George Price is a 1974 graduate of The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado and a 1980 graduate of the University of Denver, College of Law. He was a staff member of the University of Denver International Law Journal and was recipient of the John Phillip Linn Labor Law Award in 1980. He was research assistant to John Phillip Linn during the 1979-80 school year.
After passing the bar exam in 1980, Price became the General Counsel/Director of Legal Services for the Colorado Education Association, Colorado's largest public employee association. He served in that position for five years representing teachers and other school personnel in a variety of employment related matters in federal and state courts, in arbitration and before administrative judges. He advised the Board of Directors and the Executive Director of CEA on corporate matters.
Price entered private practice in 1985. He continued his work with CEA as retained outside counsel. In addition, his practice emphasized both public and private sector employment law, employment discrimination matters, special education matters, real estate, real estate development law, and construction law. He provided voluntary, pro bono representation on behalf of the ACLU related to sex discrimination in school athletics. During this time, he served as counsel for several public sector unions. Later in his practice, he began representing criminal defendants.
George c price served as counsel on a number of cases related to prison conditions, represented inmates in civil rights matters related to dietary and religious discrimination and served as counsel in cases involving injuries to and assaults upon inmates. A number of these cases were done on a court appointed, pro bono, basis.
Price successfully sued a number of private occupational schools that had failed to provide the promised education to students.
From 1999 to 2004, George Price Denver worked as a part-time employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency assisting communities in federally declared disasters. His responsibilities included working with the agency in the development of regulations related to the National Flood Insurance Program, the development and implementation of the Project Impact initiative and policies related to disaster assistance on sovereign Indian lands. He worked with the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program in overseeing the purchase of numerous flooded properties in North Dakota.
Price currently is President and CEO of The Belle Isle Company, Inc., a Colorado based Corporation involved in the sale and purchase of commodities, real estate development, new product development and general business consulting.
George C Price is also President of the George C. and Kristi M. Price Foundation, a private charitable foundation providing funding for nonprofit entities in the areas of education, the arts, music, historic preservation, veterans' issues and other areas of interest to his family.
Price serves on the board of the Center for Safe Schools, a Colorado nonprofit organization. From 1995-1997, price served as a board member of the Attention Deficit Disorder Advocacy Group, another Colorado nonprofit organization. George Price was a member of the Park Hill Community Justice Council from 2001 to 2003, serving as its co-chair from 2002 two 2003. He served as a member of the Denver Community Accountability Board from 2001 to 2006. He has been a guest lecturer for the University of Denver, the University of Phoenix and for numerous in-service programs offered within school districts.
Price can be reached at gprice@belleisleco.com
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