Five of Holland & Hart’s attorneys in its Boulder office have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication in the legal profession. Those recognized are Jude Biggs, labor and employment; Scott Havlick, intellectual property; Laura Hundley, tax, trusts and estates; Marc Painter, real estate; and Beat Steiner, real estate.

Western jewelry designer Amy Fortunato of Cowboy’s Sweetheart in Boulder received top honors in the 2010 Jewelry Design Business Development Grant competition. Her prize package includes $6,000 in cash and jewelry supplies. The annual award is sponsored by jewelry supply wholesaler Halstead Bead Inc. The grant is awarded to a new jeweler each year in recognition of design skill and business acumen.

Mark Caldwell, program director for the nonprofit National Institute for Trial Advocacy in Louisville, received the 2009 Hon. Prentice H. Marshall Faculty Award. Caldwell also serves as the director of specialty programs for NITA where he designs, administers and serves as an instructor for programs in bankruptcy litigation, child advocacy, tax litigation and numerous other programs for attorneys who represent the underserved.

Community Food Share in Niwot was recently ranked as one of the most effective and efficient food banks in the Feeding America network of more than 200 members nationwide. Feeding America is the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief organization