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Two Creeks Professional Building
0021 Burnt Mountain Circle
Post Office Box 5887
Snowmass Village, Colorado 81615

Telephone: 970-923-4800
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Representative Cases

Co-Counsel for plaintiffs in a pending $400,000,000.00 Class Action against ADT Security Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of manufacturing conglomerate Tyco International, Ltd., arising from deceptive contractual and accounting misdealings in its Authorized Dealer Program. Westco v. ADT Security Services, 2004 CV 587. See http://www.fghr.com/ADT/index.htm 

Pending arbitration of $20,000,000.00 contract dispute between developers of a private golf club and residential resort community located in Eagle County, near Vail. See www.Brightwater.com  

Pending ski easement and real property dispute between homeowners and developer of slopeside residences in Beaver Creek. Hart v. FLK & Vail Resorts, 05 CV 5 (Eagle Dist. Court).

Pending defense of managing broker in real estate firm dissolution litigation.  Gilliam v. Gordon, 2004 CV 144 (Pitkin Dist. Court).   

Successful representation through trial and appeal of $650,000.00 real estate commission dispute.  Joshua & Co. v. Beausant Rev.Trust, 04 CA 2679 (Colo.App.)

Successful representation of resort television stations in $840,000.00 commercial arbitration against national ski advertising agency. Waveform Telemedia v. Sitour USA (NAMM).

Successful defense of defendant bar/restaurant in dram shop liability lawsuit involving the fatal beating death of an intoxicated bar patron in Breckenridge. Estate of Cody Wieland v. Sherpa & Yetis et al., 2003 CV 339 (Summit District Court).

Successful representation of defendant through trial and appeal of $2,500,000.00 option contract for the purchase and development of mining claims on Aspen Mountain. Blue Ridge Capital v. Wilkinson, 2004 WL 2677708 (Colo. App. 2004).

Successful representation of defrauded investors in a $56 million dollar "prime note" nation-wide Ponzi scheme and money laundering operation resulting in the federal seizure and forfeiture of the historic Redstone Castle. Lange v. Reserve Foundation Trust, Pitkin Dist. Ct. Case No. 01 CV 113; Kogelles v. Reserve Foundation Trust, Pitkin Dist. Ct. Case No. 02 CV 190.
 
Successful representation of publicly traded NASDAQ company in a construction bond action arising from WorldCom's installation of a $150 million statewide fiber optic telecommunications network. Primelink Systems v. XL Specialty Insurance, Denver Dist. Ct. Case No. 2002 CV 3660.

Successful representation of accredited investor in $980,000.00 NASD securities arbitration against a day trading brokerage firm for allowing a non-registered "investment advisor" to exercise discretionary trading authority over individual margin accounts resulting in the 98% devaluation of individual portfolios. Sharp v. Marketwise Securities et al., NASD-DR No. 02-02140.

Lead trial counsel, on remand, in successful precedent-setting Title IX and Section 1983 action arising from sexual assault of disabled child. Murrell v. School Dist. No. 1, 186 F.3d 1238 (10th Cir. 1999).

Associate for defense counsel in successful representation of hotel developers in $100,000,000.00 lis pendens bond action involving Aspen Ritz Carlton. Hadid v. Sheik Al-Ibrahim, 1997 WL 606422 (D.Colo. 1997).

Successful representation of Estate of individual killed in trucking accident when faulty pin connection broke and driver was crushed by trailer rig.  Confidential settlement.  Payne v. Valley Equipment and Kalco Trucking, 2002 CV 6474 (Denver Dist. Court).

Successful representation of Estate of individual killed during an exploratory laparoscopic medical procedure.  Confidential settlement.  White v. Southwest Memorial Hospital, 2002 CV 42 (Montezuma District Court)

Successful representation of individual permanently injured in ski lift accident on Snowmass Mountain.  Confidential settlement.  Platt v. Aspen Skiing Company, 2002 CV 02 (Pitkin District Court).

Successful representation of individual who sustained broken back arising from ski area liability and instructor negligence.  Confidential settlement.  Chustz v. Aspen Skiing Company, 2002 CV 03 (Pitkin District Court). 

Successful representation of individual permanently injured in a skier/skier collision at Keystone Mountain involving negligence under Ski Safety Act.  Confidential settlement.  Suess v. Buettler, 2003 CV 315 (Summit District Court). 

 

 

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