Craig L. Truman

We request telephone contact rather than email due to the highly confidential nature of the work that we do. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Craig L. Truman included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best Lawyers in America, 1987 – present National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015 - present Colorado Super Lawyers, 2006 – present Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, 1981 - 2019 University of Denver College of Law - Outstanding Ethical Conduct Award, 2004 Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 1997 Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1996 First Annual Defender Service Excellence Award, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, 1982 Top 100 Attorneys – Lifetime Achievement, 2016 National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Attorney, 2013 – present National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorney 2015 – present Other Sources of Feedback About Craig L. Truman Included on the 2026Colorado Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2024 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2023 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2022 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2021 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2020 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2019 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2018 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2017 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2016 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2015 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2014 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2013 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2012 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2011 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2010 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2009 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2008 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2007 Colorado Super Lawyers list 2006 Colorado Super Lawyers list

• Sole Practitioner, since 1985

• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Chief Deputy State Public Defender (Littleton), 1983 - 1985
• Miller, Gray, Hale & Truman, Partner, 1982 - 1983
• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Chief Deputy State Public Defender (Denver), 1978 - 1982
• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Deputy State Public Defender - In Charge (Brighton), 1975 - 1978
• State of Colorado, Office of the Public Defender, Deputy State Public Defender (Boulder), 1973 - 1975
• University of Colorado School of Law, Legal Aid and Defender Program, Board of Directors and Senior Council, 1973
• Boulder County Court, Chief Deputy Probation Officer, 1972

• Throughout his career, Mr. Truman has always been in high demand as a speaker and teacher, and the following list represents only a small percentage of the total of his speaking and teaching engagements.
• A View from the Dark Side - A Defense Lawyer's Perspective, Ralston House, 2015
• 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Vehicle Crimes Training Seminar, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 2014
• What Happens in the Courtroom at Sentencing, State Court Administrators New Judges' Orientation, 2014
• View from the Defense: Welcome to the Jungle, Jefferson County New Detectives' Training, 2014
• The Defense Perspective, Jefferson County Citizens' Academy, 2013
• Scaling the Mountains of Fraud, International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, 2013
• Advanced New Judge Orientation re: Sentencing Considerations, Office of the State Court Administrator, 2013
• Cross Examination, Denver District Attorney's Office, 2013
• Quarterly Training, Boulder Police Department, Colorado Homicide Investigators' Association, 2013
• 2012 Annual Training Conference, Colorado State Investigators' Association, 2012
• Prosecutor on Trial: The Rule of Law or Unfettered Discretion, Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2012
• Evidence for the Civil & Criminal Practitioner & Special Evidentiary Issues of Criminal Law, Colorado Bar & Denver Bar Association CLE, 2012
• Ethics & Professionalism, Colorado Bar & Denver Bar Association CLE, 2012
• Sentencing Considerations, Colorado State Judicial Department, New Judge Orientation and Training, 2011 - 2012
• Faculty, Criminal Defense Program, Western Trial Advocacy Institute, Laramie, WY, 1982 - 2010
• Preventing Legal Malpractice, Colorado Bar & Denver Bar Association CLE, 2010
• Voir Dire Done Right, Colorado State Judicial Conference, 2009
• Criminal Defense Clinic; Legal Ethics Symposium, University of Denver School of Law, 2003 - 2005
• Adjunct Professor, University of Denver College of Law, 1986 - 2006
• Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado School of Law, 1984 - 1985
• Major Case Course, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, 2016

• Colorado, 1974
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1974
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of Wyoming, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1985
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

• Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Founding Member)
• Colorado Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1985 - Present (Sustaining Member)
• Colorado Bar Foundation, 2000 - Present (Fellow)
• Minoru Yasui Inn of Court, 1996 - Present