David W. Stark
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
David W. Stark, Esq., is a Retired Partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. Before his retirement he was Senior Counsel at Faegre Drinker where he served as Professional Responsibility Counsel for the firm and in that role advised the firm and its lawyers on Ethics, Professional Responsibility matters, and claims against the firm. He has practiced law in Colorado for 52 years. As a partner at his firm, he tried scores of complex commercial jury and court trials with an emphasis on professional responsibility, energy, banking, securities fraud, intellectual property, and probate and trust. He also represented clients in numerous appeals, including briefing and oral argument, in state and federal courts. He is currently chair of the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Practice of Law, which oversees the Colorado Attorney Regulation System on behalf of the Colorado Supreme Court (2001 to present). And he is a long-time member of the Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct, the CBA/DBA Professionalism Coordinating Council, the Colorado Bar Foundation, the Colorado Supreme Court Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, and the chair of the Executive Committee of the Colorado Lawyers Committee. He has also taught Legal Ethics at the University of Colorado School of Law as an adjunct. He also served on the CU Law Alumni Board as a member and as the chair. Mr. Stark was the Board Chair of Legal Entrepreneurs for Justice (2018-2021); a legal incubator helping to teach and mentor socially conscious lawyers wanting to serve modest means clients. He has promoted and helped create many access-to-justice programs including the Licensed Legal Paraprofessional Program, Succession to Service, and the proposed Virtual Proceedings initiative, now the subject of a Chief Justice Directive. Mr. Stark currently serves on the Colorado Access to Justice Commission and is the chair of its Delivery Committee. The committee promotes the delivery of legal services from multiple angles. These include Pro Bono Representation, Alternate Providers, Affordable Representation, Local ATJ Committees, and Rural Legal Services. He is a Denver native and a graduate of the University of Colorado, receiving his B.A. in Sociology in 1969 and his J.D. in 1973.
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