Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov at a glance
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Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov
Judge · Colorado Court of Appeals
Biography
Professional career
- Law Week Colorado Barrister’s Best People’s Choice, Colorado Court of Appeals Judge (2022 and 2024)
- a partner in VanderWerf & Lipinsky, P.C., and was associated with Holme Roberts & Owen in Denver and Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York
Education
- New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the New York University Law Review — J.D.
- Education Judge Lipinsky received an A.B. magna cum laude, with honors, from Brown University
Additional information
- Awards and Recognitions In 2025, Judge Lipinsky received the Denver Bar Association’s judicial excellence award
- The same year, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law recognized him as its 2025 outstanding public sector externship supervisor
- His recent articles include Reflections on a Recognition, The Docket (December 2025)
- Now,” sponsored by the Faculty of Federal Advocates, January 29, 2025; “Primer on Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law,” at the January 14, 2025, meeting of the Denver Bar Association Bench-Bar Committee; “Developments in Access to Justice and How You Can Participate in Them,” at the Colorado Bar Association, November 13, 2024; “What You Need to Know About the AI Revolution: The Top Ten Tips Regarding the Risks and Rewards Associated with Lawyers’ and Judges’ Use of Generative AI,” at the 2024 Colorado Judicial Conference, September 16, 2024; “Top Ten Tips Regarding the Risks and Rewards Associated with Using Generative AI,” at Colorado Bar Association CLE, September 5, 2024; “AI, Law Practice, and Ethics,” at Colorado Bar Association CLE, June 20, 2024; “The Ethical Use of AI in an Appellate Practice” at Colorado Bar Association CLE, May 10, 2024 (panel discussion); “An Appellate Judge’s Perspective on AI” at the March 14, 2024, meeting of the Colorado Bar Association Litigation Section; “Artificial Intelligence in Practice and on the Bench” at Colorado Bar Association CLE, February 23, 2024 (panel discussion); “2023 Appellate Practice Update” at Colorado Bar Association CLE, May 5, 2023 (panel discussion); “Restitution after People v
- In 2019, he founded the judicial branch’s liaison group with the Pledge to Diversity, which he chaired for more than four years
- Co-founded the Colorado Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society (2006)
- Judge Lipinsky also received the “Legal Luminary” award from the Colorado Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society, the Colorado Bar Association’s award for the best litigation article published in Colorado Lawyer magazine in 2003, and the Edward Sherman Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado
- Career Immediately prior to joining the Court of Appeals, Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov was chair of the Denver litigation department of Dentons US LLP, an international law firm
- He served as Managing Editor of the Brown Daily Herald newspaper
- Artificial Intelligence and the Code of Judicial Conduct, Jud
- Civic and Professional Activities Judge Lipinsky chairs the Standing Committee on the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and the Supreme Court’s Legal Technology Advisory Committee
- Court of Appeals’ Self-Represented Litigant and Governance Committees, the Colorado Appellate Courts Technology Committee, the Colorado Access to Justice Commission, and the Commission’s Delivery and Technology Committees
- Former President of the Faculty of Federal Advocates, where he co-authored the United States District Court for the District of Colorado’s civil pro bono panel initiative, and a former First Vice President of the Denver Bar Association
- While in private practice, he volunteered at the Colorado Lawyers Committee’s Legal Night program, which assists indigent individuals who are seeking pro bono counsel
- Judge Lipinsky was honored with the United States District Court for the District of Colorado’s pro bono award for his role as court-appointed counsel in a Fourth Amendment case
- Judge Lipinsky is married and has two adult daughters and two grandchildren
- Judge Lipinsky is an emeritus Board member of the Colorado Judicial Institute and a Fellow of the Colorado Bar Foundation
- Judge Lipinsky previously was a member of the Executive Committee of Our Courts Colorado and chaired the Access to Justice Commission’s Local Access to Justice Support Subcommittee and Forcible Entry and Detainer Task Force
- He served on the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association, the Board of Trustees of the Denver Bar Association, and the Board of Colorado Bar Association CLE
- 5(e): Expanding the Scope of Limited Legal Services in Civil Appellate Proceedings, 53 Colo
- Former Managing Author of the Civil Benchbook
- Speaks and writes on legal technology and ethics
- While in private practice, he was recognized as one of Colorado’s top commercial litigators in publications such as Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, and SuperLawyers
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