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. 

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,  Price 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.

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. 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.