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Mark Senn
Shareholder
Telephone: 303-298-1122
Facsimile:
303-296-9101
Email:
MSenn@SennLaw.com |
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Mark is the
President and founding shareholder of Senn
Visciano P.C. He started the
firm in 1980. Mark is a transactional lawyer
with a primary focus in the area of real
estate and leasing transactions. Before coming to Denver, Mr. Senn practiced
at a major law firm in San Francisco. He is
a well known author who speaks throughout
the country on real estate matters and
frequently serves as an expert witness. He
is a member of the American College of Real
Estate Lawyers and is listed in “The Best
Lawyers in America.”
EDUCATION:
Stanford University
(B.A., with distinction, 1969)
University of California
at Berkeley, Boalt Hall (J.D., 1972)
BAR ADMISSIONS:
1972, California
1973, Colorado
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS:
American College of Real
Estate Lawyers
American Law
Institute-American Bar Association,
Modern Real Estate Transactions,
Co-chair
American Law
Institute-American Bar Association,
Commercial Real Estate Leases, Co-chair
Board of Advisors,
Commercial Lease Law
Insider
Board of Advisors,
Commercial Tenant’s
Lease Insider
Advisory Board,
Georgetown Law Center, Advanced
Commercial Leasing Institute
Panel of Commercial
Arbitrators, American Arbitration
Association
Colorado Bar Association
Section of Real Property and Titles,
Opinion Letter Committee
American Bar Association
Section of Real Property, Probate and
Trust, Commercial Leasing Committee,
Group Vice Chair;
American Law
Institute/American Bar Association, Real
Estate Advisory Panel
American Law
Institute/American Bar Association,
Continuing Professional Education,
Program Committee on Real Estate Law
Legal Aid Foundation,
Steering Committee
Colorado Business Committee
for the Arts, Board of Directors
The Best Lawyers in
America, The International Who’s Who of Real
Estate Lawyers, Presidential Who's Who,
Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for
Business, Law Dragon 500, and Top 50
Colorado Super Lawyers
PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1998:
"A Matter of Principle and
Interest: The Briefest Possible History of
Usury," Probate & Property,
March/April 2006
State-by-State Guide to
Commercial Real Estate Leases,
Aspen Law & Business, 2004
“English Life and Law in the
Time of the Black Death,” 38 Real Prop.,
Probate and Tr. J., Fall 2003
“Reflections on Some
Forgotten Terms of Land Measurement,”
Probate & Property, March/April 2002
Commercial Real Estate
Leases: Preparation, Negotiation, and Forms
(4th ed.), Aspen
Law & Business, 2006
Commercial Real Estate
Transactions Handbook (3d ed.),
Aspen Law & Business, 2000
LECTURES AND COURSES
TAUGHT SINCE 1998:
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Advanced Real Estate Finance Conference,”
Denver, November 5-6, 1998
Speaker/Panelist, CLE in
Colorado, Inc., “Getting Current on Leases,”
Denver, November 20, 1998
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Ethics in Litigation, Business and Real
Estate Practice,” Denver, December 18, 1998
Lecturer, Practicing Law
Institute, “Negotiating the Sophisticated
Real Estate Transaction,” San Francisco,
April 8-9, 1999
Program Chair, American Bar
Association, “A Premium on the Future:
Emerging Insurance Products Covering
Commercial Properties and Activities,”
Washington, D.C., May 21, 1999
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Negotiation and Audits of Operating and Tax
Expenses,” Denver, June 25-26, 1999
Panelist, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
“Modern Real Estate Transactions,” Boston,
August 18-21, 1999
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Ethics: Do I Have to Tell the Truth?”
Beaver Creek, August 26-27, 1999
Lecturer, American College of Real Estate
Lawyers, “The Covenant of Good Faith and
Fair Dealing in Real Estate Leases,”
Vancouver, October 14-17, 1999
Lecturer (with Pat Randolph), International
Council of Shopping Centers, “Drafting an
Exclusive Use Provision,” Scottsdale,
October 20-23, 1999
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Subordination Agreements,” Denver, October
21-22, 1999
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Legal Ethics: The Complete Five Minute
Course in Thirty Minutes” and “The Covenant
of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Leases
(Use Provisions),” Las Vegas, December 2-3,
1999
Lecturer, Law Education
Institute, Inc., “The Covenant of Good Faith
and Fair Dealing in Real Estate Leases,”
Vail, January 3-8, 2000
Lecturer, Georgetown University Advanced
Commercial Leasing Institute, “The Covenant
of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Leases,”
Washington, DC, March 22-24, 2000
Lecturer, American College of
Real Estate Lawyers, “The Tenant’s Two-Step
Recovery Program,” Scottsdale, March 29 –
April 2, 2000
Lecturer, Practicing Law
Institute, “Letters of Intent and Loan
Commitments,” San Francisco, April 6-7, 2000
Panelist, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
“Modern Real Estate Transactions,” Chicago,
August 9-12, 2000
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Commercial Real Estate Leases:
Preparation, Negotiation and Forms,” Denver,
December 1, 2000
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Commercial Real Estate Leases:
Preparation, Negotiation and Forms,” Kansas
City, December 11, 2000
Lecturer, Law Education
Institute, Inc., “Subordination,
Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements –
Tenant’s Perspective,” Vail, January 3-8,
2001
Lecturer, Georgetown
University Advanced Commercial Leasing
Institute, “A Slight Burning Sensation:
Fire and Other Property Damage,” San
Francisco, March 21-23, 2001
Lecturer, Practicing Law Institute, “Letters
of Intent in Sale Transactions and Loan
Commitments,” San Francisco, April 4-6, 2001
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Negotiating Leases Conference,” Denver,
June 7-8, 2001
Lecturer, Colorado Bar
Association, “Part I – How the Dates Cost
The Tenant Money, Part II – The Legacy of
the ‘Dot.gone’ Economy: Assignments and
Subleases, and Part III – Subordination,”
Steamboat Springs, July 12-14, 2001
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
"Modern Real Estate Transactions," San
Francisco, August 15-18, 2001
Lecturer, International
Council of Shopping Centers, U.S. Law
Conference, "Basic Lease Issues," Palm
Desert, October 25-26, 2001
Lecturer, Law Education
Institute, Inc., “Hidden Costs in a Lease:
The Tenant’s Unpleasant Surprise,” Steamboat
Springs, January 4-9, 2002
Lecturer, Georgetown
University Advanced Commercial Leasing
Institute, “Ethics: Is Your Chinese Wall
Impregnable?” Washington, DC, May 1-3, 2002
Lecturer, American College of
Real Estate Lawyers, “Assignment and
Subleasing,” Maui, March 2002
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
"Modern Real Estate Transactions," Boston,
July 31- August 3, 2002
Lecturer, International
Council of Shopping Centers, U.S. Law
Conference, "Basic Issues in Commercial
Leases," Boca Raton, October 23-26, 2002
Lecturer, CLE International,
“Tenant Default and Landlord Remedies,”
Denver, January 24, 2003
Lecturer, Georgetown
University Advanced Commercial Leasing
Institute, “When Bad Things Happen to Good
Leases: Litigating the Retail Lease,”
Washington, D.C., April 2-4, 2003
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
"Modern Real Estate Transactions," Chicago,
July 2003
Speaker, Colorado Bar
Association CLE, “Commercial Lease
Assignments: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do,”
Vail, July 10-12, 2003
Lecturer, CLE in Colorado,
Inc./CBA Real Estate Section, "Operating
Expenses and Taxes: Retail, Office and
Industrial Leases (with Matthew D. Gordon
and Rebecca Anderson Fischer)," Denver,
March 12, 2004
Lecturer, Georgetown University Advanced
Commercial Leasing Institute, “Ethics – ‘To
Be Perfectly Frank’: Perpetrating a Fraud
with the Best of Intentions,” Washington,
DC, March 31 – April 2, 2004
Speaker, Colorado Bar
Association CLE, “SNDAs: A Matter of
Priority,” Snowmass Village, July 15-17,
2004
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
“Modern Real Estate Transactions,” San
Francisco, July 2004
Speaker, Colorado Bar
Association CLE, “Subordination,
Nondisturbance and Attornment Agreements,”
Denver, November 5, 2004
Speaker, Georgetown
University Law Center Continuing Legal
Education, 7th Annual Advanced
Commercial Leasing Institute, “Dude, Where’s
My Shopping Center?: Changing
Circumstances,” Washington, D.C., March
30-April 1, 2005
Speaker, University of Texas
2005 Leasing Institute, “Implied Covenants:
How a Court Will Help You Draft Your Lease
(Years After You’ve Done It),” Houston
(April 14-15, 2005) and Dallas (April 28-29,
2005)
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
“Commercial Leasing Program,” Chicago,
June 2-3, 2005
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
“Modern Real Estate Transactions,” Boston,
July 27-30, 2005
Speaker, International
Council of Shopping Centers, "Basic Issues
in Commercial Leases," Phoenix,
October 26-29, 2005
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
“Commercial Leasing Program,” Boston,
June 1-2, 2006
Speaker, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
"Modern Real Estate Transactions," Honolulu,
March 1-2, 2007
Speaker, American College of
Real Estate Lawyers, "Law Like Love," San
Diego, March 22-24, 2007
Speaker, Georgetown
University Law Center Continuing Legal
Education, 9th Annual Advanced
Commercial Leasing Institute, “Woe or
Windfall: Tricky Lease Provisions,”
Washington, D.C., March 28-30, 2007
Speaker, Professional
Education Broadcast Network, "Commercial
Leasing Part 2 (Retail & Manufacturing
Space)" teleconference, September 19, 2007
Speaker, American Bar
Association, Commercial Real Estate Leasing,
"Part Two of the Essential Issues in
Commercial Real Estate Law Teleconference
Series," October 18, 2007
Panelist, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
“Retail Leasing: Strategies for Landlords
and Tenants,” webcast from Philadelphia,
February 5, 2008
Speaker,
American College of Real Estate Lawyers,
2008 Mid-Year Meeting, " Law Like Love (Part
2) -- A Little More Law and Literature," San
Antonio, March 13-16, 2008
Speaker, Georgetown
University Law Center Continuing Legal
Education, 10th Annual Advanced
Commercial Leasing Institute, "Mixed Use or
Mixed Up," Washington, D.C., March 26-28,
2008
Speaker, American Bar
Association Section of Real Property,
Probate and Trust, Real Property Young
Lawyers' Institute, "Provision Impossible –
Should You Choose to Accept this Assignment
(or Sublease)," Washington, D.C., May 1-2,
2008
Planning Chair and Speaker,
American Law Institute – American Bar
Association, "Commercial Real Estate
Leases—Selected Issues in Drafting and
Negotiating in Current Markets," Boston,
May 29-30, 2008
Planning Chair and Speaker,
American Law Institute – American Bar
Association, “Modern Real Estate
Transactions,” Boston, July 30-August 2,
2008
Panelist, American Bar
Association, Section of Real Property, Trust
and Estate Law, Young Lawyers Division,
“Provision Impossible: Should you Choose to
Accept this Assignment or Sublease. . . .,”
webcast, November 13, 2008
Lecturer, Denver Metro
Commercial Association of Realtors, "Lurking
Legal Issues," Denver, December 18, 2008
Planning Chair and Speaker,
American Law Institute – American Bar
Association, "Commercial Real Estate
Leases—Selected Issues in Drafting and
Negotiating in a Distressed and Troubled
Market," Chicago, May 28-29, 2009
Panelist, Professional
Education Broadcast Network, "Negotiating &
Drafting Office Leases," webcast, July 14,
2009
Panelist, Professional
Education Broadcast Network, "Negotiating &
Drafting Retail Leases," webcast, July 15,
2009
Panelist, American Law
Institute – American Bar Association,
"Negotiating and Drafting Leases that Meet
the 'Green' Expectations of Landlord and
Tenant Clients," webcast, July 22, 2009
Planning Chair and Speaker,
American Law Institute – American Bar
Association, “Modern Real Estate
Transactions,” Santa Fe, NM, August 13-15,
2009
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American
Law
Institute
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American
Bar
Association
Publishers
Mark
Senn
has
been
asked
to
serve
as
an
Advisor
on
Real
Estate
Law
to
the
Board
of
the
Continuing
Professional
Education
Committee
of
ALI_ABA.
(2008-2010).
ALI-ABA
has
been
the
recognized
leader
in
continuing
professional
education
in
the
United
States
for
nearly
60
years.
In
1947,
the
American
Bar
Association,
the
largest
professional
organization
for
lawyers
in
the
world,
asked
the
American
Law
Institute,
an
influential
and
highly
respected
law-reform
organization,
to
develop
the
first
national
program
of
post-admission
legal
education.
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Real
Estate
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Mark Senn has been
selected for
inclusion in Super
Lawyers–Rising Stars
Edition 2009
published by Law &
Politics. Law &
Politics uses a
system of balloting,
peer evaluation and
internal research,
to create their
"Super Lawyers List"
which is published
in various magazines
including 5280. No
other legal
publisher identifies
qualified candidates
by using a
multi-step
evaluation process
that incorporates
peer recognition and
professional
achievement. The
resulting product is
a diverse and
comprehensive
listing of
outstanding lawyers. |
Email: MSenn@SennLaw.com
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