Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Vice Chair, Hospitality, Timesharing and Common Interest Development Group, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
Member, Membership Committee, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Network, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Recognition & Accomplishments
2012 Excellence in Writing Award recipient, ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law’s Probate & Property magazine
Profiles in Membership, ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law’s Probate & Property magazine, July/August 2011
"Up and Coming Lawyer" designation, Law Week Colorado, 2007
Publications
Co-author, "How Borrowers Should Deal with Special Servicers," American Bar Association's Probate & Property magazine, November/December 2012
"Do Your Due Diligence if Acquiring an Incomplete Development Project," Colorado Real Estate Journal, November 7, 2012
"Should the Lender Seek a Receiver?" American Bar Association's Probate & Property magazine, November/December 2011
Co-author, "Doing Deals with Servicers in the New Economy: Strategies and Structures for Modification, Acquisition and Resolution of Distressed CMBS Assets," a chapter in The ACREL Papers—Fall 2011, American Law Institute – American Bar Association, Fall 2011
"Buyer Beware when Purchasing Distressed Apartment Projects," Colorado Real Estate Journal, August 17, 2011
"Wall Street Reform Impacts Lending," Colorado Real Estate Journal, September 15, 2010
Contributing Editor, Colorado Real Estate Forms, 2nd Edition, 2010
"HUD Offers Affordable Options," Colorado Real Estate Journal, August 19, 2009
Co-editor, Colorado chapter, Foreclosure Law and Related Remedies, 2nd Edition, 2009
"Applying Tenant Bill of Rights," Colorado Real Estate Journal, August 20, 2008
"Governance Alternatives for Managing This Community," Developments magazine, March 2008
"Take HAP Into Consideration When Buying, Selling Rentals," Colorado Real Estate Journal, August 15, 2007
Coordinating editor, Real Estate column, The Colorado Lawyer (monthly publication of the Colorado Bar Association)
Speaking Engagements
Faculty, "Special Servicers and Defaulted CMBS Loans," Strafford CLE webinar/teleconference with interactive Q&A, February 21, 2013
"Where's the Deed of Trust?" Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section, September 6, 2012
"ILSFDA Update," 2011 Fall Leadership Meeting, American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, November 5, 2011
Moderator, "Financial Statements 101 – An Accounting Primer for Tax Attorneys," 2011 Joint Fall CLE Meeting, American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, October 21, 2011
"Timesharing Scams: Resale Promises and Transfer Company Dreams," 22nd Annual Spring Symposia, American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, April 28, 2011
"Dodd-Frank and You: What Real Estate Attorneys Need to Know about the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section, September 2, 2010
"Distressed Assets and Financing in 2010," 21st Annual Spring Symposia, American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, May 7, 2010
"Foreclosure Procedures," CLE, Sterling Education Services, Inc., March 13, 2008
Community Activities
2007 Impact Denver class member
Board Memberships
Mesa View Estates Master Association (2010-2012)
Community Services Advisory Board, Jefferson County, Colorado