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Negotiating CAM Charges in Lease. Denver, CO: Colorado Real Estate Journal, June 18 - July 1, 2003, p. 23.
Papers Presented/Seminars in recent years: Colorado Bar Association Family Law Institute, August 11, 2011. Communication in the Age of Complexity: Evidence and Discovery Issues; Program Chair: CLE/CJI Seminar−The Art and Science of Persuasion in the Courtroom, February 6, 2009. Boulder County Bar Association, Ethics Update and Malpractice Prevention - CLE -December 17,2008; Program Chair: CLE/CJI Seminar−Best and Worst Trial Tactics, February 29, 2008; Risk Prevention, Tort Law Update −CLE, January 25, 2007; Ethics: Minimizing the Risk of Grievances and Claims - 2005 Spring Seminar - Family Law: Advanced Practice. April 22, 2005; Colorado Bar Association Annual Conference, Family Law Section, August 4, 2006; Boulder County Bar Association Ethics Update and Malpractice Prevention - CLE - December 10, 2004; Legal Malpractice - 9th Annual Ethics Seminar - CLE in Colorado, Inc. - December 6, 2004; Preventing Legal Malpractice in Colorado - CLE in Colorado, Inc. - January 29, 2004; Preventing Legal Malpractice - CLE in Colorado, Inc. - January 2003; Call your Carrier! Obtaining the Proper Malpractice Coverage - CLE in Colorado, Inc. - Breckenridge Solo Small Firm Conference - September 27, 2002; Legal Fee Agreements - Colorado Bar Association Tuesdays at the Bar - February 12, 2002; Preventing Legal Malpractice - CLE in Colorado, Inc. - January 26, 2001. Author: Computer Inspection - Whoops! (The Colorado Lawyer); When Things go Awry - Whoops! (The Colorado Lawyer); "Outstanding Lawyers in Colorado History, Irving P. Andrews" - The Colorado Lawyer, July 2009; " Disengagement" - The Colorado Lawyer, May, 2004; "When the Attorney-Client Relationship Breaks Down" - The Colorado Lawyer, July, 2003; "Privacy in Judicial Proceedings" (publication pending); Arbitration Clauses in Fee Agreements: to be or not to be, that is the Question. Whoops! 1999; "Disqualification of Judges" - The Colorado Lawyer, January, 1984; "5th Amendment & Civil Litigation" - The Colorado Lawyer, February, 1981.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
April 10-11: 12th Annual Southwest Business and Construction Credit Conference, Tempe, AZ
Publications and Presentations:
October 29, 2003 - Denver Colorado, "Advanced Construction Law in Colorado." Given by the National Business Institute. Gruskin, Mark. October 2, 2003 - Denver Colorado, "Representing Certain Parties In The Construction Law Process - Representing Subcontractors and Materialmen in the Construction Law Process." Given by the Colorado Bar Association, CLE In Colorado, Inc. Author/Lecturer, The Uniform Commercial Code and The Construction Industry: Do the Warranties Really Apply?, presented to the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting (April, 1997). Author/Lecturer, Design Build in Colorado, presented to CLE International Construction Law Conference (1995). Author/Lecturer, Project Issues from the Subcontractor's Perspective, presented to CLE International Construction Law & Litigation Conference (1996-2001). Author/Lecturer, Mechanic's Lien and Public Works Claims in Colorado, presented to National Business Institute (1998). Author/Lecturer, Mechanic's Lien and Public Works Claims, presented to National Association of Credit Managers (1997- present). Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy Deposition Technique Program 1987-1997.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
March 28-30: 14th Annual Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
June 11-12: 29th Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study, Commercial Real Estate Leases, "Selected Issues in Drafting and Negotiating in a Distressed and Troubled Market," SNR Denton, US LLP, Chicago, IL
Publications and Presentations:
"Commercial Real Estate Leases: Preparation, Negotiation and Forms (3d ed.), Aspen Law & Business, 2000; "Commercial Real Estate Transactions Handbook (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;"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, "Commercial Real Estate Leases: Preparation, Negotiation and Forms (3d ed.), Aspen Law & Business, 2000; "Commercial Real Estate Transactions Handbook (3d ed)," Aspen Law & Business, 2000; 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; and Reflections on Some Forgotten Terms of Land Measurement. Denver, CO: Probate Property March/April 2002 Vol. 16 No. 2, pp 8-11. "Renegotiating Your Leases (With Form)," Practical Real Estate Lawyer, March 2011. Speaker, American Law Institute - American Bar Association, "Basic Real Estate Leases: The Economy Will Change but Your Lease Won't!" webcast. May 18, 2011; Speaker, American Law Institute - American Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA, "Commercial Real Estate Leases: Selected Issues in Drafting and Negotiating in a Distressed and Troubled Market," June 9-10, 2011; Speaker, American Law Institute -American Bar Association. Chicago, IL. "Modern Real Estate Transactions: Practical Strategies for Real Estate Acquisition, Disposition, and Ownership," July 28-30, 2011; Speaker, Professional Education Broadcast Network. "Lease Accounting" Webcast, October 12, 2011; Speaker, U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, "Advanced Assignments and Subleases: Getting Your Assignees Together Without Yoga," Sponsor: International Council of Shopping Centers, Phoenix, AZ; Commercial Real Estate Leases (5th Ed.), Aspen Publishers, 2011.