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Curriculum Vitae of Principals


RICHARD D. JUDD

Educational and Professional Background

A.B. Williams College, 1962

L.L.B. University of Colorado, 1965

Admitted to Bar: Colorado, 1965
United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 1965
United States District Court of Appeals for Tenth Circuit, 1965
Admitted: United States District Court for Western District of Michigan
United States District Court for Northern District of Oklahoma
United States District Court for Western District of Oklahoma
United States District Court for Northern District of California

Member: Colorado and Denver Bar Associations

Rated: AV by Martindale Hubbell

Prior Professional Experience

Mr. Judd has practiced his entire professional career in Denver, Colorado. He started practicing as an associate with Dawson, Nagel, Sherman & Howard (now Sherman & Howard); then was an associate with Kelley, Inman, Flynn & Coffee. Subsequently, he formed Reno & Judd. In 1980, he was one of the five original founding partners of the Denver office of the national law firm Baker & Hostetler; while at Baker & Hostetler, he headed the real estate department and was Denver recruiting coordinator. In 1990, Mr. Judd left Baker & Hostetler and founded Rossi & Judd, P.C. From 1995 to 2000, he practiced law as Richard D. Judd, P.C.; in 2000, he joined Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Judd has a wide variety of experience in business transactions, real estate, and civil litigation. He has transactional experience in representation of borrowers in industrial development land financing; preparation of approved documents for subdivision developments; work-out transactions with commercial lenders; administrative siting of sanitary landfills and other waste disposal facilities; all types of real estate acquisitions, sales, and development activities, including governmental approvals; shopping center development and leasing; and issues relating to CCIOA and homeowners' associations.

He also has litigated complex cases in the United Sates District Courts in Colorado, California, Michigan, and Oklahoma,. He has represented both debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 reorganizations. Other litigation experience includes trial of eminent domain cases to both juries and commissions, state and federal environmental clean-up actions, and a variety of tax valuation issues.

Civic and Other Activities

  • Member of Board of Directors and legal counsel for Jerry Ford Invitational Golf Tournament in Vail, Colorado from 1978 until tournament ended in 1996
  • Colorado Music Festival, Board of Directors 1995-2001
  • CMF Endowment Fund, Board of Directors 1995-2003
  • Association for Senior Citizens, Board of Directors 1986-2002
  • Boulder Country Club, 1968-Present; Board of Directors 1990-1993; President, 1992
  • The University Club of Denver, 1968-Present

STEPHEN L. WATERS

Educational and Professional Background

Georgetown University, 1963-1965

University of Kansas School of Business, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1967

University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law, J.D., 1971

Admitted to Bar: Colorado, 1971
United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 1971
United States District Court of Appeals for Tenth Circuit, 1971
Admitted: United States Supreme Court, 1995

Member: Colorado and Denver Bar Associations

Rated: AV by Martindale Hubbell

Prior Professional Experience

Mr. Waters began practicing law as a Deputy District Attorney in Denver in 1971. He accepted a position as the First Assistant to the District Attorney in the 9th Judicial District in 1973, in charge of the Aspen office, and remained in that capacity until he joined the United States Attorney's Office in Denver. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in 1975 and 1976 until he entered private practice by joining the predecessor of his current firm, where he has remained until the present. Mr. Waters is one of the founders of Robinson, Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Waters' practice is focused on commercial litigation, and as a result, he has extensive experience in trying cases involving a wide variety of legal issues. He has extensive trial, arbitration, and mediation experience in both federal and state courts, and his practice, while primarily focused in Colorado, has allowed him to practice in numerous other jurisdictions and to appear before a variety of judges on both the trial and appellate levels. He has represented individual and institutional clients in both simple and complex cases involving real estate, securities fraud, director and officer liability, shareholder litigation, bank liability, intellectual property, professional liability, oil and gas, partnership dissolution, and condemnation. Mr. Waters has extensive experience in construction law, representing project owners, developers, general contractors, and subcontractors. He has been selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer since its inception in 2006.