David W. Stark
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
David W. Stark is a trial lawyer whose practice focused on complex commercial litigation with emphasis in professional liability, energy, banking, securities fraud, intellectual property, and probate and trust. He is now Senior Counsel and Professional Responsibility Counsel to the firm. After receiving his B.A. from the University of Colorado, Mr. Stark attended the University of Colorado School of Law, graduating in 1973. He was employed as a chief deputy district attorney in the Denver District Attorney's Office, serving from 1973 to 1978. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Denver College of Law and is now an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, where he teaches Legal Ethics. Mr. Stark has lectured at numerous continuing legal education seminars regarding trial advocacy, litigation, and legal ethics and professional responsibility. He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association and the Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee. He also served as the chair of the Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulation Committee from 1996 through 2001 and currently is the chair of the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Practice of Law. He has served as a member of the Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct since 2005. He has served as a member of the CBA/DBA Professionalism Coordinating Council since 2011. He has also served as a member of the Colorado Access to Justice Commission and is the current chair of the Delivery Committee on the Commission. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Colorado Lawyers Committee. He is also the chair of the CU Law Alumni Board. He has successfully tried numerous jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and has also handled an extensive number of appeals through briefing and oral argument. He now represents lawyers and law firms on legal ethics and professional responsibility matters and often serves as an expert witness.
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