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Oral History of Harold A. “Hal” Haddon THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT - Oral History of Harold A. “Hal” Haddon Oral History of Harold A. “Hal” Haddon ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ORAL HISTORY OF HAROLD A. “HAL” HADDON, ESQ. Interviewed by Stephanie Howard December 6 – December 7, 2020 Stephanie Howard and Hal Haddon, 2016 Table of Contents Chapter 1 - EARLY YEARS IN MICHIGAN ............................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 - UNDERGRADUATE AT ALBION COLLEGE ...................................................... 15 Chapter 3 - TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE.................................................................................... 17 Chapter 4 - MASTER’S DEGREE IN POLLING........................................................................ 19 Chapter 5 - DUKE LAW SCHOOL ............................................................................................. 21 Chapter 6 - COLORADO AND BEVERLY ................................................................................ 29 Chapter 7 - DAVIS, GRAHAM & STUBBS, 1966-70................................................................ 33 Chapter 8 - COLORADO POLITICS........................................................................................... 39 Chapter 9 - MILITARY SERVICE .............................................................................................. 41 Chapter 10 - COLORADO STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER WORK, 1970-74 ............................ 47 Chapter 11 - INVESTIGATORS.................................................................................................. 53 Chapter 12 - PEOPLE v. SNEED ................................................................................................. 59 Chapter 13 - PEOPLE v. RANDOLPH......................................................................................... 63 Chapter 14 - THE DAILY DOUBLE ........................................................................................... 67 Chapter 15 - BRYAN MORGAN................................................................................................. 71 Chapter 16 - U.S. v. BISHOP........................................................................................................ 73 ~i~ Chapter 17 - FOUNDING OF HADDON MORGAN AND FOREMAN ................................... 85 Chapter 18 - U.S. v. PETER KIEWIT SONS’CO. ......................................................................... 91 Chapter 19 - ROCKY FLATS ...................................................................................................... 97 Chapter 20 - THE CRAWFORD HILL MANSION .................................................................. 105 Chapter 21 - U.S. v. BRITISH PETROLEUM AND CORPORATE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ... 111 Chapter 22 - GARY HART CAMPAIGNS................................................................................ 115 Chapter 23 - PEOPLE v. ROZEK ............................................................................................... 129 Chapter 24 - JONBENET RAMSEY MURDER........................................................................ 133 Chapter 25 - KOBE BRYANT ................................................................................................... 137 Chapter 26 - CU FOUNDATION PATENT LITIGATION....................................................... 147 Chapter 27 - PRACTICE IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ................................. 153 Chapter 28 - HUNTER S. THOMPSON .................................................................................... 157 Chapter 29 - LLOYD S. RUBIN ................................................................................................ 175 Chapter 30 - BEVERLY ............................................................................................................. 183 Chapter 31 - WOMEN IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION........................................................... 187 Chapter 32 - FEDERAL JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSIONS....................................... 189 Chapter 33 - THE COLORADO CRIMINAL DEFENSE BAR................................................ 193 Chapter 34 - THE ANNUAL PARTY........................................................................................ 197 Chapter 35 - THE CLIENTS ...................................................................................................... 201 Chapter 36 - REFLECTIONS..................................................................................................... 209 Chapter 37 - COURT IS IN RECESS......................................................................................... 215 ~ii~ Q: Today is December 6th, 2020, and my name is Stephanie Howard. I am here on behalf of the Tenth Circuit Historical Society today to conduct the oral history of one of Colorado and the Tenth Circuit’s greatest trial lawyers, Hal Haddon. Good morning, Hal. A: Good morning. Q: I know you’re not fond of praise like that, but I’m afraid you’re going to have to get a little bit used to it throughout the course of this as we talk about your pretty incredible career as a trial lawyer and also in politics and all of the tremendous stories that came along with that. So, brace yourself. A: I can handle it. Q: It might be helpful to explain a little bit about how Hal and I know each other. So, Hal, how long have we known each other? A: Since sometime in 2003, and I remember that vividly because I was defending Kobe Bryant in Eagle County, and my then-assistant was panicked at the thought of the stress and the likelihood that she was going to have to live in Eagle County for two years and help me defend that case, so she left. And you appeared on our doorstep. Q: I did. A: And you were our legal assistant and one of our paralegals for that entire 14-month trial. Q: And for many years thereafter. So I think -- 2003, we’re just shy of 20 years now, which is kind of shocking. But because of that, we’ve shared a lot of adventures that we can talk about, and I know of a lot of your adventures that date before me. I’m really excited and honored to talk through all of these with you. ~1~ ~2~ Chapter 1 EARLY YEARS IN MICHIGAN Q: I think probably the best place to start is the beginning -- Fenton, Michigan. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about life in Fenton, Michigan for a young Hal Haddon. A: I was born in long-ago 1940 in Flint, Michigan. Fenton and Holly, Michigan, are small towns that were sort of satellites to Flint, Michigan, and they were farm towns. My father was an educator and a farmer -- a lot prouder of being a farmer than he was of being an educator. So I grew up on a small family farm just outside of Flint. You could call it Fenton, you could call it Holly, but they were both very small towns that were adjacent to each other. Q: And what kind of farm was it? A: It was a classic, totally self-sufficient family farm. And when I say totally self-sufficient, I mean, we raised everything necessary to feed and to clothe us. It was an 80-acre farm. It had a couple of small lakes on it, so there were fishing opportunities. We had alfalfa fields. We had corn fields. My father was a master gardener, and he had a 5-acre vegetable garden on this farm. He literally grew our vegetables and everything you needed. If it wasn’t fresh because it wasn’t fresh season, we canned it, and lived off the land that way. We also had ducks, pigs, chickens, cows, rabbits, and, occasionally, assorted other critters. So we raised our own meat. We milked our own cows. We pasteurized our own milk. It was a totally sufficient family farm. ~3~ Q: And my memory is that you became quite fond of one of your cows, in particular. A: I had this great cow whose name was R-Nell. She was a milk cow. And so I would milk her. I would feed her. She was a really sweet, sweet, gentle cow. So on occasion, she would let me ride her. But when she got tired of that scene, having a little kid on her back, she would aim herself at a low-hanging branch on a tree and run at it and brush me off. But we had, we kind of had a routine. If I milked her and I fed her, she’d let me ride her for a while. Q: So what was your role on the farm growing up? A: Well, your role on any farm is you’re jack of all trades. I had to feed the animals. I had to shear the animals. Occasionally, I had to assist in harvesting them. I had to work the gardens. I had to hay the hay, I had to bale the hay, bring up the corn, all those things. Basically, it’s -- working on a farm is 24/7. And the critters get up early, so you’ve got to get up early and feed them. Q: And while you mention baling the hay, I also recall a story of how terrifying that experience could be. A: Well, Michigan is not thought of as rattlesnake country, but there is a swamp rattlesnake in Michigan called the Massasauga. Our farm was ground zero for the Massasauga. They were everywhere. They were in our front yard. They were in the barnyard. My father took perverse pleasure in exposing my brother and I to rattlesnakes just to see how terrified we’d get. One of the games he would play with us is that when we were baling ~4~ hay, he’d be driving the baler. My brother and I would
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