Longtime Arvada City Attorney Announces Retirement

ARVADA, CO — Arvada City Attorney Christopher K. Daly has announced his retirement. Daly has served as city attorney for more than two decades, providing legal counsel and guidance to dozens of elected city leaders during a period of significant growth and change.

Daly’s municipal career spans 42 years. He spent 15 years with the Aurora City Attorney’s Office before being appointed city attorney for Glenwood Springs, where he served for three years.

He became Arvada’s city attorney in 1995, serving as the chief legal counsel for the Arvada City Council and overseeing the legal aspects of city projects. He also served as Arvada’s acting city manager in 1966 and '97.

“Chris Daly has been the very definition of the perfect City Attorney. He has been a zealous advocate for the City of Arvada, in no small part due to the love he has for this great community," Arvada Mayor Marc Williams said in a statement. "His advice has been sound and reasoned, and his ethics have been of the highest standard. The City of Arvada has been well represented, and we owe Chris a debt of gratitude.”

Daly served as the Colorado State Chair for the International Municipal Lawyers Association, a professional group of municipal attorneys throughout the United States and Canada; he also served as the Chair of the Colorado Municipal League’s City Attorney Section. He has been recognized as Outstanding City Attorney and Outstanding Assistant City Attorney by the Colorado Municipal League.

“I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to serve the citizens of Arvada, the various City Council members and all current and past employees for 24 years,” Daly said in an email to city employees. “I could not have done this job without the help and support of so many current and past elected and appointed officials as well as the fine employees within the City Attorney's Office.”

“Public service is a great way to spend a career,” Daly said. “I am truly honored and humbled to have gotten to know so many outstanding people who have served this magical City.”

Daly said he will retire on July 31 of this year.

The Arvada City Council has begun a nationwide recruitment for a new City Attorney.