Member

Representative Matters

• Obtained dismissal at the pleading stage of consolidated federal court class actions against financial service clients seeking over $1 billion in damages arising out of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
• Defeated certification of proposed class of current and former employees of a food processing client seeking over $200 million in damages in federal court action arising out of alleged immigration violations.
• Assisted with retaining and preparing expert witnesses for a municipal client resulting in a $19 million insurance recovery for damages arising from a defectively constructed water pipeline system.
• Obtained defense judgment for a major oil company following a one-week arbitration hearing in which the plaintiffs sought over $11 million in damages for alleged breaches of a settlement agreement.
• Obtained jury verdict in favor of a manufacturing client in which the opposing party sought over $5 million in damages for alleged breach of an international sales distribution agreement.

Samples of Decisions

• Mandelbaum v. Fiserv, Inc., 787 F. Supp. 2d 1126 (D. Colo. 2011)
• Hines v. Fiserv, Inc., 2010 WL 1249838 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 25, 2010)
• Rutter & Willbanks Corp. v. Shell Oil Co., 314 F. 3d 1180 (10th Cir. 2002)
• Smith v. TCI Communications, Inc., 981 P.2d 690 (Colo. App. 1999)
• In re Submission of Interrogatories on Senate Bill 93-74, 852 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1993)
• Evans v. Board of County Commissioners, 994 F.2d 755 (10th Cir. 1993)
• People v. Rosburg, 805 P.2d 432 (Colo. 1991)

Professional Activities

• Judicial Clerk, Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1983-1984
• Judicial Clerk, Judge Hall in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1984-1985

Publications and Presentations

• Author, "S.B. 07-087 and the Enforceability of Indemnification Provisions in Colorado Construction Contracts," 36 The Colorado Lawyer, 59 (September 2007)

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of California-Los Angeles School of Law, 1983
  • Order of the Coif
  • Managing and Chief Casenotes Editor, UCLA-Alaska Law Review
• Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, highest honors, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1980

Honors and Awards

• Bronze Tablet Scholar (top 3% of engineering undergraduates)
• Tau Beta Pi and Gamma Epsilon Honoraries
• Department of General Engineering Outstanding Senior Design Award (computerized exercise bicycle)
• Four-year member, Intercollegiate Soccer Club
• Denver Soccer Club - Volunteer Coach of the Year
• American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - State Lead Ambassador: Advocacy Volunteer of the Year