In the wake of an act of terrorism and hate in Charleston, South Carolina several years ago, President Obama exemplified our nation’s moral compass,...
Phil is an innovative, thoughtful leader who has dedicated his life to public service and teaching.
Twenty-five years ago, in 1992, Phil first came to Colorado to interview with his future mentor Judge Ebel. With the exception of serving in the federal government, Phil has worked in Colorado since he graduated law school.
After serving as a law clerk in Denver for Judge Ebel on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Phil clerked for Justices Byron White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Supreme Court and worked in President Clinton’s Department of Justice before coming home to Colorado to teach as a professor at the University of Colorado Law School. At CU Law, Phil founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, co-chaired Governor Bill Ritter’s Innovation Council, and litigated civil rights cases pro bono before the Tenth Circuit.
