Attorney Profiles
Richard A. Orona Englewood, Colorado
| Shareholder, since
2009 Associate, since 2004 | |
| phone | 720/875-9772 |
| fax | 720-875-9141 |
| Email Me | |
Mr. Orona joined Harris, Karstaedt, Jamison & Powers, P.C. in 2004. Mr. Orona's expanding practice involves complex commercial litigation, tort, employment, and insurance bad faith defense. His practice emphasizes advising and representing clients ranging from small business to large fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Orona is a member of the National Hispanic Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association.
- Areas of Practice:
- Business Law
- Employment Law
- Insurance Defense
- Torts
- Bar Admissions:
- Colorado, 2003
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2006
- Education:
- Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
2003
J.D.
Honors: Outstanding Law Student Award 2003, Presented by the Apache Tribe of OK - Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
B.S. Technical Management
- Published Works:
- Taxation in Indian Country (Outline of Presentation), 2nd Annual "Doing Business in Indian Country," CLE, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation District Ct, 2004
- Opposing actions of Adenosine A2a and Dopamine D2 receptor activation on GABA release in the basal ganglia: evidence of an A2/D2 receptor inactivation in globus palidus., Synapse, Vol. 22, #2 (Feb. 1996), 1996
- Repeated intravenous cocaine administration to rats produces behavioral sensitization without changing brain cocaine levels, Neuroscience Letters, 167 (1994), 1994
- Modulation of endogenous GABA release from discrete regions of the rat basal ganglia by Adenosine A2a and Dopamine D2 Receptors, Drug Development Research, Vol. 31, #4 (April 1994), 1994
- Adenosine A2a receptor stimulation blocks Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated inhibition of GABA release in slices of rat globus pallidus, The Society for Neuroscience, 24th Annual Meeting
- Full Faith and Credit, Comity or Federal Mandate? A Path that Leads to Recognition and Enforcement of Tribal Orders, Protection Orders, and Child Custody Orders, University of New Mexico Law Review, Summer 2004
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- March 2004, Full Faith and Credit, Comity or Federal Mandate? A Path that Leads to Recognition and Enforcement of Tribal Orders, Protection Orders and Child Custody Orders, The University of New Mexico Law Review Symposium at the University of New Mexico School of Law CLE
- Nov 1996, Adenosine A1a receptor stimulation blocks Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated inhibition of GABA release in slices of rat globus pallidus, The Society for Neuroscience 24th Annual Meeting
- Federal Indian Law: Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 2003 - 2004
- Federal Indian Law: Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 2003 - 2004
- Tribal Law: Tribal Governments, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 2003 - 2004
- Tribal Law: History of Tribes in Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 2003 - 2004
- Native American Economic Development. Taxation in Indian Country, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 2003 - 2004
- Coach NALSA Moot Court Team, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 2003 - 2004
- Honors and Awards:
- 2011 Colorado Rising Star
- 2010 Colorado Rising Star
- NALSA Moot Court Competition 2002, 2003
- OCU Merit Scholarship Recipient 2001-2002, 2002-2003
- Awarded OCU Public Interest Fellowship 2002-2003
- OCU Moot Court Society
- National Barristers Moot Court Society
- Ernest L. Wilkinson Excellence in Native American Legal Externship Award 2003
- OCU NALSA Outstanding Oralist 2003
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Colorado Bar Association
- Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
- Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Diversity, Electronic Discovery & Young Lawyers Committees
- Conference of Minority Transportation Officials
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Phi Delta Phi
- Birth Information:
- Pueblo, Colorado
