Member

Representative Matters

• Represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters in Colorado and Nevada
• Financings include general obligation bonds, user fee revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, excise tax revenue bonds, lease transactions, tax increment financings and private activity bonds
• Economic development matters include development or annexation agreements and economic incentive agreements
• Clients include governmental entities such as municipalities, counties, special districts, school districts, transportation agencies, joint action agencies, urban renewal authorities, downtown development authorities as well as non-profit corporations, underwriters, trustees and credit enhancers
• Represented the RTD in connection with forming the unique public-private partnership transaction that will fund the construction of commuter rail lines east to the airport and west to Arvada and Wheat Ridge as well as improvements to Denver Union Station

Professional Activities

• Admitted Colorado, 1976
• Board Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers, 2011-Present
• Member, Board of Education of the Cherry Creek School District, 1990 - 1996
• Member, Board of Directors of the Colorado Association of School Boards, 1995 - 1996
• Member, Board of Directors of the Willows Water District, 1987 - 1990
• Member, Board of Trustees of the University of Northern Colorado, 1986 - 1991
• Participant, Denver Community Leadership Forum, 1988
• Participant, South Metro Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, 1990

Publications and Presentations

• Presentor, "Election November 2010: Proposition 101 and Amendments 60 and 61" to over 20 organizations around Colorado
• Co-Author with Paul Wisor, "Public Moneys and Ballot Issues Under the Fair Campaign Practices Act," 34 Colorado Lawyer, 81 (September 2005)
• Co-Author with Amy Kennedy, "Enterprises Under Article X, s. 20 of the Colorado Constitution, Part 1,"27 Colorado Lawyer, 55 (April 1998) and Part 2, 27 Colorado Lawyer, 65 (May 1998)
• Author, "Amendment One: Government by Plebiscite," 22 Colorado Lawyer, 293 (February 1993)

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1976
• Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, 1973

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers' 2012 Public Finance Lawyer of the Year, Denver, CO
• Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel
• Winner, Denver Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" Award for Public Finance, 2005
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Public Finance since 2007