Find Lawyers in Colorado, United States 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...

Named 2017 and 2018 Barrister's Best Plaintiff Construction Defect Attorney by Law Week Colorado , Shane began practicing construction defect litigation in 2006 as Mike Hearn’s associate. Since that time, Shane has successfully represented hundreds of homeowners and associations across Colorado in arbitration proceedings and at the district and appellate court levels. Shane has presented numerous Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses, DORA CAM credit classes, and CAMICB courses regar...

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...

Duncan focuses his practice on difficult and complex civil litigation and family law matters. He has significant experience in a variety of fields including construction defect, insurance, real estate and commercial litigation. He also assists with complicated domestic relations matters, and is especially useful in complicated property situations, or when there are concurrent civil lawsuits, receiverships, business torts or partnership dissolutions.Duncan’s work has led him to represent...

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, ...

Mike has practiced in the area of construction defect litigation since 1983 and he has practiced exclusively in this area for the past 30 years. In that time, he has represented over 300 homeowners associations and 600 individual homeowners in construction defect claims brought against developers, builders and subcontractors. He has also represented owners of commercial buildings, high rises, apartments, raw land and even self-storage facilities. Mike has spoken at numerous seminars concernin...

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...

Shareholder Jeff Kerrane joined the firm in 2000. Jeff has more than 20 years of experience in construction defect litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at Burdman Law Group in Nevada and at the Law Offices of Cisneros & Kerrane in California. In addition to his extensive experience in the courtroom, Jeff has been published in journals such as the Santa Clara Law Review, Nevada Lawyer, California Regulatory Law Reporter, Condo Management Magazine, Recharger Magazine, and...

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...

Michael J. Lowder, a partner at Kerrane Storz, P.C., has been with the firm since law school. Michael joined the firm as a law clerk in 2011, was elevated to attorney after graduation and admission to the bar in 2012, was elevated to senior attorney in 2017, and to partner in 2021. Michael has represented numerous community association and consumer-homeowner clients during his tenure at the firm, and has tried/arbitrated numerous cases to verdict or award. During law school, Michael served as...

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...

Michael Menghini is a Shareholder in Burg Simpson’s Construction Defect Litigation Group. His practice focuses on representing clients with claims involving construction defects, construction products liability, association reserves, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation/non-disclosure and commercial litigation. His clients include community associations, such as homeowner associations and condominium associations, homeowners and business owners. Mr. Menghini has successfully repr...

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...

Craig S. Nuss, the co-practice group leader of the Construction Defects department at Burg Simpson. His department has achieved Tier 1 status by US News and World Report (the highest-ranking available). Mr. Nuss is a Colorado native born in Brush in 1960. He obtained his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1982 and graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1988. Mr. Nuss begin his legal career the following year with a ...

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...

Ron Sandgrund is a well-known trial lawyer and Colorado’s most prolific author of articles and books on Colorado construction and materials defect law and related insurance coverage issues. Mr. Sandgrund has extensive experience litigating construction defect, construction materials, product liability, multi-family community, class action, and insurance lawsuits, and he has argued many cases before the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court, and U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Ap...

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...

Jennifer Seidman’s practice focuses on representing homeowners and homeowner associations in construction defect and defective building products cases. Her work includes cases involving structural failures and foundation movement, water intrusion and building envelope failures, building product defects, and design professional errors. Ms. Seidman appreciates how confusing the legal process can be for homeowners and association board members and strives to help homeowners and homeowner a...

Joe Smith is a licensed attorney in Colorado and Florida and a Colorado licensed architect with over twenty-five years of architecture, construction law, construction defect litigation, and related insurance coverage and bankruptcy experience. Throughout his legal career, Joe has exclusively represented homeowners, homeowner associations, and building owners. From 2011 to 2014 Joe worked as a forensic architect at a Colorado consulting firm where he provided forensic services to private and p...

Shareholder Heidi Storz joined the firm in 1999 and has more than 20 years of experience in construction defect litigation. Prior to attending law school, Heidi served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Belize, Central America where she worked with young adults and children who had experienced physical or sexual abuse. While in Belize, Heidi traveled to every high school in the country to conduct the first ever study quantifying the incidence of child abuse. Before serving in the Peace Corps, Heid...

Curt Sullan was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1962, and grew up near Chicago. He graduated from Glenbrook North High School in 1980 and from the University of Maryland in 1984. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science, with a double minor in English and Philosophy. Mr. Sullan graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1988 with a Juris Doctor. While at the University of Denver, Mr. Sullan served on two law reviews and was a member of the Moot Court. Mr....

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...

Prior to joining the firm, Allyson was an Appellate Law Clerk at the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal. There, she worked on appeals in a wide variety of legal topics and gained a unique perspective of all types of cases including construction defects, construction contracts, building code violations, and insurance claims. At KerraneStorz, Allyson assists in protecting homeowners and homeowner associations biggest investment by bringing claims against developers and builders for the cons...

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.

Prior to joining KerraneStorz, Andrew spent two years in Augusta, Georgia as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Dudley H. Bowen, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. His clerkship provided him with invaluable experience in how to present an effective case. Andrew attended Washington and Lee University School of Law. There, he was a Lead Articles Editor on the Washington and Lee Law Review. He also externed for the Honorable Robert S. Ballou, Magistrate Judg...

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...