Member

Representative Matters

• Trial counsel and advisor on large dollar, corporate governance, officer and director liability, business tort and commercial cases.
• Corporate governance and business strategy.
• Acts as lead counsel and negotiator on large transactions.
• Internal investigations.
• Risk assessment, litigation analysis, and legal audits.
• Attorney and counselor to national, regional and community banks.
• Advisor to and regional counsel for personal wireless services providers on federal and state legal and regulatory matters, interconnection, E911, Universal Service, local land use, zoning, real estate, insurance and risk management issues.

Professional Activities

• Member, Commercial Panel of Neutrals, American Arbitration Association
• Member, American, Federal Communications, and Electric Cooperative Bar Associations
• Member, Rotary Club of Lower Downtown Denver, 1994-present (President, 1997-1998)
• Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America - Denver Area Council, 2010-Present; 
• Board Member, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, 2007-Present; 
• Executive Committee Member, Business Forums International Denver Chapter, 2007-Present  
• Board Member, Rocky Mountain ALS Association, 1991-Present
• Admitted in Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah
• Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Courts of Colorado, Utah and Nebraska

Publications and Presentations

• Lecturer at Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program , 2005, 2006, and 2007
• Lecturer at telecommunications conferences - CLE International

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1985
• Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Political Economy, Colorado College, 1982
• Fluency in Spanish and French Languages

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2007-present
• Recognized as one of Colorado's Super Lawyers, 2006-present
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, 1995-present
• Master Advocate designation by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, its highest designation
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Member, Diversity Law Institute
• Member, The Trial Law Institute
• Finalist in the 2003 Best of Bar - Telecommunications, as voted by his peers
• Selected to Leadership Denver Program, 2000-2001