Richard Maxton Murray

Richard Murray is a firm believer that the best outcome for Polsinelli’s clients begins with an understanding of their business objectives and how disputes or potential litigation affects those objectives. As a shareholder in the firm’s litigation practice, his practice focuses on commercial and business disputes. Richard’s practice also includes health care, products liability, and real estate and construction dispute issues. He has substantial experience in complex litigation and has successfully defended against multi-million dollar claims at both the trial court and appellate court levels. He has been awarded a peer review rating of AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®.

Richard was the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Richard Marden Davis award presented by the Denver Bar Foundation to a lawyer “under the age of 40 who so combines excellence as a lawyer with creative civic, cultural, educational, and charitable leadership as to best exemplify the character and promise of Richard Marden Davis at that stage in his career.” Richard also received the Denver Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award in 2018.

He has been honored as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Young Professionals in Colorado by ColoradoBiz magazine, named in Best Lawyers in America®, a ten-time "Rising Star" in Colorado Super Lawyers, and as a "Compleat Lawyer" by Law Week Colorado.

Richard is also active in the Colorado legal community, having served in top leadership positions in key organizations, including the following:

* Chair, Colorado Access to Justice Commission
* Treasurer, First Vice President & Second Vice President, Denver Bar Association
* President, Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc. (CBA-CLE)
* Chair, University of Colorado Law School’s Law Alumni Board
* Board of Governors, Colorado Bar Association

Before joining Polsinelli, Richard represented licensed health care professionals and facilities in liability, regulatory, and disciplinary board matters. Prior to private practice, he served as a judicial law clerk for Justice Nathan B. Coats on the Colorado Supreme Court. Richard’s experience also includes working for Justice Allison Eid on the Colorado Supreme Court (internship), Judge David Furman on the Colorado Court of Appeals (internship), U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means (internship), Colorado House of Representatives (internship and as a legislative aide), and the Denver City Attorney’s Office (Municipal Operations Section internship).