Richard Westfall joined the firm after service as Solicitor General for the State of Colorado. Mr. Westfall’s practice includes appeals and litigation involving state and local government and other areas of the law including public policy, constitutional law, election law, regulatory law, utility law and Medicaid. He is a former board member of the Colorado Nonprofit Association and chairs its Public Policy Committee. He is also a contributor to the Rocky Mountain Appellate Blog, which he co-authors with Peter Krumholz.
While working with Attorney General Norton, Mr. Westfall sat on the Title Setting Board, chaired the National Association of Attorneys General’s Federalism Working Group, oversaw the Attorney General’s Hospital Conversion Task Force and acted as liaison with the Governor’s office and the Colorado Supreme Court. Mr. Westfall previously worked with Davis, Graham & Stubbs. He also practiced in Davis Graham’s Washington, D.C. office. Before joining Davis Graham, Mr. Westfall clerked for Justice Byron White on the United States Supreme Court and Judge Robert H. McWilliams on the Tenth Circuit.