Sam Light is Deputy Executive Director/General Counsel for the Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency (CIRSA). Prior to joining CIRSA in 2018, Mr. Light was a partner with the Denver law firm of Light | Kelly, P.C., specializing in municipal and other public entity law, insurance law, and defense of public entities and elected officials. Sam has over 25 years of experience serving as general or special counsel to several Colorado cities, towns, self-insurance pools, and other public entities, and he is a frequent speaker on public entity risk issues.