John M. Vaught (Denver, Colorado)
John M. Vaught
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 4500, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5647
Phone: 303.244.1876
Fax: 303.244.1879
http://www.wtotrial.com
University: Stephen F. Austin State University, B.S., Business and Economics, Student Body President, 1968-1969, 1969
Law School: St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, St. Mary’s Law Journal, Associate Editor, Outstanding Commercial Law Graduate, 1978
Admitted: Numerous pro hac vice admissions; Colorado; Texas (Inactive); U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court for the District of Montana; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Memberships: Legal Memberships, Activities, and HonorsBest Lawyers in America Commercial Litigation, 2007-2015 Insurance Law, 2007-2015 Securities Litigation, 2014-2015Colorado Super Lawyers Business Litigation, 2014 Appellate, 2012-2013 Class Action/Mass Torts, 2006-2011 Colorado Top 100, 2013 Colorado Top 50, 2008, 2010Best of the Bar, Denver Business Journal Commercial Litigation, 2005Benchmark Litigation Appellate – Colorado, 2014Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated Denver Bar Association President, 2014-2015 President-Elect, July 2013-2014 First Vice President, 2012-2013 First Vice President-Elect., 2011-2012 Member, Board of Trustees, 2012-2015 Member, Three Person Executive Committee Host Committee, DBA Barrister’s Ball, 2012-2014 Board Member, Barrister’s Benefit Ball Fundraising Committee, 2013-2014 Member, Nominating Committee, 1989, 2013, 2014 Chairman, Young Lawyers’ Section, 1984 Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1985, 2000-2002, 2012-2015American Bar Association Colorado and Wyoming Representative to the Executive Committee, ABA Young Lawyers’ Division, 1984-1985Colorado Lawyers for Colorado Veterans Chair, 2012-2014Colorado Bar Association Member, Board of Governors, 2000-2002, 2012-2014 Member Liaison and Budget Committee, Colorado Bar Association and Denver Bar Association 2012-2014 Founding Chair, CBA Military & Veterans Affairs Section, 2012-present Co-Chair, Colorado Lawyers for Colorado Veterans Committee, 2012-present Standing Committee for CBA Mentoring Program, 2012-present Member, Budget Committee, 2011, 2014 Member, Task Force on Multidisciplinary Practice, 1999 Nominee, Young Lawyer of the Year, 1984 Founder and former Chairman, Securities Litigation Subsection of Litigation Section, 1993-1996 Reporting Liaison, Chief Justice’s Commission on Civil JusticeColorado Bar Foundation Fellow Member, Board of Trustees, 2013-2014 Member, Board of Directors and Treasurer, 2012-2015Defense Research InstituteReporting Liaison, Chief Justice’s Commission on Civil Justice Reporting Member, 2013Mentor Pilot Program Standing Committee, 2011-presentTenth Circuit Judicial Conference Member, 1984-present Committee Member, Program and Host Committee, 1998National Institute for Trial Advocacy Faculty Member, 1992-present Appointed Member, International Faculty, 1999University of Colorado Trial Advocacy Program Faculty Member, 1990-1991St. Mary’s University School of Law Alumni Association Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1994St. Mary’s University School of Law commencement speaker, May 2013
Born: Texarkana, Texas, 1947
Mailing ISLN: 901836081
