Community Service

Organization Affiliations

Our lawyers have held leadership roles and participated in several organizations including:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado 
• Boys and Girls Clubs, the Boettcher Foundation 
• Butterfly Pavilion, the Children’s Hospital Foundation 
• Colfax Marathon 
• Colorado Ballet 
• Colorado Consumer Health Initiative 
• Colorado Legal Services 
• Colorado Outward Bound Schools 
• Colorado Symphony, Colorado Technology Association 
• Colorado Chamber of Commerce 
• Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce 
• Colorado Springs Black Chamber of Commerce 
• Denver Art Museum 
• Denver Botanic Gardens 
• Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce 
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science 
• Denver Scholarship Foundation 
• Denver Zoo, the Downtown Denver Partnership 
• Family Star 
• Faculty of Federal Advocates 
• Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law 
• Huntington’s Disease Society 
• Legal Aid Society 
• Mile High United Way (MHUW) 
• National Western Stock Show Association 
• Opera Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center 
• Young Americans 

Notable firm alums include: 

• A former mayor of the City of Denver 
• A lieutenant governor of the State of Colorado 
• The current solicitor general of the State of Colorado 
• Colorado’s deputy attorney general for natural resources and environment 
• Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White 
• A former Colorado Supreme Court justice 
• A director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 
• A past president of the Denver Public Schools Board 
• Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior and attorney to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts appointed by President George H. W. Bush 

Alums have served or currently serve as judges for: 

• Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 
• Colorado Court of Appeals 
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado 
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado 
• Denver County Court 
• District court judges for the 1st, 2nd, and 17th Judicial  

Colorado Lawyers Committee (CLC)

Davis Graham is a founding member of the Colorado Lawyers Committee (CLC), a consortium of Colorado firms that work together to undertake significant pro bono cases. In partnership with CLC and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN), Davis Graham implemented a Credible Fear Interview Program in which three firms were selected to participate in a pilot program helping to prepare asylum seekers at the Aurora ICE Detention Center for their credible fear interviews. Two of the firm’s lawyers served as pro bono counsel for an asylum seeker from Cameroon. Davis Graham received RMIAN’s Pro Bono Service Award for its impactful contributions to Colorado’s immigrant and refugee communities.

In addition, the firm has earned CLC Law Firm of the Year twice for its pro bono contributions. Some of this work has included a historic Colorado voting rights case that resulted in the redrawing of legislative districts in the San Luis Valley, giving Hispanic voters a stronger voice in the selection of their legislators. Davis Graham also participated in a class-action lawsuit against state agencies and two Denver metro area counties, successfully challenging a state welfare reform program that unlawfully cut off cash benefits to some welfare clients.

Nonprofit Partnerships

Davis Graham has partnered with other nonprofit organizations, such as the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center (RMCLC), which protects abused and neglected children. Our lawyers have provided pro bono legal services to RMCLC clients, offering funding and training to help the organization expand its reach. In recognition of this dedicated effort, the Colorado Bar Association named one of its top pro bono awards after former Davis Graham partner Donald W. Hoagland.