Admitted
1968, Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court.
Law School
University of Notre Dame, J.D., 1968; University of Pennsylvania Law School, Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship, 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
University of Detroit; University of Notre Dame, A.B., 1964
Memberships
Denver (Member, 1968—; Board of Trustees, 1982-1985; First Vice-President, 1987-1988; Chair, Interprofessional Committee, 1990-1991; Conciliation Panel 2000—), Colorado (Member, 1968—; Board of Governors, 1979-1981; Business Law Section Council, 1991-1993; Health Law Section, 1990—; Ethics Committee, 1974—, Vice Chair, 1992-1993 and Chair, 1993-1994; Long Range Planning Committee; Member, 1978-1982 and Chair, 1980-1982, Gender Bias Task Force, Chair, 1987-1988; Lawyer Assistance Program Task Force, 1991-1992) and American (Member, 1968—; Health Law Forum, 1987—; Business Law Section, 1988—) Bar Associations; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers; Colorado Lawyers Assistance Program (President, 1993)
Biographical
Author: Emphasizing Rules Instead of Principles Risks Losing Our Sense of Purpose, 27 The Colorado Lawyer 19, February 1998; Colorado's New Rules of Professional Conduct: A More Comprehensive and Useful Guide for Lawyers, 21 The Colorado Lawyer 2102 (R. Hennessey, ed. Oct. 1992); Six Article, Symposium on Professional Responsibility: The Code of Professional Responsibility and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 9 The Colorado Lawyer 2539, December 1980. Prior Employment: Adjunct Professor of Law and Legal Aid Clinic Program Coordinator, University of Denver Law School, 1972-1973. Visiting Law Teacher, University of Colorado Law School, 1978, 1981. Attorney, 1968-1972 and Associate Director, 1972-1973, Legal Aid Society of Metro Denver. Assistant Regional Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, 1973. Committee Counsel, Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee, 1974-1978. The Deputy Attorney General, State of Colorado, 1979-1982. Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey, P.C., 1982—. Court Committees: Member, 1981-1986, Vice Chairman, 1984-1985 and Chair, 1986, Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee. Member: Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Group Legal Services and Advertising, 1979-1985; Colorado Lawyers Trust Account Foundation, 1983-1984; Colorado Supreme Court/Colorado Bar Association Joint Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct, 1987-1992. Fellow: Colorado Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation.