Background
Figa, Phillip Sam was born on July 27, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Leon and Sarah Figa.
Figa, Phillip Sam was born on July 27, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Leon and Sarah Figa.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Figa attended Northwestern University "through a scholarship caddie program at a nearby country club".
Worked at Burns, Figa & Will, P.C. (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Antitrust, Real Estate Law, Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Legal Ethics, Malpractice Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Colorado and United States. District Court, District of Colorado.
United States. Supreme Court, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and United States. Court of Claims.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Recipient, Evans Scholarship. Member: Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline (1995). United States. District Court, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group (1994).
Instructor: National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Rocky Mountain Regional Program, 1992, 1994. University of Denver Law School, 1984, 1987. Chair, Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee, 1984-1985 (Member, 1977-1993).
Member, Colorado Supreme Court/Bar Association Joint Committee to Study the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 1987-1992. Chair, Anti-Defamation League Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Region (1996). Member: Denver, Colorado (President, 1995-1996) and American Bar Associations.
Member: Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline (1995). United States. District Court, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group (1994).
Married Candace Cole, August 19, 1973. Children: Benjamin Todd, Elizabeth Dawn.