DENNIS J. BARTLETT
dbartlett@kbbolaw.com
Position:   Member/Manager

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
     Martindale-Hubbell - AV Rated.  Admitted to practice law in all state courts in Colorado, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the United States District Court for the Districts of Colorado and Nebraska, and the United States Bankruptcy  Court for the Districts  of  Colorado and Nebraska.  Emphasis, civil  litigation for the past 22 years with experience in mediations, arbitrations, jury and bench trials, and appeals.  Areas of practice: Commercial Litigation;  Fidelity & Surety Law;  Construction Litigation;  Creditors' Rights; Agriculture; Banking; and Bankruptcy. In addition to handling cases and appeals in all Colorado courts, Mr. Bartlett has supervised and controlled litigation in Utah, California, Nebraska, Iowa and Washington.  

MEMBERSHIPS
Denver Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
American Bar Association
     ABA Forum Committee on Construction
     Section of Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice
          Fidelity and Surety Law Committee - Former Vice Chairman
Rocky Mountain Surety Association 
Defense Research Institute
National Bond Claims Association

ADMISSIONS
1985, Colorado 
1986, United States District Court, District of Colorado
1986, United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
1994, United States Supreme Court
2002, United States District Court, District of Nebraska
2005, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
Klinger:  The Surety's Indemnity Agreement, Law & Practice, (ABA 2002 & 2007 Edition) (Contributing Author).

Learner and Baum: Performance Bond Manual (ABA 2006) (Author, Colorado & Wyoming Chapters).

Cushman:  Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, (Aspen, 1992 and 2000)
(Author, Colorado Chapter).

Dodd and Findlay: State-By-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims (Aspen, 2005) (Co-Author, Colorado Chapter).

Note, "Adverse Inferences Based on Nonparty Invocations;  the Real Magic Trick in Fifth Amendment Civil Cases," 60 Notre Dame Law Review 370, 1985

National Auctioneers Association Convention.  “Primer on Contract Law for Auctioneers,” Grand Rapids, Michigan 1999.  

National Business Institute, "Construction Payment Remedies in Colorado," Denver, Colorado 2000

National Business Institute, “Colorado Construction Law:  What Do You Do When . . .?,” Denver, Colorado 1999

National Bond Claims Association Meeting.  "Alter Ego And Adverse Domination - Concepts Which May Put The Insured Squarely Between A Rock and A Hard Place," September 1997

ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee - Mid-Winter Meeting.  "The Producing  Agent's Obligations and Risks in Contract Suretyship:  How the Agent Manages Those Risks," January, 1994

REPORTED DECISIONS
Strebel v. Milton Wagstaff Motor Co., 46 F.3d 1152 (10th Cir. 1995).

Delanghe v. Conley, 8:05CV299, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS (D. Neb. June 2, 2006).

CFTC v. Delay, No. 05 C 5619, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25280, October 25, 2005, Decided, October 25, 2005).

Lextron, Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co., of Am., 267 F. Supp. 2d 1041 (D. Colo. 2003).

In re Porter McLeod, 196 F.R.D. 389 (D. Colo. 2000).

Skane, Inc. v. First Nat’l Bank (In re Damrow Cattle Co.), 300 B.R. 479 (D. Neb. 2003).

Alexander v. Anstine, 152 P.3d 497 (Colo. 2007).

Constitution Assocs. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., (Colo. 1997).

Int’l Truck & Engine Corp. v. Colo. Dep’t of Revenue, 155 P.3d 640 (Colo. Ct. App. 2007).

Anstine v. Churchman, 74 P.3d 451 (Colo. Ct. App. 2003).

Town of Silverton v. Phoenix Heat Source Sys., 948 P.2d 9 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997).

Spencer Invs. V. Bohn, 923 P.2d 140 (Colo. Ct. App. 1995).

Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co. v. A.A.A. Waterproofing, Inc., 911 P.2d 684 (Colo. Ct. App. 1995).