Hale Friesen
 
 
Richard A. Westfall Richard A. Westfall 
Position: Partner
Telephone: 720-904-6000
Email: rwestfall@halefriesen.com
Practice Group: Public Policy/Appellate
Education: University of Colorado, B.S., 1978
University of Denver, J.D., 1985
Bar Admissions: Colorado, 1985
District of Columbia, 1987
 
 
Expertise:

Richard Westfall joined the firm after service as Solicitor General for the State of Colorado. Mr. Westfall’s practice includes appeals and litigation involving state and local government and other areas of the law including public policy, constitutional law, election law, regulatory law, utility law and Medicaid. He is a board member of the Colorado Nonprofit Association and chairs its Public Policy Committee. He is also a contributor to the Rocky Mountain Appellate Blog, which he co-authors with Peter Krumholz.

While working with Attorney General Norton, Mr. Westfall sat on the Title Setting Board, chaired the National Association of Attorneys General’s Federalism Working Group, oversaw the Attorney General’s Hospital Conversion Task Force and acted as liaison with the Governor’s office and the Colorado Supreme Court. Mr. Westfall previously worked with Davis, Graham & Stubbs. He also practiced in Davis Graham’s Washington, D.C. office. Before joining Davis Graham, Mr. Westfall clerked for Justice Byron White on the United States Supreme Court and Judge Robert H. McWilliams on the Tenth Circuit.

Awards:

Individual of the Year Award from the Colorado Lawyers Committee for litigating an important Voting Rights Act case.

Named Best Lawyer, Appellate (2006) by Law Week Colorado.
Named a Colorado Super Lawyer, 2007

 

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