Member

Representative Matters

• Trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts, and represents clients in agency hearings and proceedings, legislative matters, and arbitrations.
• Represents lenders in hearings, trials, and arbitrations on various collection and workout matters, pursues claims to recover secured collateral, and defends lender liability claims.
• Represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and construction lenders in defect, warranty, payment, delay, lien, trust fund, and other general construction claims.
• Asserts and defends claims surrounding various insurance coverage disputes.
• Represents business entities of varying types, sizes, and industries in contract, landlord/tenant, real estate, payment, fraud, and related disputes.
• Defends tort claims asserted against businesses and individuals, including basic negligence, premises liability, defamation, and wrongful death claims.
• Consults with businesses and individuals on pre-litigation and trial strategy, and works to facilitate negotiations and dispute resolution before, during, and after trial.

Professional Activities

• Board Member, Colorado Youth at Risk
• Board Member and Secretary, The LoDo District, Inc.
• Member, Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy's Trial Skills for Public Interest Lawyers National Program, 2008- Present
• Coach, Mock Trial, Monarch High School, 2004-Present
• Law Clerk, Honorable Morris B. Hoffman, Denver District Court, August 2000 - August 2001
• Judicial Extern, Honorable Edwin Ruland, Colorado Court of Appeals, Fall 1999

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of Colorado School of Law, 2000
• Bachelor of Arts in Government, with distinction, New Mexico State University, 1997