Admitted
1959, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1960, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Law School
University of Colorado, LL.B., 1959
Law School Graduation Year
1959
College
Colorado State University, B.A., 1956
Memberships
Boulder County (Chairman, Committee on Civil Litigation, 1975-1979; Member, Board of Trustees, 1976-1979), Colorado and American Bar Associations; The Inner Circle of Advocates; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1969-1970; Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1977-1982); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1986; State Delegate, 1970-1972; Chairman, L-Tryptophan Litigation Group, 1990-1994; Co-Chair, ATLA Amicus Curiae Committee, 1993-1994, 1997-1998); Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, P.C.; President, 1988-1989)
Biographical
Recipient, Norm Kripke Lifetime Achievement Award, 1997. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Francis J. Knauss, Colorado Supreme Court, 1959-1960. Co-Author, Winning Medical Negligence Cases, ATLA Press, 1993. Faculty Member, National College of Advocacy, 1983-1984. Dean, ATLA Specialty Courses in Trial Advocacy, 1986, 1988. Co-Chair, ATLA Basic Course in Trial Advocacy, 1987. Faculty, Hastings College of Law - Products Liability, 1991. Faculty, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, 1994-2003. Member: Colorado Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee, 1968-1969, 1978-1988; Standing Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, 1977-1999; Colorado Governor's Task Force on Insurance and Tort Reform, 1985-1986. Founder, Public Justice Foundation. Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member, Board of Directors, Appleased Foundation, 1999-2002. Fellow, International Society of Barristers.