Background
Houtchens, Barnard was born on August 5, 1911 in Johnstown, Colorado, United States. Son of Everet Harrison and Evelyn Mary (Barnard) Houtchens.
Houtchens, Barnard was born on August 5, 1911 in Johnstown, Colorado, United States. Son of Everet Harrison and Evelyn Mary (Barnard) Houtchens.
Bachelor of Arts, University Nebraska, 1933; Bachelor of Laws, University Nebraska, 1935; Doctor of Laws, University Northern Colorado at Greeley, 1963.
Worked at Houtchens, Daniel & Greenfield, Limited Liability Company (Greeley, Colorado) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice. Probate, Real Estate, Water Rights, Insurance, Personal Injury, Banking, Probate, Corporations and Family Law. Trials and Appeals before State and Federal Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1935, Colorado.
City Attorney, 1941-1947, 1949-1950. Member, 1948-1965 and President, 1963-1965, Board of Trustees of State Colleges in Colorado.
Member, 1947-1965. Chairman, 1969-1981, Bar Committee of Colorado Board of Law Examiners.
Member: Weld County (President, 1946-1947), Colorado and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
The firm was started in 1911 by East. H. Houtchens who was later followed in the practice of law by his sons Barnard, Robert and Roger. Each of the sons later brought in a son, John, Kim and Thomas.
The firm practiced for many years under the name Houtchens, Houtchens and Dooley until the retirement of John Jay Dooley in 1974.
Jerry C. Daniel became a partner in the firm in 1974. Dallas Doctorate. Greenfield became a partner in the firm in 1992. The three senior partners of the firm were awarded the Colorado Bar Association Award of Merit in 1983.
The firm received the Weld County Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award in 1994 for the firm"s commitment to and participation providing legal services to the indigent.
Trustee State Colleges, Colorado, 1948-1965, president board, 1964-1965. National secretary-treasurer Association Governor Boards State Universities and Allied Institutions, 1960-1962. Board directors University Northern Colorado Foundation, 1975-1979, president, 1978-1979.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Weld County Bar Association (president 1946-1947), Greeley Junior Chamber of C., Greeley Chamber of Commerce (president 1951-1952), Blue Key, Sigma Chi. Clubs: Rotary, Elks (past exalted ruler Greeley), Masons.
Married Margaret Belle Colvin, December 28, 1940. Children: John Barnard, Marilyn (deceased).