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Richard L Gabriel

Colorado Court of Appeals
  • Central District of Illinois, Colorado, District of Maryland, New York, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Central District of Illinois
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Colorado
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District of Maryland
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New York
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Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
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4th Circuit
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5th Circuit
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9th Circuit
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10th Circuit
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11th Circuit
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U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
Judge
Colorado Court of Appeals
- Current
Private practice
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Denver, CO
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Partner (1994-2008) and Associate (1990-94)
Associate
Shea & Gould LLC, New York, NY
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Law Clerk
Hon. J. Frederick Motz, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
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Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School
J.D. (1987)
Honors: Winner, Keedy Cup Moot Court Competition (1987)
Activities: University of Pennsylvania Law Review (1986-87)
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Yale University
B.A. (1984) | American Studies
Honors: cum laude
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Awards
Denver Bar Association Award of Merit
Denver Bar Association
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Law Week Colorado
Named as a Lawyer of the Year
Lawyers USA
W. Dean Salter Award for Lifetime Achievement
Holme Roberts & Owen
Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year
Denver Business Journal
Forty Under 40
Denver Business Journal
Richard Marden Davis Award
Denver Bar Foundation
Champion for Children
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
Colorado Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers
2007-08
Professional Associations
New York Bar Association
Member
Current
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Colorado Bar Association
Member
Current
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Denver Bar Association
Member
Current
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American Bar Association
Member
Current
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Volunteers of America
Current
Activities: Meals on Wheels volunteer and Thanksgiving Food Drive chair, 1990-2008
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Professionalism working group
Chair
- Current
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CBA Board of Governors
DBA representative
- Current
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DBA Board of Trustees
- Current
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American Bar Foundation
Fellow
- Current
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Chief Justice's Commission on Professional Development
Member
- Current
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CBA/DBA Professionalism Coordinating Council
Member
- Current
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Minoru Yasui Inn of Court
Member
- Current
Activities: vice president, 2012-13, president, 2013-2014
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CBA Judicial Liaison Section
Member
- Current
Activities: secretary, 2013-present
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Our Courts, executive committee
- Current
Activities: federal courts committee, 2007-08, content committee chair, 2009-present
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Colorado Bar Foundation
Fellow
- Current
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Colorado Judicial Institute
Director
- Current
Activities: vice chair, 2001-02, chair, 2004-06
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Colorado Wind Ensemble
trumpeter
- Current
Activities: director, 1993-2008, president, 1994-2008
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CBA Board of Governors
DBA representative
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Activities: vice president, 2012-13
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Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, advisory boar
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9 Who Care
board of governors
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Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center
Director
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Colorado Lawyer
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Activities: Civil Evidence column editor, 1992-96, Civil Litigator column editor, 1996-2005
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Denver Teen Court Partnership
Director
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ACLU Legal Panel
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Publications
Articles & Publications
The Mentoring Relationship: How to Make it Work and Why it Matters
42 Colo. Law. 53
Professionalism in Today's Competitive Legal Market
39 Colo. Law. 65
Modern Evidence: Doctrine and Practice
25 Colo. Law. 48
Rule 606(b): Competency of Jurors as Witnesses
25 Colo. Law 47
Rule 615: Exclusion of Witnesses
24 Colo. Law. 1299
Rule 501: The Privilege of Self-Critical Analysis
23 Colo. Law. 1291
Rule 1006: Admissibility of Summary Evidence
22 Colo. Law. 35
Rule 702: Admissibility of Expert Testimony Regarding Eyewitness Identification
21 Colo. Law. 927
The Strickland Standard for Claims of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Emasculating the Sixth Amendment in the Guise of Due Process
134 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1259
Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
Contact & Map
2 East 14th Ave.
Third Floor
Denver, CO 80203
Telephone: (720) 625-5227