Contact Information

Jamie N. Cotter practices in the areas of civil, commercial and real estate litigation, as well as antitrust and competition law.   Ms. Cotter was born in Vermont on January 4, 1982 and moved to Colorado in 2000 to attend Colorado College.  She graduated from The Sturm College of Law at The University of Denver in 2008 and joined the Grimshaw & Harring family in August 2008.

Practice Areas

• Litigation and Appeals
• Real Estate Litigation
• Land Use Litigation
• Antitrust & Competition Law

Education

• University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (J.D., 2008)
• The Colorado College (B.A., 2004)
• American University Justice Semester (2002)

Memberships and Community Service

• Denver, Colorado and American Bar Associations
• Colorado Women’s Bar Association
• Member, Judge William E. Doyle American Inn of Court    
• Committee Member, Access to Justice, Public Information Committee
• Board Member, The Overcome Foundation

We also include in our employment law practice, a wide variety of employment law services aimed at litigation prevention.

For more information about our employment dispute practice, please contact Ronald L. Fano.

Other Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Land Use Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Our real estate litigation practice encompasses all litigation matters arising out of real estate ownership, development, construction, and failed transactions.  Our attorneys have handled a wide variety of real estate related litigation such as eminent domain, takings claims, land use litigation, inverse condemnation, quiet title actions, Rule 105 proceedings, Rule 106 appeals of land use decisions, construction litigation and mechanics’ lien matters, boundary disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, insurance coverage disputes, Fair Housing Act claims, homeowner association collections, public trustee and judicial foreclosures, land use claims including 42 U.S.C. §1983, environmental matters, water rights litigation, and numerous types of failed transactions.

 Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Land Use Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Our insurance coverage attorneys are regularly called upon to advise other counsel seeking the firm’s particular insurance coverage expertise, including in-house corporate attorneys and general counsel, insurance defense lawyers, legislators considering new laws, city and county attorneys, environmental attorneys, and general practitioners representing businesses and individuals. We are regularly called upon to represent out-of-state clients because of our unique experience, and we serve as counsel for a wide variety of public entities and private companies, including agricultural products companies, aircraft manufacturers, cities and counties, commercial landlords, construction companies, dry cleaners, environmental consulting firms, lenders, mining companies, real estate developers, ski area owners, wastewater treatment plants, and water and sanitation districts.

For more information about our insurance coverage practice, please contact William J. Brady.

Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Our litigators have extensive construction related litigation experience in both state and federal courts. Our attorneys have litigated cases involving construction and design defects, pay disputes, site conditions, delays, backcharges, interference, mechanic’s liens, bidding and mistakes.We have represented clients involved on all sides of construction litigations, including municipal, corporate and individual property owners and developers, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers and lenders.

Please see the construction law section of our website regarding our general experience in construction law matters.

Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

We take pride in our pre-dispute analyses of legal issues that enable our clients to best plan a course of action and minimize the cost or risk of litigation. We represent clients in both state and federal courts. We also handle appeals at all levels of the appellate process, and we represent clients in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.Our experience in contract and contract-related litigation includes numerous lawsuits and claims arising out of purchase and sale agreements, service contracts, franchise agreements, merger and acquisition agreements, guaranty and surety agreements, financial instruments, loan agreements, lease agreements, real estate contracts, and other business-related contracts of almost every type in federal and state jurisdictions across the United States.

Our commercial litigators are also very experienced in all aspects of the construction industry, having represented private and public owners, architects, engineers, land surveyors, general contractors, and subcontractors in a variety of legal proceedings throughout the State of Colorado. Our attorneys have dealt with all types of construction related issues ranging from pay disputes, mechanics’ lien and surety issues to performance issues based on delays, interference, defective design, site conditions, bidding, and mistakes.

Our commercial litigation practice is a prime area for utilization of our membership in Meritas. This membership allows us easy access to highly qualified colleagues in jurisdictions throughout the United States and the world so as to assist our clients in commercial litigation matters that cross jurisdictional lines, including collection of judgments, service of court pleadings and other documents, enforcement of agreements, applying law of other jurisdictions where applicable, and in many instances even bringing lawsuits on commercial matters in other jurisdictions.

Related Business, Finance and Corporate Law Areas

• Capital Formation and Corporate Finance
• Commercial Lending and Leasing
• Commercial Transactions
• Corporate Counseling
• Corporate Structure and Organization
• Employment Law and Compensation
• Finance/Bond Transactions
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Public/Private Partnership (P3)
• Taxation
• Transportation

Other Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Land Use Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

For more information about our antitrust and competition law practice, please contact Todd R. Seelman.

Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Our attorneys are especially experienced with litigation in the areas of contract disputes, antitrust, real estate, construction, insurance coverage, defense of environmental claims, employment, medical malpractice, failed transactions, commercial torts, corporate disputes, collections, and bankruptcy. Our attorneys also practice in several special areas of litigation, including eminent domain, water law, special districts, election disputes, and insurance coverage for environmental damage claims.

We represent plaintiffs and defend lawsuits in state and federal courts throughout the nation, but we specialize in lawsuits in Colorado. We also handle appeals at all levels of the appellate process. In addition, we represent clients in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.

We are a proud member of Meritas, one of the world’s largest affiliations of independent business and litigation law firms. Through this affiliation, we are able to locate and engage local counsel for our clients throughout the United States and the world.

Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Land Use Litigation
• Probate Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Contact Information

Mr. Schroeder represents both public and private sector clients in water, eminent domain, environmental  and land use law and litigation. He has negotiated and closed dozens of transactions involving the sale of water rights, and he has settled or tried hundreds of cases in eminent domain, water, environmental and land use, including 42 U.S.C. §1983. Mr. Schroeder has offered argument over seventy times in his appellate practice, primarily in his listed areas of practice, and has represented businesses in hazardous waste cleanup litigation. Many of these cases established new principles that have become part of Colorado law. He has also published numerous articles and practice manual chapters and lectured in those areas of practice, and he continues to provide the Colorado update to 6 R. Clark, Waters and Water Rights 61. In addition to his admission to the Colorado bar in 1968, Mr. Schroeder is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Practice Areas

• Eminent Domain
• Litigation and Appeals
• Environmental Law
• Water Law

Education

• University of Denver (B.A., 1964)
• University of Colorado (J.D., 1968).

Publications & Presentations

• Colorado Water Law, Author – 6 R. Clark, Waters and Water Rights 61 (R. Beck ed. 1991, revised annually)
• Competing Condemnations–Prior Public Use Doctrine, Balancing Competing Condemnation Interests, Dominant Eminent Domain, Author and Speaker, Eminent Domain, CLE International Seminar 1999
• Fundamentals of Water Law in Colorado–Protecting Water Rights, Use and Quality, Author and Speaker, National Business Institute (1997)
• Getting Successful Results in Colorado Eminent Domain Actions, Author and Speaker, NBI Continuing Legal Education Seminar 2002
• Land Use Planning and Eminent Domain in Colorado, Author and Speaker, NBI Continuing Legal Education Seminar 2001
• Pre-Condemnation Issues, Author and Speaker, Eminent Domain, CLE International Seminar 1998
• Water Law, Author, 2A Colorado Methods of Practice 256, C. Krendl Rev. 3^rd ed., 1991
• Water Law Lecturer, Program of Advanced Professional Development, University of Denver College of Law, 1979-1983
• Water Rights Acquisitions and Related Issues, Co-Author, Colorado Eminent Domain, CLE, International Seminar 2006
• Water Rights in Takings Litigation, Co-Author and Speaker, Colorado Water Law, CLE International Seminar 2006

Memberships, Awards & Recognition 

• American, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
• The University Club
• Best Lawyers in America for Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (2008, 2009, 2010)

Reported Cases

• Moreland Properties, LLC v. City of Thornton, 559 F.Supp.2d 1133 (D.Colo 2008)
• School District No. 12 v. Security Life of Denver Ins. Co., 185 P.3d 781 (Colo. 2008)
• Droste v. Board of County Comm’rs, 159 P.3d 601 (Colo. 2007)
• School District No. 12 v. Security Life of Denver Ins. Co., 179 P.3d 1 (Colo. App. 2007)
• Cherokee Metropolitan District v. Simpson, 148 P.3d 142 (Colo. 2006)
• Gold v. Duncan Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., 143 P.3d 1192 (Colo. App. 2006)
• Deutsch v. Kalcevic, 140 P.3d 340 (Colo. App. 2006)
• Department of Transportation v. First Place, LLC, 148 P.3d 261 (Colo. App. 2006)
• E-470 Public Highway Authority v. Revenig, 140 P.3d 227 (Colo. App. 2006)
• Droste v. Board of County Commissioners, 141 P.3d 852 (Colo. App. 2005)
• E-470 Public Highway Authority v. Revenig, 91 P.3d 1038 (Colo. 2004)
• In re Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District, 85 P.3d 591 (Colo. App. 2003)
• Droste v. Board of County Commissioners, 85 P.3d 585 (Colo. App. 2003)
• Silver Dollar Metropolitan District v. Goltra, 66 P.3d 170 (Colo. App. 2002)
• Board of County Commissioners v. Park County Sportsmens Ranch, LLP, 45 P.3d 629 (Colo. 2002) (as amicus curiae)
• Animas Valley Sand & Gravel Co. v. Board of County Commissioners, 38 P.3d 59 (Colo. 2001)
• E-470 Public Highway Auth. v. Jagow, 2001 WL 128464 (Colo. Ct. App. 2001)
• Santa Fe Trails Ranches Property Owners Ass’n. v. Simpson, 990 P.2d 46 (Colo. 1999)
• C-470 Joint Venture v. Trizec Colorado, Inc., 176 F.3d 1289 (10th Cir. 1999)
• City of Grand Junction v. City and County of Denver, 960 P.2d 675 (Colo. 1998)
• Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Colorado & Eastern Railroad Co., Inc., 944 F. Supp. 1492 (D. Colo. 1996)
• Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Colorado & Eastern Railroad Co., Inc., 922 F. Supp. 437 (D. Colo. 1996)
• People ex rel. Simpson v. Highland Irrigation Co., 917 P.2d 1242 (Colo. 1996)
• City of Grand Junction v. Ute Water Conservancy Dist., 900 P.2d 81 (Colo. 1995),
• City of Colorado Springs v. Board of County Commissioners, 895 P.2d 1105 (Colo. Ct. App. 1995) cert. denied, 116 S.Ct. 564 (1995)
• United States v. Colorado & Eastern Ry. Co., 50 F.3d 1530 (10th Cir. 1995)
• American Water Development, Inc. v. City of Alamosa, 874 P.2d 352 (Colo. 1994), cert. denied, 115 S. Ct. 575 (1994)
• United States v. Colorado & Eastern Railroad Co., Inc., 832 F. Supp. 304 (D. Colo. 1993), 1993 WL 350171 (D. Colo.)
• Bijou Irrigation Dist. v. Empire Club, 804 P.2d 175 (Colo. 1991), cert. denied, 111 S. Ct. 2017 (1991)
• Denver West Metropolitan Dist. v. Geudner, 786 P.2d 434 (Colo. Ct. App. 1989)
• Platte River Power Authority v. Nelson, 775 P.2d 82 (Colo. Ct. App. 1989)
• Fort Lyon Canal Co. v. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist., 762 P.2d 1375 (Colo. 1988)
• Lincoln Sav. and Loan Ass’n v. State of Colorado, 768 P.2d 733 (Colo. Ct. App. 1988)
• City and County of Denver v. Vail Valley Consol. Water Dist., 751 P.2d 68 (Colo. 1988)
• Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist. v. Fort Lyon Canal Co., 720 P.2d 133 (Colo. 1986)
• Lake Meredith Reservoir Co. v. Amity Mut. Irr. Co., 698 P.2d 1340 (Colo. 1985)
• Board of County Commissioners v. Blecha, 697 P.2d 416 (Colo. Ct. App. 1985)
• Broyles v. Fort Lyon Canal Co., 695 P.2d 1136 (Colo. 1985)
• City of Thornton v. Farmers Reservoir & Irrig. Co., 194 Colo. 526, 575 P.2d 382 (1978)
• Board of County Com’rs of Weld County v. Loyd Hodge & Sons, Inc., 534 P.2d 638 (Colo. 1975)
• Denver Urban Renewal Authority v. Marshall Mfg. Co., 35 Colo. Ct. App. 227, 532 P.2d 746 (1975)
• Board of County Com’rs of Mesa County v. Wilcox, 35 Colo. Ct. App. 215, 533 P.2d 50 (1975)
• Webster v. Colorado Dept. of Revenue, 530 P.2d 988 (Colo. Ct. App. 1974)
• Monen v. State Dept. of Highways, 33 Colo. Ct. App. 69, 515 P.2d 1246 (1973)