Emily L. Bowman, Partner

Emily Bowman is a founding partner of Rounds & Bowman. Her practice focuses primarily on estate planning, estate and trust administration, elder law, uncontested guardianships and conservatorships, and premarital and marital agreements.

Emily has been a practicing attorney in the areas of estate planning and administration since 2014. With a bachelor’s degree in psychology and having worked in a nursing home through college, she has the background, experience, and compassion to understand and address the unique issues facing seniors.

Emily is active in the Colorado Bar Association community. She co-heads a subcommittee with the Orange Book Forms Committee preparing a model trust for practitioners to use when retirement benefits are gifted to minors. She frequently volunteers as a supervising attorney in power of attorney clinics within the community. She has been a frequent author of Colorado Lawyer articles, including two articles analyzing the impact of the SECURE Act on retirement account benefits, particularly when paid into trust, and was a co-author of the Colorado Lawyer Trust & Estate section from 2019-2025.

Emily is a third generation Coloradoan and loves everything sunny Colorado has to offer. In her spare time, she enjoys running, spending time outdoors or at her family cabin, attempting to garden, organizing, cheering on the Broncos, spending time with her husband, and spoiling her rescue dogs and cat.

    • University of Oregon School of Law / J.D. / 2013 (top 3%)

    • Colorado State University / B.S. / 2009

  • Law practice

    • Member / Colorado Bar Association

    • Section Member / Trust & Estates

    • Member / Denver Bar Association

    • Coordinating Editor / Trust & Estate section / Colorado Lawyer (2019-2025)

    • Rising Star / Estate Planning & Probate / Super Lawyers Magazine (2020)

    • Ones to Watch / Trust & Estates, Elder Law / The Best Lawyers in America (2021-2025)

    Law School

    • Member / Order of the Coif

    • Recipient / Laurence Janssen School of Law Academic Scholarship

    • David W. Kirch, Emily L. Bowman & Gerard F.B. Deffenbaugh / The Treatment of SLATs in the Event of a Dissolution of Marriage / 53 Colo. Law. 53 (May 2024).

    • Emily L. Bowman / The SECURE Act: Impact on Estate Planning with Qualified Retirement Plans and IRAs / 49 Colo. Law. 49 (Apr. 2020)

    • Emily L. Bowman & Charles E. Rounds / Five Common Client Misconceptions About Estate Planning / 47 Colo. Law. 47 (Dec. 2018)

    • David W. Kirch & Emily L. Bowman / Equitable Remedies / Orange Book Handbook: Colorado Estate Planning Handbook (2018-2025)

    • David W. Kirch & Emily L. Bowman / Avoiding Pitfalls for Minor Beneficiaries of IRAs and Other Qualified Retirement Benefits / 46 Colo. Law. 46 (Sept. 2017).

    • “Unprogram: Dynamic Dialogues for Optimizing Your Individually and Your New Practice” / 16th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Elder Law Retreat (Aug. 2024)

    • “Trust Interests in a Divorce” / Family Law Spring Update / CBA Family Law Section (Apr. 2024)

    • “Basics of Trust Interests in Divorce” / NACVA – Colorado Chapter (Nov. 2023)

    • “Domestic Relation and Probate Institute” / Colorado State Court Administrator’s Office (June 2023)

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