Driscoll, David J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

David J. Driscoll received his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1977 and his J. D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1982. In 1978-79, he served as a legislative aide to Hon. Timothy E. Wirth, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. In 1982, he became an Assistant Attorney General in the Regulatory Law Section of the Colorado Department of Law. David entered private practice in 1985, and since then has concentrated on civil trials and appeals. He has represented a broad range of businesses and individuals in bench and jury trials in state and federal courts. He has also represented clients in numerous arbitrations and mediations, and has developed extensive experience in complex regulatory matters. He is a past president and director of the Boulder County Bar Association and served two terms on the Colorado Bar Association’s Board of Governors. He has chaired the Civil Litigation, Bench-Bar and Medical-Legal Sections of the Boulder County Bar Association. In 1999, he served on the Colorado Supreme Court’s Committee on the Use of Magistrates. He has twice been nominated by Colorado’s Twentieth Judicial District’s Nominating Commission for vacancies on the bench of the District Court, and now serves on that nominating committee. David currently also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado.

Areas of Practice

• Civil Litigation and Arbitration
• Complex Business Disputes
• Professional Negligence
• Insurance

Representative Cases

• Loza v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co., 970 P.2d 478 (Colo. App. 1997)
• Loza v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 971 P.2d 251 (Colo. App. 1998)
• Benson v. Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority, 870 P.2d 624 (Colo. App. 1994)
• General Cable Company v. Industrial Claim Appeal Office, 878 P.2d 118 (Colo. App. 1994)
• Thistle v. Tenneco, et al., 872 P.2d 1302 (Colo. App. 1993)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Telecommunications, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Boulder County Bar Association (Past President/Director)
• Colorado Bar Association (Board of Governors)
• Boulder County Bar Association, Civil Litigation, Bench-Bar and Medical-Legal Sections (Chair)
• Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado (Board of Trustees)
• Colorado Supreme Court's Committee on the Use of Magistrates, 1999

Honors and Awards

• Delegate, American Center for International Leadership 1987 Exchange

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Local Bar Associations and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Past Employment Positions

• Colorado Department of Law, Regulatory Law Section, Assistant Attorney General, 1982 - 1984
• U.S. House of Repres0entatives, Hon. Timothy E. Wirth, Legislative Assistant, 1978 - 1980

Education

• Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1982
  J.D.
• Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1977
  B.A.

Published Works

• Those Ever-Present PIP Problems: Some Practical Considerations, 42 Trial Talk 11, 1993

Address

245 Century Circle
Suite 101
Louisville, CO 80027

Phones

(303) 926-4222

Faxes

(303) 926-4224

Emails

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Websites

http://www.garlindriscoll.com