Special Licenses/Certifications: ADMISSIONS State bars of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota; United States District Court for the Districts of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota; 10th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; United States Supreme Court

Bar/Professional Activity: American Bar AssociationVice Chair of Fidelity and Surety Law Committee 2002-2007Co-Chair Extra-Contractual Liability Surety Subcommittee 2004-PresentCo-Chair Miscellaneous Surety Sub-committee 1994-2002Member of Professionals’ Officers’ and Directors’ Liability Law CommitteeMember, National Bond Claims AssociationMember, Surety Claims InstituteMember, Rocky Mountain Surety AssociationMember, Colorado Defense Lawyers AssociationMember, Defense Research InstituteMember, Professional Liability Underwriting SocietyMember, Property Loss Research Bureau

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: PUBLICATIONS  Good Faith and Fair Dealing: Rocky Mountain Handbook: 2009 Surety Claim Specialist Regulation and Licensing: State-By-State Analysis : 2007 Payment Bond Manual, 3rd Edition: 2006.  American Bar Association  The Fidelity and Surety Desk Reference Book.  American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Committee, 2006. The Law of Motor Vehicle Dealer Bonds.  American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Committee, 2006 Insurance Bad Faith: Compendium of State Law, June 2004.  Defense Research Institute  PUBLIC LECTURES ABA Fidelity and Surety Meeting, New York, 2006.  National Bond Claim Association, 2004.  ABA Fidelity and Surety Meeting, San Francisco, 2004. International Association of Defense Counsel's trial school, New York, 2002. United States Capitol in Washington D.C. at the Surety Association of America's Congressional Surety School, 2001. ABA Fidelity and Surety Meeting, New York, 2001. Surety Claims Institute, 1997. National Bond Claims Association, 1995.

Verdicts and Settlements: PUBLISHED OPINIONS   Home Design Services, Inc. v. B&B Custom Homes, LLC, Slip Copy, 2008 WL 4533933, D.Colo., October 03, 2008(Civil Action No. 06-cv-00249-WYD-GJR.) White River Village, LLP v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, Slip Copy, 2008 WL 4079311, , D.Colo., September 02, 2008(Civil Action Nos. 08-cv-00248-REB-BNB, 08-cv-00359-REB-BNB.) CNA Surety v. Barnett, Slip Copy, 2008 WL 1930644, D.Colo., May 01, 2008(Civil Action No. 06-cv-01159-EWN-BNB.) Boulder Plaza Residential, LLC v. Summit Flooring, LLC, --- P.3d ----, 2008 WL 1745856, Colo.App., April 17, 2008(No. 06CA2558.) Trinity Universal Ins. Co. of Kansas, Inc. v. D.R. Horton, Inc.--Denver, Slip Copy, 2008 WL 149992, , D.Colo., January 11, 2008(Civil Action No. 07-cv-00600-WDM-MJW.) Copper Mountain, Inc. v. Industrial Systems, Inc., --- P.3d ----, 2007 WL 4198390, , Colo.App., November 29, 2007(No. 06CA0560.) Employers Mut. Cas. Co. v. Sun Haven Holdings, LLC, Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2007 WL 3307775, , D.Colo., November 06, 2007(Civil No. 07-cv-01288-LTB-BNB.) RLI Ins. Co. v. Tag Steel, Inc., Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2007 WL 2890084, , D.Colo., September 27, 2007(Civil No. 06-cv-02270-REB-MJW.) Garrett v. Land West Ventures, Inc., Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2007 WL 2071615, , D.Colo., July 19, 2007(Civil Action No. 06-cv-01358-PSF-CBS.) Andrews v. Picard, --- P.3d ----, 2007 WL 1839886, Colo.App., June 28, 2007(No. 05CA2566.) Ptasynski v. CO2 Claims Coalition, LLC, Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2007 WL 1306492, D.Colo., May 03, 2007(Civil Action No. 02-WM-00830-WDM-MEH.) Belfor USA Group, Inc. v. Rocky Mountain Caulking and Waterproofing, LLC, 159 P.3d 672, 2006 WL 2291173, , Colo.App., August 10, 2006(No. 05CA0022.) BFN-Greeley, LLC v. Adair Group, Inc., 141 P.3d 937, 2006 WL 871577, Colo.App., April 06, 2006(No. 04CA1824.) Mountain Ranch Corp. v. Amalgam Enterprises, Inc., 143 P.3d 1065, 2005 WL 3434629, , Colo.App., December 15, 2005(No. 04CA0931.) West Star Aviation, Inc. v. Omega Coating Corp., Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2005 WL 2372818, D.Colo., September 27, 2005(No. Civ.05-CV-0346REBPAC.) Globe Indemnity Co. v. Travelers Indem. Co. of Illinois, 98 P.3d 971, 2004 WL 1794509, Colo.App., August 12, 2004(No. 01CA2242.) Buie v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, 79 Ark.App. 344, 87 S.W.3d 832, 2002 WL 31424611, , Ark.App., October 30, 2002(No. CA 01-1360.) City of Sterling v. Sterling Irr. Co., 42 P.3d 72, 2002 WL 5591, Colo.App., January 03, 2002(Nos. 00CA1828, 01CA0492.) Ground Imp. Techniques, Inc. v. Merchants Bonding Co., 63 F.Supp.2d 1272, 1999 WL 680408, D.Colo., August 27, 1999(Civil Action Nos. 97-K-1203, 96-K-1622.) R.N. Robinson & Son, Inc. v. Ground Imp. Techniques, 31 F.Supp.2d 881, 1998 WL 908001, D.Colo., December 22, 1998(Civil Action Nos. 96-K-1622, 97-K-1203.) Edmonds v. Western Sur. Co., 962 P.2d 323, 1998 WL 326896, 98 CJ C.A.R. 3034, Colo.App., June 11, 1998(No. 97CA0679.) Western Surety Co. v. Smith, 914 P.2d 451, 1995 WL 442224, Colo.App., July 27, 1995(No. 94CA0262.) Union Ins. Co. v. Houtz, 883 P.2d 1057, 1994 WL 608471, Colo., November 07, 1994(No. 93SC306.) Bath Excavating & Const. Co. v. Wills, 847 P.2d 1141, 1993 WL 69599, , Colo., March 15, 1993(No. 91SC522.) Wills v. Bath Excavating & Const. Co., 829 P.2d 405, 1991 WL 95896, Colo.App., June 06, 1991(No. 89CA2000.)

Representative Clients: Acceptance Insurance Company; American International Group; Berkley Insurance Company; CNA Surety; Continental Western Group; Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company; EMC Insurance Companies; Far West Insurance Company; Fidelity and Deposit Co, of Maryland; Granite Re; Granite State Insurance Co.; Great American Insurance Company; HCC Surety Group; Insurance Company of the West; Legion Indemnity Company; Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual); National American Insurance Company; Ohio Casualty Insurance Company; Old Republic Surety Company; RSUI Group, Inc.; Safeco Insurance Company of America; Star Insurance Company a/k/a Connecticut Surety Insurance Co.; The HartfordTravelers Casualty and Surety Company of America; Underwriters at Lloyds, London; United Fire and Casualty Company; Vigilant Insurance Company; Westchester Insurance Company, Inc.; Western Surety Company; Zurich North America

Educational Background: Boston College, J. D., cum laude, 1987; University of Paris at the Sorbonne, C.P., 1984; University of Colorado, B.S., Finance, 1981