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Patrick L Ridley
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Biography
Patrick L. Ridley's practice focuses on criminal defense and civil litigation. Mr. Ridley has developed a reputation for tenacious, sophisticated courtroom advocacy across the full range of complex federal and state matters.
He has tried more than 100 jury trials involving federal white-collar offenses — securities fraud, tax fraud, computer fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud — as well as Ponzi scheme prosecutions, capital and non-capital murder, and sexual assault. He has represented numerous elected and appointed public officials in connection with allegations of public corruption.
Mr. Ridley has served as President of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association and as Chair of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, where he is the chair of the Colorado Chapter.
Mr. Ridley holds a J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Denver University Law Review, and a B.A. from DePauw University.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense
25%
14 years
White Collar Crime
25%
14 years
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Licensed in Colorado for 38 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 1987
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Patrick L. Ridley
1800 15th Street, Suite 101, Denver, CO, 80202
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Experience
Honors
2026
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, Best Lawyers in America
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
White Collar Criminal Defense, Best Lawyers in America
2012
Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell
2012
White Collar Criminal Defense, Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition
2012
Top 100 Lawyers In Colorado, Super Lawyers
2012
Best Defense Verdicts, Colorado Law Week
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
White Collar Criminal Defense, Best Lawyers in America
2011
Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, Best Lawyers in America
2011
Top 50 Lawyers in Colorado, Colorado Super Lawyers
2011
White Collar, Colorado Super Lawyers
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2010
White Collar Criminal Defense, Colorado Super Lawyers
2009
White Collar Criminal Defense, Colorado Super Lawyers
2009
Top 50 Lawyers in Colorado, Colorado Super Lawyers
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2008
White Collar Criminal Defense, Colorado Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2007
Criminal Defense, Colorado Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2006
Criminal Defense, Colorado Super Lawyers
2006
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
N/A
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
2006 - Present
Managing Partner, Ridley, McGreevy & Winocur, PC
1900 - Present
Shareholder, Ridley, McGreevy & Winocur, P.C.
1997 - 2005
Partner, Richilano & Ridley, PC
1994 - 1997
Deputy Public Defender, Colorado State Public Defender
1988 - 1994
Attorney, Coghill & Goodspeed, PC
1987 - 1988
Law Clerk to Justice William Erickson, Colorado Supreme Court
Associations
2010 - Present
United States District Court of Colorado CJA Standing CommitteeChair
2000 - Present
Faculty of Federal AdvocatesMember
1988 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
Colorado Bar Association
Member
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member
2008 - 2009
American Bar Association Rocky Mountain White Collar CommitteeChairman
2005 - 2006
Colorado Criminal Defense Bar AssociationPresident
2003 - 2006
Colorado Criminal Defense Bar AssociationBoard of Directors
1997 - 2006
American Trial Lawyers AssociationMember
1987 - 2000
Judge William E. Doyle American Inn of CourtMember
Education
1987
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1982
DePauw University
BA