Mark Senn

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Telephone:  303-298-1122

Facsimile:    303-296-9101

Email:         MSenn@SennLaw.com

Mark is the President and founding partner of Senn Visciano Kirschenbaum P.C. He started the firm in 1980. He was admitted to the bar in California in 1972 and in Colorado in 1973.

Education:

Stanford University (B.A., with distinction, 1969); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1972).

Other:

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America . Author: "Commercial Real Estate Leases: Preparation, Negotiation and Forms (3d ed.), Aspen Law & Business, 2000; "Repair Obligations in Commercial Leases: Established Law and Emerging Trends" (with Brian J. Reichel), American Bar Association Commercial Leasing Annual, 1992; "Commercial Real Estate Transactions Handbook (3d ed)," Aspen Law & Business, 2000; "ADA's Effect on the Landlord/Tenant Relationship - Special Report" (with Barbara M. Japha and Karen Samuels Jones), Wiley Law Publication, 1993; "Carving Up the 'Carve-Outs' in Nonrecourse Loans," (with Portia Owen Morrison), Property & Probate, May/June 1995. Lectures: Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc., "Insurance Provisions in Leases: A Lawyer's Dream (Honestly)," Denver, April 2, 1998; Women in Real Estate, "Legal Ethics: The Complete Five Minute Course in Sixty Minutes," Denver, May 20, 1998; Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc., ""You Can't Always Get What you Want: Negotiating Key Lease Provisions," 16th Annual Real Estate Symposium, Vail, July 23/25, 1998; ALI-ABA, "Modern Real Estate Transactions," San Francisco, August 12/15, 1998; CLE International, "Legal Ethics: The Complete Five Minute Course in Sixty Minutes," Beaver Creek, August 20/21 1998; Colorado Bar Association, "Insurance Provisions in Leases," 1998 Annual Convention, Keystone, September 12, 1998; CLE International "Advanced Real Estate Finance Conference," Denver, November 5/6, 1998; CLE in Colorado, Inc., "Getting Current on Leases," Denver, November 20, 1998; CLE International, "Ethics in Litigation, Business and Real Estate Practice," Denver, December 18, 1998; Practicing Law Institute, "Negotiating the Sophisticated Real Estate Sale Transaction," San Francisco, April 8/9, 1999; CLE International, "Negotiation and Audits of Operating and Tax Expenses," Denver, June 24-26, 1999; American Law Institute, American Bar Association, "Modern Real Estate Transactions," Boston, August 18-21, 1999; CLE International, "Ethics: Do I have to Tell the Truth," Beaver Creek, August 26-27, 1999; American College of Real Estate Lawyers, "The Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Real Estate Leases," Vancouver, October 14-17, 1999; (with Pat Randolph), International Conference of Shopping Centers, "Drafting an Exclusive Use Provision," Scottsdale, October 20-23, 1999; CLE International, "Subordination Agreements," Denver, October 21-22, 1999; CLE International "Subordination Agreements," Denver, October 21-22, 1999; 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, Law Education Institute, Inc., "The Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Real Estate Leases," Vail, January 3-8, 2000; Georgetown University Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, "The Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Leases," Washington, D.C., March 22-24, 2000; American College of Real Estate Lawyers, "The Tenant's Two-Step Recovery Program," Scottsdale, March 29-April 2, 2000; Practicing Law Institute, "Letters of Intent and Loan Commitments," San Francisco, April 6-7, 2000; American Law Institute - American Bar Association, "Modern Real Estate Transactions," Chicago, August 9-12, 2000; CLE International, "Commercial Real Estate Leases: Preparation, Negotiation and Forms," Denver, December 1, 2000; CLE International, "Commercial Real Estate Leases: Preparation, Negotiation and Forms," Kansas City, December 11, 2000; Law Education Institute, Inc., "Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Atonement Agreements - Tenant's Perspective," Vail, January 3-8, 2001; Georgetown University Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, "A Slight Burning Sensation: Fire and Other Property Damage," San Francisco, March 21-23, 2001; Practicing Law Institute, "Letters of Intent in Sale Transactions and Loan Commitments," San Francisco, April 4-6, 2001; CLE International, "Negotiating Leases Conference," Denver, June 7-8, 2001; 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; ALA - ABA, "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.

Colorado (Member, Real Property and Titles Section) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors); Commercial Lease Law Insider (Member, Board of Advisors; Advisory Board, Advanced Commercial Lease Negotiations, Georgetown Law Center).

 

 

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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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Mark Senn has received top ranking by Chambers and Partners who have been publishing their world-famous guides to the legal profession since 1990. In addition they host major award ceremonies in London and New York to honour the achievements of the world's leading lawyers. The key to the success of our legal directories and the validity of our awards is the in-depth, unbiased research conducted by our team of highly qualified and experienced researchers.

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Mark Senn has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers–Rising Stars Edition 2008 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