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Craig Joyce, head of litigation department, civil litigation, Fairfield and Woods, P.C., Denver, Colorado, USA

Overview

Craig D. Joyce is the Head of the firm’s Litigation Department and devotes his practice to civil litigation in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. He handles litigation matters at all levels of trial courts, arbitration forums, and appeals courts. Many of Craig's cases involve real estate and employment litigation. He also represents a wide variety of litigants in many other areas, including partnership dissolution, minority shareholders rights, construction, automobile dealership law, trade secrets, government procurement bid protests, and will contests. Craig has also developed expertise in qui tam litigation, successfully representing several whistleblowers in federal False Claims Act cases. In addition, Craig represents a wide array of telecommunications industry participants and follows energy-related dockets before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.

Craig is a frequent teacher in the fields of civil procedure, litigation techniques and ethics. He has been on the faculty of the Western Regional Program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), a lecturer in basic practice skills at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and currently teaches the Colorado-specific portion of jurisdiction and civil procedure for the Colorado Bar Refresher. He is also co-chair of the Colorado Bar Association Communications and Technology Law Section and a member of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law Alumni Council.

Craig was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and lived in New Jersey until he moved to Colorado in 1977. He enjoys listening to music, reading, hiking, aquatic sports, and traveling with his family.

Practice Areas:
■Commercial Litigation
■Employment
■Real Estate Litigation
■Public Policy and Governmental Relations
■Reorganization, Workouts, and Bankruptcy
■Commercial Leasing
■GreenTech Law Group
Authored Articles:
■Adverse Possession Claims in Colorado

Languages Spoken

• English