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Experience: Ken Keene practices estate planning and estate administration law in Colorado and Arizona. His experience includes working with individuals and business owners to provide personal attention to their specific needs and objectives, with a view towards producing a comprehensive estate plan which is understood by the client and prepared in a timely manner. Services available include Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Charitable Planning, and Marital Agreements.

Ken began his career serving in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corp from 1965 through 1969. From 1970 through 1994 he was a principal in the Colorado Springs firm of Hecox, Tolley, Keene & Beltz. From 1995 until late 2003, Ken was a partner in the Colorado Springs branch office of the Denver law firm of Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons. In October of 2003, he and Beth Sparks opened their new practice.

Education: Ken attended Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) from 1958 through 1961, and graduated with a B.S. from the University of Nebraska in 1962. He holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he was Managing Editor of the Law Review.

Professional and Civic Activities: Ken is a member and past chairman of the Probate Section of the El Paso County Bar Association and the Colorado Springs Estate Planning Council. He has served as Chairman and Board Member of Silver Key Senior Services, the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region Metropolitan Board and Foundation Board, the Penrose/St. Francis Health Foundation, the CHI Mountain Foundation and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society.

Bar Admissions: Ken is admitted to practice law in Colorado, Arizona and Nebraska.

Experience: Beth Sparks practices estate planning and probate law in Colorado.

Beth's estate planning and probate experience includes Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills, and other estate planning documents. In addition, Beth handles prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, as well as a wide variety of corporate law, including incorporations of different types of entities in the State of Colorado.

Prior to starting Keene & Sparks LLP in October of 2003, Beth was an Associate with the law firm of Rothgerber, Johnson and Lyons LLP in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1997 to 2003. From 1994 to 1997 Beth worked as an Associate with Dorsey & Whitney in Denver, Colorado, specializing in securities and transactional law.

Education: In 1990, Beth received her B.S. summa cum laude, from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Beth holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1993), and from 1993 to 1994 she was a law clerk for Chief Judge Sherman Finesilver at the Federal District Court in Denver, Colorado.

Professional and Civic Activities: Beth serves as a member of the Colorado Springs Estate Planning Council and Probate Council. She is an active board member of the Penrose/St. Francis Health Foundation, the Goodwill Foundation and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Board.

Bar Admissions: Beth is admitted to practice law in Colorado and Massachusetts.

Joy has over twenty years experience overseeing and administering trusts and probate estates, having served as a trust officer in banking environments. She has worked with Ken Keene and Beth Sparks since 1997 and is the firm's paralegal specializing in probate administration. Joy also has experience in corporate and business transactions.