Richard Kaudy

The Kaudy Law Firm, LLC

Richard Kaudy Personal Injury Lawyer

The Kaudy Law Firm, LLC

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Firm Summary

Rich graduated in 1976 with a degree in Journalism from the University of Montana, Missoula, where he served on the University’s Publications Board and was Managing Editor for the college newspaper, Montana Kaimin. This enabled him to serve as a front-line reporter for Butte’s Montana Standard daily newspaper. He was also an award-winning journalist for the Montana Associated Press in 1977, where he received a plaque for Exceptional Writing. He still actively uses his journalistic curiosity and keen sense of wit to inquire about witnesses and parties in his cases. Rich then worked a year in Denver for the weekly Rocky Mountain Business Journal before law school.

Rich last attended school at the University of Denver Westminster School of Law. His collegiate journalism interests evolved to serving as an editor for the University of Denver Law Review. He graduated from law school in June 1982 and has been licensed in Colorado since October 1982.

He commenced his legal career with Anstine and Hill (1983-1986) and White and Steele (1986-2004). While at White and Steele, in 1990, he was elected President of the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association and honored with an Exceptional Performance Citation plaque from the Defense Research Institute. He then served from 2006-2008 on the board of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, where he contributed articles addressing Insurance, and also served on the board for APITLA, (the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers Association), where he also contributed an article on Depositions.

Rich has been licensed in Colorado since October 1982, graduating in June 1982 from the University of Denver Westminster School of Law (as it was then known). From 1983 to 2004, he represented insurance companies and their insureds who got sued for negligent behavior.  From 2004 onward, Rich has focused on helping those hurt by harmful insurance industry practices.

He is presently serving on the board of the Consumer Bar’s Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, as a board member for the Colorado Bar Association’s Litigation Council, and currently as the 2022 President of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Colorado chapter. He’s been named to the Colorado Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America by U.S. News & World Report for the past 12 years.

Rich has written numerous articles on insurance and harmful insurance company claim practices in Trial Talk, the magazine published by the CTLA to assist the Consumer Bar.

In addition, Rich has served as trial and appellate counsel in cases he’s tried to juries in federal and state courts across the State of Colorado in addition to serving as both an arbitrator and as an expert witness in state and federal court cases involving insurance claims-handling practices.

Rich married his high school sweetheart, Terri, and together they frequently travel and seek destinations conducive to their favorite hobby: fly fishing. Rich will tell you that Terri always catches the biggest fish and is a better fly-caster than he is.

Areas of Practice

• Bad Faith Insurance

• Insurance Law

• Motor Vehicle Accidents — Plaintiff

• Personal Injury — Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1982

Education

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado

  • J.D. – 1982

  • Law Review: Denver Law Journal, Editor

• University of Montana, Missoula, Montana

  • B.A. – 1976

  • Honors: Honors in Journalism; Member of Publication Board

  • Honors: Managing Editor, Montana Kaimin

Newsletters

Claim-handling guidelines for Colorado insurers., Colorado Rules of the Road, Colorado Claims Association Fall 2004

Published Works

• Unleashing the Wildcats: The Supreme Court Immunizes Wildcat Strikes from Individual Damage Liability for Employer Losses Resulting From the Wildcat Strike, 50 Denver Law Journal 577, 1982

• Newspaper Reporter for the Daily Press, 1976-1979

Classes & Seminars

• Third Quarter 2004 Edition of Colorado Claims Magazine, Colorado Rules of the Road

• Guest Lecturer, Law and Medicine, University of Denver, Colorado

Honors & Awards

• Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Corporations

• Awarded Exceptional Performance Citation, Defense Research Institute

• Excellence in Writing Award, Montana Associated Press, Article on MHD, Magneto Hydro Dynamics

• Named, National Advisory Panel for a Specialty Bar Representing Plaintiffs in Trucking Collisions

• President-Elect, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, 1989 – 1990

• Recipient, Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation, 1990 – Present

• Colorado Super Lawyers, 2011 – Present

Associations & Memberships

• Denver Bar Association, Member

• Colorado Bar Association, Member

• American Bar Association, Member

• Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, President, 1990 – 1991

• American Association for Justice, Member

• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Board Member, 2010 – Present

• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Pro Bono Activities

• Guest Lecturer, Law, New Hope Ministry Adult Education, 2008 – Present

College Fraternity

• Phi Alpha Delta