Richard C. Davidson Westminster, Colorado
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Richard C. Davidson is a former Utah District Court judge and Court of Appeals judge. Since returning home to Colorado in 1990, he has worked exclusively in the area of alternative dispute resolution. He has served as an Arbitrator and Mediator throughout Colorado and Utah on hundreds of cases. He also has been appointed as a Special Master by Colorado Courts.
Judge Davidson attended college in Colorado and Utah, majoring in accounting, economics, and business. After service in the United States Air Force in 1963-67, he attended the University of Utah and the University of Utah College of Law and obtained his law degree in 1971. Following law school, he practiced general business law and general litigation. For two years, he served as in-house counsel for a large property development and management corporation in Salt Lake City.
Prior to being appointed to the District Court, he served as a City Attorney for Vernal, Utah, as a deputy County Attorney in Salt Lake and Uintah counties, and had extensive trial practice experience. He was appointed to the District Court bench in 1982. As a District Judge, he served all of eastern Utah. As a volunteer traveling judge, he served most geographical areas of the state. In 1987, he was appointed to the newly created Utah Court of Appeals in Salt Lake City, where he served as the first Associate Presiding Judge and later as Presiding Judge. While serving on the Utah Court of Appeals, he attended the University of Virginia School of Law and graduated in 1990 with a Master of Laws degree in Judicial Process.
Judge Davidson has handled all types of civil matters as a judge and as an arbitrator and mediator. He is a member of the Bars of Colorado and Utah.
Representative opinions written by Judge Davidson:
- Empire Land Title, Inc. v. Weyerhaeuser Mortgage Co., 797 P.2d 467 (Utah App. 1990)
- State v. Hall, 797 P.2d 470 (Utah App. 1990)
- George v. LDS Hospital, 797 P.2d 1117 (Utah App. 1990)
- Thorsen v. Johnson, 796 P.2d 409 (Utah App. 1990)
- Little v. Greene & Weed Investments, 796 P.2d 718 (Utah App. 1990)
- Education:
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
LL.M. - University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah
J.D. - University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Major: Accounting and Economics
- Representative Cases:
- Empire Land Title, Inc. v. Weyerhaeuser Mortgage Co., 797 P.2d 467 (Utah App. 1990)
- State v. Hall, 797 P.2d 470 (Utah App. 1990)
- George v. LDS Hospital, 797 P.2d 1117 (Utah App. 1990)
- Thorsen v. Johnson, 796 P.2d 409 (Utah App. 1990)
- Little v. Greene & Weed Investments, 796 P.2d 718 (Utah App. 1990)
- Past Employment Positions:
- Judicial Arbiter Group, Judicial Arbiter, 1990 - 1999
- Utah Court of Appeals, Presiding Judge, 1987 - 1990
