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Note: At the Open Space 50th Anniversary event last October, former Boulder City Attorney Joe de Raismes (1979-2003) gave a brief presentation regarding the Open Space Department and the City Charter. Due to time constraints, he was unable to [...]
About the author:
Joseph N. de Raismes, III, was City Attorney for the City of Boulder from 1979-2003 and drafted the Open Space sections of the Boulder City Charter. He served as interim City Manager during 1990-1991. He received his B.A., magna cum laude from Yale College in 1967 and his J.D. from the Harvard Law School in 1970. He is a recipient of the Order of the Coif (1991). He has served as Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law and President and Trustee of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the national organization of city and county attorneys. He currently serves as General Counsel of Mental Health America, a national mental health and substance use disorder advocacy organization based in Alexandria, VA. He is admitted to practice law in Colorado and Virginia.
