Background
Patula, Rodney R. was born on November 19, 1949 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States.
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Rodney R. Patula
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University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Denver (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Career
Worked at Graham & James LLP (San Francisco, California) specializing in Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Colorado and United States. District Court, District of Colorado.
1977, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. 1981, United States. Supreme Court. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1994, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1996, California and United States. District Court, Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California.
Member, Order of St. Ives. Senior Editor, Denver Law Journal, 1973. Editorial Consultant, Journal of International Law and Policy.
Author: "The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act: A Prescription for Regression," 49 Denver Law Journal 567, 1973. "The Right to Effective Assistance of CounselA Case Study of the Denver Public Defender," 50 Denver Law Journal 45. "The Ninth Amendment: A Survey of Theory and Practice Since Griswold v.
Connecticut," 50 Denver Law Journal 153. "Vicarious Liability/Respondeat Superior: A Linchpin for Secondary Liability of Futures Commission Merchants," Commodities Law Institute, 1989. "Damages in Business Tort Cases," Educational Services, 1992.
Co-Author: "The Covenant of Good Faith & Fair Dealing: When is it Breach of Tort?" International Procticuum Institute, 1995. "Guidelines for Legal Defense Systems in the United States," Chapters 4 and 25, 1976. Law Clerk to Honorary Alfred A. Arraj, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, District of Colorado, 1974-1975. Member: National Study Commission on Defense Services, 1975-1978. Denver Commission on Youth, 1975-1979.
Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1991 and Chairman, 1988-1989, Colorado Lawyers Committee. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Denver, Colorado (Member, Ethics and Professionalism Committee) and American (Past Chairman, Committee on Liaison with the Judiciary, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.
Membership
Member, Order of St. Ives. Senior Editor, Denver Law Journal, 1973. Editorial Consultant, Journal of International Law and Policy.
