James W. Bain

Construction, Mediation
P.O. Box 370509
Denver, Colorado 80237


Construction

Admitted

1977, Florida; 1984, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1986, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1988, U.S. C

Law School

University of Florida, J.D., cum laude, 1976

Law School Graduation Year

1976

College

University of Connecticut, B.A., cum laude, 1972

Memberships

Denver, Colorado (Member, Section on Litigation) and American (Member, Section on Litigation and Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Associated General Contractors (Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee, 1989-1994); Associated Owners and Developers-Legal Advisory-Speakers Bureau.

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa. Moot Court. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Book Award in Evidence; Civil Litigator Writing Award, Colorado Bar Association, 1986-1987. Editor for Construction Law Committee Forum in The Colorado Lawyer, 1999—. Listed in Marquis: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law, 1994. Author: Informal Rulemaking: In Quest of Reform, 55 Den. L.Rev. 177 (1978); Owners Rights and Liabilities for Defective Design, Colorado Real Estate Journal (May, 1996). Under Trust Fund Statute Non-Payment Can Be Criminal Charge, A.G.C. On-Site (3/87); Bidding Mistakes in Public Construction, A.G.C. On-Site (3/90); How to Handle Your Insurance Carrier, A.G.C. On Site, (5/94). Co-Author: Landmark Changes in Colorado Construction Law, 26 Colo. Law. 123 (6/97); Negligence: The Construction Claim Panacea?, 15 Colo. Law., 1992 (11/86); Let the Builder-Vendor Beware: Defenses and Damages in Home Builder Litigation, 16 The Colorado Lawyer 629 (4/87); Let the Builder Beware: The Demise of Caveat Emptor in Colorado, 16 Colo. Law. (3/87); Colorado Public Construction Contracting, 16 Colo. Law. 2131 (1/88); Negligence Claims in Construction Contracting, ABA's The Construction Lawyer (March 1988); Just Compensation in Condemnation Cases, 18 Colo. Law. 735 (9/89). Instructor: Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy, University of Florida Law School, 1976; Trial Advocacy Program, Univ. of Colorado, 1987-1990. Lecturer: Mechanic's Lien Seminar, A.G.C. of Colorado (11/87); Colorado Public Construction Contracts, The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, Univ. of Denver-Seminar Chairman (1988); How to Contract with a Bureaucrat, Colorado Construction Industry EXPO '90 (1990). Computer Simulation in Construction Litigation, Annual Convention of Colorado Bar Association (1997); Use of Technology for Discovery and Trial, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (11/2/97). Annual Civil Litigation Conference BNA-Law Education Institute (1994), Reducing Risks in Construction, Lorman Business Center Seminar.

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