Find Lawyers in Denver, Colorado for Litigation - Construction

Benton Barton is a talented, hardworking trial lawyer who is brought in to assist clients whenever and wherever they need him. Benton’s practice focuses on disputes and accidents arising from design, construction, and environmental projects. He has taken to trial many significant high-exposure cases, and his appellate efforts have generated new and notable law. In addition to serving on its management team and chairing its Construction & Design practice group, Benton is the firm&rsq...

Colin Baumchen joined Woods Aitken in 2012 and is a partner in the firm’s construction law and commercial litigation practice groups. He advises and represents contractors, subcontractors, owners, and other construction-related entities in various aspects of claim and dispute resolution proceedings. Colin also has significant experience with mediation, arbitration, and litigation in various state and federal courts. Colin is a member of the ABA Forum on Construction Law.

Joe is a no-nonsense, hardworking lawyer with an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and eight years of practical work experience in the road and bridge construction industry, including work as a project superintendent for a heavy highway general contractor. Since he began practicing law in 1995, Joe’s practice has been devoted exclusively to construction law, with a specific emphasis in construction litigation. He represents owners, design professionals, contractors/subcontractor...

Alvin Cohen is a trial lawyer, representing businesses involved in the construction and real estate industries. Typical clients include prime contractors and subcontractors, material suppliers, homebuilders, land developers, and commercial real estate developers. Al’s practice includes both private sector projects and government contracts. His construction cases span the full range of construction disputes, and he has litigated, for example, complex delay and disruption claims and their...

For forty years, Hubert has handled the Front Range’s most complicated infrastructure issues and disputes, and it would be hard to name a large infrastructure project in the region where Hubert did not play a role. He draws on his lengthy experience to provide shrewd counsel to clients on construction, regulatory, and natural resource regulatory matters that are pre-suit and in litigation, so that clients can focus on what is paramount—seeing their projects through to timely compl...

Kory George is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee and is co-chair of the Firm’s Construction Law, Commercial Litigation, and Dispute Resolution practice groups. He has practiced law with Woods Aitken since 2003, with an emphasis in construction law, construction litigation, and commercial litigation. His experience includes advising and representing construction industry participants and commercial entities in all aspects of claim and dispute resolution proceedings, inclu...

After a forty-year career litigating and arbitrating construction cases, Dan Gross now focuses his practice on alternative dispute resolution. He also serves in a senior advisor role with Woods Aitken, advising clients and regularly assisting the firm’s construction and litigation groups. As a practitioner, Dan tried or arbitrated more than 85 cases covering the gamut of public and private construction—building, commercial, industrial, heavy/highway, specialty, large residential, ...

Joel Heusinger has practiced law with Woods Aitken since 1986 with an emphasis in construction law and litigation. He has been involved in numerous complex construction disputes throughout the United States involving hundreds of millions of dollars in claims and damages as well as the management and review of millions of pages of documents and electronic data. He has also participated in over 400 mediations and numerous arbitration hearings. Joel advises and represents contractors, subcontrac...

Kerry Kester has practiced law with Woods Aitken since 1981 focusing on construction contracting, construction dispute resolution, and counseling of general and specialty contractors, owners, subcontractors, sureties, design professionals, and suppliers. Kerry’s experience includes counseling clients regarding claims and dispute avoidance, lien and bond claims, contract negotiations and project management. It also includes mediation, arbitration, and appeals before state and federal cou...

Kate McDonald is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Wyoming, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She advises and represents developers, builder/vendors, contractors and specialty subcontractors in various aspects of construction. Ms. McDonald’s construction cases span the full range of construction disputes, from complex delay claims, to construction and design defects, and mechanic’s liens/foreclosure actions. In addition to her trial practice, she serves as advisory couns...

Mr. Ninneman litigates complex commercial and construction disputes in state and federal court and arbitration, representing owner/developers, general contractors, design-builders, subcontractors, architects, engineers, and suppliers on private, public and hybrid projects, including heavy civil infrastructure, sports arenas, schools, hotels, hospitals, mass transit, roadways, industrial warehousing, and renovation and development of apartments, multi-family, mixed-use and single family reside...

Litigation can be brutal. Too often, individuals and businesses suffer needlessly because lawyers insist on doing things "the same old way." Not with us. Not with Mike. Mike's trademark is his relentless pursuit of new and better answers. His hallmark is the recognition that better answers come only with understanding. Not just surface familiarity, but a true appreciation of your world. Mike takes the time to listen, to answer questions, and to ask questions. He doesn't just ask "where do you...

Leading real estate litigator. Shrewd transactional attorney skilled at risk mitigation. Deep grasp of legal and business issues impacting the real estate and construction industries. Jonathan Pray brings a powerful combination of expertise to his clients in the real estate and construction industries—deep experience as both a litigator and transactional attorney. One of the firm’s lead litigators, he has facilitated the resolution of disputes on some of Denver’s largest dev...

Ivan A. Sarkissian, co-founder of McConaughy & Sarkissian, P.C., was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1997 and is admitted to practice in all Colorado state courts, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Sarkissian received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University in 1993 and attended the Tulane University School of Law, obtaining his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, in 1997. While...

More than a decade of construction litigation and contract drafting experience. Provides practical solutions to clients’ business challenges. Experience ranges from relatively small disputes to multi-million-dollar claims in state courts, federal courts and arbitration. In his construction-focused practice, Kevin Walsh provides developers and construction professionals with a wide range of legal services, including contract drafting and negotiation; dispute avoidance and de-escalation; ...

Tyler M. Campbell is licensed to practice law in the state courts of Colorado. He earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Syracuse University College of Law, where he graduated cum laude. While attending, Mr. Campbell interned with a boutique regulatory affairs firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Campbell gained further regulatory experience as a research associate with the New York State Science & Technology Law Center. Prior to law school, Mr. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political...

Laura DePetro joined Woods Aitken in 2014 and is a partner in the firm's Denver office. She is a member of the firm’s litigation group, working in the commercial litigation and construction law practice areas. Laura received her J.D. from Creighton University Law School, where she participated in trial team, was a member of the Creighton Law Review and Moot Court Board and received numerous CALI Excellence for the Future Awards. During law school, Laura clerked for a mid-size firm in Om...

Abby Frame joined our Denver office in 2021 and is a member of the firm’s construction law and commercial litigation practice groups. Abby advises and represents business owners, contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals on construction and commercial disputes, contract formation, and negotiations. Abby received her J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School in 2018 where she was an associate editor for the Colorado Law Review, fulfilled the Colorado Law Public Service ...

Amanda Hoberg joined our Denver office in 2020 and is a member of the firm’s construction law and commercial litigation practice groups. She is a proven advocate who can assist and counsel clients through all stages of a dispute. Amanda has significant experience in preparing and taking cases to trial. Amanda started her legal practice at a national law firm practicing civil litigation. During that time, Amanda served as a member of multiple litigation teams, handling all aspects of com...

Rioux Jordan, a Colorado native, focuses his practice on complicated construction matters, representing clients spanning developers, general contractors, and subcontractors of all sizes. This work includes defending against construction defect claims, general liability claims, breach of contract claims, and personal injury claims. Mr. Jordan is licensed to practice law in state and federal courts of Colorado. He earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Denver, Sturm College of La...

Edison McDaniels is a trial attorney with the Construction Defects Litigation Group at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine. Since joining the firm, Mr. McDaniels has focused his practice on construction defect law and construction products liability. He currently works with the team to represent homeowners and community associations. Mr. McDaniels has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association for inclusion in The Top 40 under 40 Association. A 2007 graduate of Virginia Tec...

With a knack for highly technical construction issues, Chloe Mickel has assisted a wide variety of construction professionals in resolving disputes. Chloe started her legal career representing subcontractors and material suppliers in New Jersey and New York. Thereafter, she was an associate at a Denver-area litigation firm where she focused on defending architects and engineers against complex design defect claims. Chloe’s practice at Brownstein focuses on representation of owners and d...

Sarah Mielke joined Woods Aitken in 2021 after clerking with the firm for two years. She is a member of the firm’s litigation group, working with clients in the commercial, construction, and labor and employment practice areas.

Joseph F. “Trip” Nistico’s practice focuses on construction defect litigation. Originally from Texas, Mr. Nistico obtained his undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University in 2012 and graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 2016. In law school, Mr. Nistico was a member of the Colorado Technology Law Journal, the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic, the Hatfield Scholars Program, and the Silicon Flatirons DC Summer Program. Mr. Nistico...

Neil is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He earned his Juris Doctor at Michigan State University College of Law in East Lansing, MI, where he was a member of the Law Review and a clinician with the Alvin L. Storrs Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic. Neil received his undergraduate degree in Economics, with an emphasis in Financial Economics and a minor in Mathematics, from Washington & Jefferson College. Neil is an experienced litigator who loves the courtroom, yet advises his clients from a ratio...