Lori Dawkins is the Managing Member of the Denver office and focuses her practice on litigation and regulatory issues for energy companies.  Lori has more than twenty-five years of litigation experience and has tried more than fifty cases in front of juries in state and federal court. Lori is the co-leader of Steptoe & Johnson’s Oil & Gas Emergency Response Team, and she serves as a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee. 

A former officer in the United States Air Force, she was appointed as the lead search and recovery officer at a major Strategic Air Command base and she served in Saudi Arabia for a year during Desert Storm.  She was named Strategic Air Command’s Military Manager of the Year and received the Medal of Commendation, the Air Force Achievement Medal, and the Southwest Asia Service Medal. 

Lori is a former Drum Major of the West Virginia University Marching Band (“The Pride of West Virginia”).  She enjoys camping, classical guitar, and trail riding on her horse (“Henry”) in the mountains of Colorado.