Duane Woodard
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Duane Woodard | |
|---|---|
| 34th Attorney General of Colorado | |
| In office January 11, 1983 – January 8, 1991 | |
| Governor | Richard Lamm Roy Romer |
| Preceded by | J.D. MacFarlane |
| Succeeded by | Gale Norton |
| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 29th district | |
| In office January 12, 1977 – March 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Hank Brown |
| Succeeded by | Roy Shore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 12, 1938 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic (since 1987) Republican (before 1987) |
| Education | University of Wyoming (BA) University of Oklahoma (JD) |
| Profession | Attorney Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  Marine Corps |
L. Duane Woodard (born January 12, 1938) is an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Colorado from 1983 to 1991. He previously served in the Colorado Senate from the 29th district from 1977 to 1980.[1][2]
L. Duane Woodard was born in Kansas City, Missouri on January 12, 1938. A military brat, he was raised in Greeley, Colorado, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Casper, Wyoming. Woodard joined the United States Marine Corps serving in Japan and the Philippines. He was honorably discharged in 1959. He then attended the University of Wyoming and the University of Oklahoma College of Law. After his studies, he took a position at the Sinclair Oil Corporation. Two years later, he moved to Fort Collins to become a Deputy District Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District.[2] In 1974, he became a municipal judge in Windsor.[3]
