Arvada City Attorney presents 2025 office update highlighting contracts, litigation and data-driven workflows

Apr 14, 2026

City Attorney Rachel Morris and deputies outlined 2025 workloads: a 23-person office using Practice Panther, Axon and Origami Risk; 616 contracts reviewed (44 emergency); ~19 active lawsuits; and expanded intergovernmental work including shelter IGAs and tribal consultation on Gold Strike Park.

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City Attorney Rachel Morris presented the Arvada City Attorney's Office annual update on April 14, describing a 23-person operation that provides legal counsel, prosecutes municipal offenses, drafts ordinances and manages the city's risk program. "We are a team of 23 talented, hard working professionals who are dedicated to public service," Morris said, laying out the office's three-division structure and the data systems that underpin its work.

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