My staff is expanding, and I’m pleased to say my wife is one of those additions! She really brings lots of energy and organization to my firm. When you call or stop by, please be sure to warmly welcome her!
A native of Wyoming, Cassidy moved to Colorado to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder. She graduated from CU Boulder with a degree in International affairs. Cassidy delved into volunteer work early in Boulder by connecting with women’s clinics and teen counseling. She then became a clinic assistant trainer for a nationwide medical provider as well as a co-manager of a local medical clinic. Cassidy married Michael Brady in 1997. She went to law school at the Wyoming College of Law and graduated in 1999. (Mike and Cassidy learned the commute between Laramie, Wyoming and Boulder very well.)
Cassidy began her law career as a law clerk for a very busy District Court Judge in Jefferson County. She later moved to the Boulder District Attorney’s Office. As a Deputy District Attorney she specialized in domestic violence recidivism. In addition to a full trial docket and large case load, she was a trainer for all of the law enforcement agencies in Boulder County as well as Boulder Police Department’s Citizens’ Academy and women’s shelters throughout Boulder County.
After the DA’s Office Cassidy became General Counsel for Tartoosh Environmental. This local business is devoted to assisting Native American tribal communities identify their needs, resources and the business structures necessary to building sustainability and assisting project developers to identify tribal communities who may need their services. Tartoosh also helps project developers navigate Native American tribal law and important tribal community standards, traditions and needs.
Cassidy is a Board member of Peacemaker Institute. Through this local non-profit, she became a facilitator for peace circle groups in Auschwitz and Berkenau in Poland and Rwanda. Along with Peacemaker founder Fleet Maull, Mike and their Rwandan partners, she developed an international Bearing Witness Retreat in Kigali, Rwanda.
Cassidy is a local Rotary Club Member, participating in the World Community Service committee and a mentor for students in the Adelante program at Boulder High School. She’s been known to do some rattle snake wrangling for her neighbors, loves reading and photography and is devoted to Mike and their super sweet standard poodle, Mulder.
Thanks to everyone who was able to join us for our Hobbit movie event tonight in Boulder. We are reprinting “The Hobbit” quiz and the answers below. We’ll also share a few more trivia tidbits at the end.
1. Who is Bilbo Baggins’ mother?
a. Princess of the Hobbits
b. Elrond
c. Belladonna Took
d. Bella Dear
2. What is the color of Bilbo Baggins’ painted door?
a. Blue
b. Green
c. Brown
d. Red
3. What visual scene dominates Bilbo’s memory of Gandalf?
a. A magic trick turning someone invisible
b. A pyrotechnic display
c. A meeting Gandalf and Bilbo’s mother
d. A forest fire
4. As of Chapter 2, what are Gandalf’s and Bilbo’s “professions,” respectively?
a. Thief, Hero
b. Wizard, Thief
c. Wizard, Burglar
d. Magician, Porter
5. Which of the following characters is not a Goblin?
a. Tom
b. Bert
c. William
d. All of the Above
6. In Chapter 4, who locates the cave for the group’s lodging?
a. Fili and Kili
b. Fili
c. Kili
d. Gandalf
7. Who is the owner of the horse that Gandalf has lost to the Goblins?
a. Elrond
b. Gandalf
c. Tom Bombadil
d. Bilbo Baggins
8. What word reminds Gollum of his grandmother?
a. “Mamsees”
b. “Silver”
c. “Eggses”
d. “Sycorax”
9. What is the name of the treasure Thorin values most?
a. Elrond
b. Arkenstone
c. Thrain
d. Foe-Hammer
10. Who tries to auction Bilbo’s estate?
a. The Sackville-Bagginses
b. Gandalf
c. The terrible Tooks
d. Moria
11. What is Bilbo’s more adventurous side?
a. Left
b. Baggins
c. Took
d. Right
12. Which of the following series correctly matches a sword with its owner and one of the sword’s names?
a. Goblin-Cleaver, Thorin, Foe-Hammer
b. Orcrist, Gandalf, Biter
c. Beater, Gandalf, Orcrist
d. Orcrist, Thorin, Goblin-Cleaver
13. Who wields the sword called “Foe-Hammer?”
a. Thorin
b. Gandalf
c. Bilbo
d. Great Goblin
14. According to song, where do Goblins “laugh” and “quaff?”
a. “Goblintown”
b. “Where the night is half”
c. “The Desolation of Smaug”
d. “At the Golden Calf”
15. According to Gollum’s riddle, what “ends life” and “kills laughter?”
a. Dark
b. Time
c. Light
d. Water
16. What is Bilbo’s riddle name when he meets Smaug?
a. Nobody
b. Elf-King
c. Whatzit
d. Barrel-Rider
17. What is the name of the town that Smaug attacks?
a. Elrond
b. Rivendell
c. Esgaroth
d. Endor
18. Who receives a coat of mithril?
a. Thrain
b. Thorin
c. Gandalf
d. Bilbo
19. Who Kills Smaug?
a. Master
b. Thorin
c. Bard
d. Bilbo
Here are the answers to the quiz;
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. D
13. B
14. A
15. A
16. D
17. C
18. D
19. A
Haven’t had enough yet? Here’s just a bit more Hobbit Trivia:
1. Who was Bilbo’s father?
2. Why does Thorin want Bilbo on the expedition?
3. What does Glamdring mean in English?
4. What does Orcrist mean in English?
5. What was the question Gollum missed when riddling with Bilbo?
6. Who rescued Gandalf, the dwarves and Bilbo?
7. Where did Gandalf, dwarves and Bilbo stay after their rescue?
8. Where did Bilbo find his sword Sting?
9. When/why did Bilbo name his sword sting?
10. What day did the party have to wait for to open the door in the side of the mountain?
11. What was the first thing Bilbo took from Smaug?
And the answers:
1. Bungo Baggins
2. Because Thorin needs a “burglar” or an “expert treasure hunter”)
3. Foe-Hammer
4. Goblin-Cleaver
5. “What have I got in my pocket?”
6. The Eagles
7. With Beorn, and they paid for their stay with the story of their adventure.
8. He stole it from the Trolls cave.
9. He named it Sting while in the Mirkwood Forest- killing spiders and rescuing his companions.
10. Durin’s Day; the moon letters on Thorin’s map explained that with the last light of the setting sun on Durin’s Day, the keyhole would be shown.
11. Bilbo took a two handled cup. Smaug was so angry with the theft, he swore to kill the thief!
Any mistakes must be attributed to Cassidy! Thank you to all the great Tolkien enthusiasts on the web and Wikipedia.org, an endless font of information, trivia and curiosity.
