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Having resided at Fort Logan (southwest of Denver) at a very early age, Mr. Abplanalp returned to Colorado after graduating from the Duke University School of Law in 1971. Admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1971, Mr. Abplanalp then served as law clerk to the Honorable Phillip Dufford, of the Colorado Court of Appeals. While serving in that clerkship, Mr. Abplanalp was asked to take the positions of County Attorney and Deputy District Attorney for Jackson County (Walden and North Park), Colorado, which permitted him to engage in private practice while serving in those capacities. Mr. Abplanalp accepted that opportunity and continued in that practice until the end of 1978, when he was offered and accepted the position of County Attorney for Garfield County (Glenwood Springs), Colorado, where he served until 1981, when he joined another County Attorney in establishing an office in Vail, Colorado, a relationship which lasted for more than twenty years. In 2002, Mr. Abplanalp returned to a solo practice in the Vail Valley, which continued until 2016. In 2010, however, Mr. Abplanalp changed the focus of his practice to Larimer County (Fort Collins), Colorado (in the same Judicial District as Jackson County/North Park), which permitted him to reengage with and resume the representation of families whom he had represented in Jackson County/North Park almost fifty years earlier. Mr. Abplanalp has continued to maintain his law office in Old Town Fort Collins since 2010, representing clients primarily in Jackson County and Larimer . Abplanalp travels regularly to and from, and enjoys a part-time residence in, Jackson County/North Park, with such trips being largely responsive to client needs. Appointments in Jackson County/North Park generally may be arranged on relatively short notice, although much of the activity in this day and age occurs . Abplanalp's activities related to the legal profession have included service on the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association and as regional Vice-President of the Association, and about a decade of service in the CBA Ethics . Abplanalp's involvement in his community has included service on multiple property owner association boards, including eight years serving as President of the 82-property community of which he is a resident in northwestern Larimer 2021, Mr. Abplanalp celebrated fifty years of service to the legal profession and those with whom he has worked and is working.