presented during the symposium to ensure that the space industry learns about cutting-edge developments in the law and the opportunities for risk avoidance.

Ms. Yates received her Certificate of Completion from the International Space University (ISU) Summer Session Program 2003, held in Strasbourg, France. In addition to coursework in space policy and law, this program involved an intensive interdisciplinary curriculum covering the principal space-related fields, including spacecraft design and engineering, satellite applications, orbital mechanics, life sciences, physical sciences, and business management. During the program, Ms. Yates co-authored TRACKS to Space: Technology Research and Cooperative Knowledge Sharing, a report on innovative space technologies commissioned by the European Space Agency.

Member, Colorado Space Coalition

Member, International Institute of Space Law. Presenter at October 2006 session in Valencia, Spain.

Member, American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Aviation and Space Law Committee (2001 to present) (presenter at 2003 Annual Aviation and Space Law Committee Conference, October 2003).

Member, American Bar Association Forum on Air and Space Law (1999 to present) (worked with space industry experts from around the world to present issues at the Air and Space Law Conference in Montreal, Canada in August 2000).

Member, Colorado Space Business Roundtable

She authored, "Keeping Pace with Space Tourism," published in International Bar News in October 2007.

As an invited speaker, Ms. Yates was a panelist in the webcast program sponsored by the National Remote Sensing Institute in 2007.

Ms. Yates wrote "U.S. 'Deemed Export' Law Threaten International Collaboration and Education," published in the International Bar Association Outer Space Committee Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 1, June 2006.

She wrote "Proposed Changes to 'Deemed Export' Law Threaten International Collaboration," published in International Space Review in September and October 2005.

Ms. Yates prepared and presented her paper, "Implications of a Market-Driven FCC Rule for Frequency Allocations," at the ISU Alumni Conference, SSP03, in Strasbourg, France, and at the ABA Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section's 2003 Annual Aviation and Space Law Committee Conference, October 2003.