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Practice Areas
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50% Ethics / Professional Responsibility
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15% Contracts / Agreements
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15% Health Care
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15% Business
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5% Mediation
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Résumé
License
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43 years since Richard Francis Hennessey was first licensed to practice law.
| State |
License status |
Year acquired |
Last updated by Avvo |
| Colorado |
Active
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1968 |
01/06/2012 |
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Work Experience
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| Position |
Duration |
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Special counsel, shareholder/director and attorney at
Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey
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1982–present
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The Deputy Attorney General (Statutory CEO) at
Colorado Attorney General
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1979–1982
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Visiting Professor of Law at
University of Colorado School of Law
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1978–1981
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Committee Counsel at
Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee
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1974–1979
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Associate Regional Attorney at
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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1973–1974
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Associate Director; Staff Attorney at
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver
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1968–1973
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Adjunct Professof of Law at
University of Denver Law School
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1972–1973
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Student Director, Legal Aid and Defender Assoc. at
University of Notre Dame
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1967–1968
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Teaching Fellowship at
University of Notre Dame, College of Arts & Letters Law School
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1967–1968
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Fellowship at
Ford Foundation
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1967
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See all 10 job entries
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Education
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| School |
Major |
Degree |
Graduated |
| American Health Lawyers Association |
Mediation Essentials Program |
Certificate of Completion |
2006 |
| National Institute for Trial Advocacy |
Trial Advocacy |
Certificate of Completion |
1979 |
| National Training Laboratory |
Applied Behavioral Sciences and Organizational Development |
Accreditation |
1974 |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School |
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Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship |
1969 |
| Notre Dame Law School |
Law |
JD - Juris Doctor |
1968 |
| University of Notre Dame |
Program of Liberal Studies |
BA - Bachelor of Arts |
1964 |
| University of Detroit |
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1961 |
See all 7 degrees
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| Colorado Super Lawyers |
Colorado Super Lawyers |
2008 |
| Colorado Super Lawyers |
Colorado Super Lawyers |
2007 |
| Professor Donald Sears Ethics Award |
Colorado Bar Association, Ethics Committee |
2007 |
| Colorado Super Lawyers |
Colorado Super Lawyers |
2006 |
| Recognition |
Colorado Psychiatric Society |
2004 |
| Individual of the Year |
Colorado Lawyers Committee |
2003 |
| AV Rating |
Martindale-Hubbell |
1982 |
See all 7 awards
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Associations
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| Position |
Association Name |
Duration |
| Lifetime Fellow |
American Bar Foundation |
2007-present
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| Lifetime Fellow |
Colorado Bar Foundation |
2007-present
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| Member |
Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulation Advisory Committee |
2005-present
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| Director |
Colorado Lawyers Helping Lawyers |
2004-present
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| Director |
Colorado Lawyers Committee |
2001-present
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| Chair |
Colorado Lawyers Committee, Medically Indigent Task Force |
2000-present
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| Member |
Metropolitan Conciliation Panel for Professionalism |
2000-present
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| Member |
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers |
1993-present
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| Member |
Colorado Bar Association, Health Law Section |
1993-present
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| Member |
Colorado Bar Association, Ethics Committee |
1974-present
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| Member |
United States Supreme Court |
1972-present
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| Member |
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit |
1970-present
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| Member |
American Bar Association |
1968-present
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| Member |
Colorado Bar Association |
1968-present
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| Member |
Colorado Supreme Court |
1968-present
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| Member |
Denver Bar Association |
1968-present
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| Chair |
Colorado Bar Association, Ethics Committee |
1993-1994
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| President & Director |
Colorado Lawyers Helping Lawyers |
1993
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| Vice-Chair |
Colorado Bar Association, Ethics Committee |
1992-1993
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| Member |
Colorado Bar Association, Business Law Section Council |
1991-1993
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| Chair |
Colorado Bar Association, Task Force on Lawyer Assistance Programs |
1991-1992
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| Member |
Joint Colorado Supreme Court & Colorado Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct Committee |
1988-1992
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| Chair |
Colorado Bar Association Task Force on Gender Bias |
1988-1989
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| First Vice-President |
Denver Bar Association |
1988-1989
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| Member |
Colorado Supreme Court, Committee to Examine Code of Judicial Conduct |
1986-1988
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| Chair |
Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee |
1986
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| Member |
Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee |
1981-1986
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| Vice Chair |
Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee |
1984-1985
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| Board of Trustees |
Denver Bar Association |
1982-1985
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| Member |
Colorado Bar Association, Ad Hoc Committee on Selection of Officers |
1981
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| Member |
Colorado Bar Association, Proposed Model Rules of Professional Conduct |
1981
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| Chair |
Colorado Bar Association, Long Range Planning Committee |
1980-1981
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| Board of Governors |
Colorado Bar Association |
1979-1981
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| Member |
National Organization of Bar Counsel |
1974-1979
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| Treasurer |
National Organization of Bar Counsel |
1978
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| Member |
Colorado Bar Association, Committee to Develop Attorney Advisory Rules |
1977
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| Member |
American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section |
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| Member |
American Bar Association, Health Law Section |
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| Fellow |
American Bar Foundation |
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| Fellow |
Colorado Bar Foundation |
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| Member |
National Health Lawyers Association |
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See all 41 association entries
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Portfolio
Publications
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| Article |
Publication |
Date |
| Ethics and the Business Lawyer |
Colo. Law |
2003 |
| Emphasizing Rules Instead of Principles Risks Losing Our Sense of Purpose |
The Colorado Lawyer |
1998 |
| Colorado's New Rules of Professional Conduct: A More |
The Colorado Lawye |
1992 |
| Guidelines for Lawyer Trust Accounts |
The Colorado Lawyer |
1983 |
| Representing an Entity |
The Colorado Lawyer |
1980 |
See all 5 publications
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Speaking Engagements
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| Presentation Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Ethics |
Legal Ethics for Business Law Attorneys |
2008 |
| Lawyers' Duties of Confidentiality and Disclosure - The Changing Climate and the Changing Landscape |
Colorado Bar Association, Health Law Section |
2003 |
| Legal/Ethical Issues in Health Care |
Healthcare Financial Management Association |
2001 |
| Genetics and Ethics 2001 |
Aspen Institute and CU Health Sciences Center |
2001 |
| Tug of War...Managed Care vs. Providers...Will Your Practice Win? |
Colorado Medical Group Management Association |
2000 |
| Real Life Ethical Issues for the Transactional Lawyer |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
2000 |
| Legal Ethics for Your Everyday Practice |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1999 |
| Ethical Concerns for In-House Counsel |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1999 |
| Recurring Ethical Issues for In-House Counsel |
Pendleton Friedberg Wilson & Hennessey, P.C. |
1997 |
| Ethics in Healthcare Transactions |
HFMA and CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1997 |
| Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Corporate and In-House Counsel |
Colorado Bar Association |
1997 |
| Professionalism vs. Civility |
Miller Lectures, University of Denver, College of Law |
1996 |
| Selling Your Case to a Jury |
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association |
1996 |
| Topical Issues in Family Law Ethics |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1996 |
| Special Ethical Concerns of In-House Counsel |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1996 |
| Deals, Dirt, Death & Taxes |
Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc. |
1995 |
| Special Ethical Concerns of In-House Counsel |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1995 |
| Recurring Ethical Issues Concerns of In-House Counsel |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1995 |
| Legal Issues of Doing Business in the United States |
Pendleton & Sabian, P.C. |
1994 |
| Pros and Cons of Employee Handbooks |
JFA/JASC |
1994 |
| Good Grievance |
Denver & Colorado Bar Associations; Denver Medical Society |
1994 |
| Expanding Duties of Attorneys |
CLE in Colorado, Inc. |
1993 |
See all 22 speaking engagements
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