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Jack Tanner, director, business disputes, receiverships, intellectual property, legal ethics expert attorney Denver, Colorado, USA
Main Areas of Practice
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Business litigation
Overview
Jack Tanner helps solve business disputes. He employs many tools, including negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and both traditional and atypical litigation tactics. He has represented clients in all aspects of commercial trial and appellate litigation, including contract disputes, receiverships, intellectual property, and construction matters. Jack is proud to count Microsoft, tw telecom inc. f/k/a Time Warner Telecom, and Noble Energy among his clients. He represented the receiver in the Indian Motorcycle receivership (which succeeded in resolving decades-old conflicting claims to the Indian® Motorcycle trademark).
Jack has practiced with us since 1987 and was Chairman of the our litigation department from 2000 to 2005. Prior to private practice, he served as law clerk to Justice (later Chief Justice) Luis Rovira of the Colorado Supreme Court. He has been on the CBA Ethics Committee since 1996 and is a frequent lecturer on legal ethics, particularly ethics for in-house counsel. He is the commissioner of the Denver Bar Association softball league. He is active in Rice University's alumni activities in Colorado and writes its alumni newsletter.
Jack was born in Salina, Kansas. He enjoys playing bridge, softball, and with his children, collecting animation art, and acting as our own unofficial movie critic.
Practice Areas:
■Commercial Litigation
■Intellectual Property
■Receiverships
■Construction
■International
■Real Estate Litigation
Authored Publications:
■The New Rules of Professional Conduct: Signifiant Changes for In-House Counsel 36 Col. Law, No. 11 (Nov. 2007) p. 71.
■Equitable Receivership as an Alternative to Bankruptcy (2005)
■Recent Developments in Legal Ethics (2006)
■Recent 10th Circuit Decision May Offer Greater Trade Secret Protection (2003)
■Amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 701 (2001)
■The Interrelationship of Trademark and Internet Law: Protecting Trademarks (1998)
■Domain Name Dispute Resolution (1998)
Colleges Attended
- Rice University, 1983
- Duke Univserity Law, 1986