• Represents parties to construction contracts involving a wide variety of matters, from modest claims to multi-million dollar breach of contract, defective construction and termination actions.
• Represents elite and Olympic athletes and National Governing Bodies in disputes involving Olympic and international competition.

PRESS

• How Jacobs Pried $109M For Blast Costs From Conagra Brands
  Engineering News-Record | October 24, 2018
• 2018 Winter Olympic Games: Quiet but Not Without Challenges
  Law Week Colorado | February 27, 2018
• Appeals by 45 Russian athletes against Olympics bans rejected
  Associated Press | February 9, 2018
• Dozens of Russian Athletes Lose Appeal, Keeping Them Out of Pyeongchang Olympics
  The New York Times | February 8, 2018
• The Top Sports Court Has Upheld An Olympics Ban On Dozens Of Russian Athletes
  Time | February 9, 2018
• Appeals By 45 Russian Athletes Against Olympic Bans Rejected
  USA Today | February 9, 2018
• Appeals By 45 Russian Athletes Against Olympic Bans Rejected
  Yahoo Sports | February 9, 2018
• Diplomacy part of Olympics this year
  The ADA News | February 8, 2018
• Sports Byline interviewed Sherman & Howard’s Sports Attorney Stephen Hess on International Sports Corruption
  Sports Byline News Radio | February 1, 2018

PUBLICATIONS

• Editor, Construction Briefings
  West, Thomson/Reuters company | 2006 – 2008
• Editor, The Construction Lawyer
  American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry | 2012-2015; Associate Editor, 2008-2012
• Executive Editor, Design Professional and Construction Manager Law
  ABA  Forum on the Construction Industry | 2007
• Editor, Colorado Methods of Practice
   West/Thomson Reuters | 2015-present
• Author, Colorado Civil Litigation Handbook
  With annual revisions; West, a Thomson/Reuters Company | 2004
• Colorado Civil Rules Annotated (co-author with Sheila Hyatt)
  (two vols.) 4th ed. and annual supplements; West, a Thomson/Reuters company | 2005
• Colorado Handbook on Courtroom Evidence (co-author with Sheila Hyatt)
• 2004 and annual revisions West, a Thomson/Reuters company | 2004
• Author, Chapters 3 and 10 of R. Benson, ed., Colorado Construction Law
  CLE in Colorado, Inc. | 2008
• Author, three chapters in Construction Law textbook for law students
  published by American Bar Association
• Author, more than two dozen law review articles on construction law and other topics in national construction law journals and treatises.
• Author and presenter, numerous papers, presentations, and programs both nationally and within Colorado on wide variety of litigation topics and construction law topics.

PRESENTATIONS

• Public-Private Partnerships
  Annual Colorado Construction Seminar | March 2020
• Colorado Trust Fund Statute
  Construction Seminar | March 2019
• Trust Fund Violations on Construction Projects
  Construction Seminar | October 2017
• Introduction to Construction Law
  American Bar Association Annual Meeting, New York City, NY | August 2017
• Developments in Construction Lending
  Annual Construction Seminar | October 2015
• Noncomplying Change Orders
  Sherman & Howard Construction Webinar | September 2015
• New Take on Differing Site Conditions and Pre-Bid Investigations
  Annual Colorado Construction Seminar | February 2015

• American Bar Association
  • Forum on the Construction Industry
• Colorado Bar Association
• Adjunct Professor, (Construction Law) University of Denver Sturm College of Law
• Chairman, Appeals Tribunal (formerly FIBT Court of Arbitration), Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation)
• Ethics Committee, Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation)
• American Arbitration Association
  • National Roster of Construction Arbitrators
  • Arbitrator, National Panel of Construction Arbitrators
• Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers
• Colorado Lottery Commission
  • Former Chair
  • Former Vice Chair

• Best Lawyers In America, Construction Law (2013-2020)
  • Litigation – Construction (2013-2020)
• Super Lawyers, Construction Litigation, Colorado (2017-2020)
• Chambers USA, Recognized Practitioner, Sports Law, National (2016-2020)
• The American College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow (2018)
• Law Week Colorado, “Barrister’s Best,” Sports Lawyer (2014, 2018)
• International Who’s Who, Construction