Colton L. Richardson

In Kindergarten, I walked across the stage to the middle, standing next to my teacher, telling all of my friends and their families that I wanted to be a lawyer when I grow up. I didn’t think it would actually happen until halfway through my undergraduate degree when I was accepted into law schools.

As much as I love learning, I was a doer. At the University of Tulsa College of Law, any chance I had to work outside of the class rather than sit in a room, I took it. With that, I worked for Honorable John Dowdell in the U.S. Northern District of Oklahoma for one summer where I read motions and summary judgments, researched the issues, and wrote more than 15 drafts of opinions for Judge Dowdell. I also worked for Life Church legal counsel, Tulsa County Public Defenders’ Office, Check-6, Inc., Fry & Elder law firm, and Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office. Any opportunity I have to go and do, I take it.

After graduating law school in the top of my class and passing the bar, I worked at the Tulsa County District Attorney’s office, where I tried jury trials for misdemeanor and felony cases. After gaining invaluable trial experience there, I joined my grandfather, father, and their partners here at Richardson Richardson Boudreaux. Now I have the opportunity to serve individuals in what may be one of the most challenging times in their lives. We would love the opportunity to serve you.

Education:

• Graduated with Highest Honors and Distinction from University of Tulsa College of Law
• CALI award for highest grade in class in: evidence, professional responsibility, and advanced torts
• University of Oklahoma, graduated with distinction BBA, studied entrepreneurship and venture management and psychology; Letzeiser Award Recipient (Top 13 male seniors: academics, campus and community involvement, honors, and essay); Boren Mentoring Initiative Award; Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Experience:

• Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office: May 2018 – April 2020
• Federal Judicial Externship for U.S. Northern District of Oklahoma, Honorable John Dowdell

Awards:

• The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 – 2022

Associations:

• Member since 2018, Hudson-Hall-Wheaton American Inns of Court
• Tulsa County Bar Association, Committee Member for Young Lawyer’s Division; 2020 – present; Co-Chair for Young Lawyer’s Division; 2021
• Oklahoma Bar Association
• Oklahoma Association for Justice
• Board of Directors, member, Operation Aware; 2021 – present

Admitted into:

• Eastern District of OK Federal
• Oklahoma State Courts
• Muscogee Creek Nation Jurisdiction
• Northern District of OK Federal
• Western District of OK Federal