Bruce Andrew Plotkin was born on October 7, 1951, in Athol, Massachusetts, United States, to Charles S. Plotkin and Natalie Plotkin. His later professional life was based in Denver, Colorado, where he practiced law and worked in public administrative adjudication.
Plotkin studied at the University of Denver, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1988. The University of Denver, founded in 1864, is a private university whose Sturm College of Law is Colorado's oldest law school and has long served the legal profession of the Rocky Mountain region.
His legal education preceded admission to the Colorado bar in October 1988. The Colorado Supreme Court's attorney-regulation system oversees admission and professional registration for lawyers practicing in the state.
Plotkin practiced law in Denver and was admitted to the Colorado bar on October 27, 1988. The baseline record also identifies him as a licensed real estate broker, extending his professional activity into property transactions and brokerage.
From approximately 2015 until 2021, Plotkin served as a Career Service Hearing Officer for the City and County of Denver. The Career Service Hearing Office conducts administrative hearings and issues decisions concerning appeals by municipal employees. In that role, Plotkin presided over employment-related disciplinary and whistleblower matters and also served as a hearing officer in municipal licensing proceedings.
He retired from the Denver Career Service Hearing Office in November 2021. Colorado attorney-registration records continued to identify Bruce Andrew Plotkin as an attorney associated with the Hearing Office, with a Denver business address.
Plotkin was the son of Charles S. Plotkin and Natalie Plotkin. He married Debra Schneider on August 24, 1991.
