Donald C. Sisson

Mr. Sisson was born in East Patchogue, New York. Mr. Sisson attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. While at West Point, Mr. Sisson played Division I college ice hockey. Mr. Sisson graduated from West Point with a B.S. in Systems Engineering and a minor in English.

Upon graduation, Mr. Sisson received his commission into the United States Army as a Finance Officer. Mr. Sisson attended the Finance Officer Basic Course at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. After successfully completing the Finance Officer Basic Course, Mr. Sisson was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas where he became the Training and Operations Officer for the 230th Finance Battalion in support of the 4th Infantry Division.

After completing his military service, Mr. Sisson attended law school at the University of Minnesota. During law school Mr. Sisson received a federal externship with Magistrate Franklin L. Noel of the United States District Court of the District of Minnesota. In addition, Mr. Sisson spent his final semester of law school studying international law at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. After receiving his law degree, Mr. Sisson moved to Denver, Colorado and started a career in private practice.

For the last several years Mr. Sisson has represented clients in various courts throughout the State of Colorado including the Federal District Courts of Colorado, the Bankruptcy Court and various State District and County Courts of Colorado. His representation of his clients ranged from individual and small businesses to very large corporations in several areas of the law. Mr. Sisson currently serves as General Counsel to the Colorado State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The FOP provides representation to over 5,000 law enforcement officers in the State of Colorado concerning issues ranging from internal affairs investigations, due process rights, civil litigation defense, criminal defense and collective bargaining rights.

In addition to serving as General Counsel to the Colorado State Lodge, Mr. Sisson serves as General Counsel to four other separate FOP entities including:

• FOP Labor Council
• FOP Public Safety Awareness Foundation
• FOP Legal Defense Fund
• FOP Small Donor Committee

Mr. Sisson is extremely proud and humbled to be able to provide representation to the largest law enforcement organization in the United Stated and the State of Colorado. Mr. Sisson is licensed in the State of Colorado and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Mr. Sisson is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, American Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, the Colorado Judicial Institute and the West Point Society of Denver.