Mr. Winters graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1958. Mr. Winters served on the Executive Committee of the Tax Section and is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association. He is a present member of the Trust and Estate Council and is a member of its Estate Planning - Orange Book Forms Committee, its Statutory Revisions Committee, its Rules and Forms Committee, its Uniform Trust Act Committee, and serves as its local bar association liaison. Mr. Winters is a past member of the 19th Judicial Nominating Committee and is a present member of the Northern Colorado Estate Planning Council.
He is a Past President of the Weld County Bar Association and a current Director of Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.