Benton J. Barton

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Benton Barton is a hardworking, versatile trial lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, retained to assist clients wherever and whenever needed. His thirty-year practice currently focuses on resolving disputes and accidents arising from troubled design, construction and environmental projects, and their use of new processes and products. He has taken to trial numerous high-exposure cases, and his appellate work has generated new and notable law.

In addition to previous service in Firm management, Benton is contact partner for leading designers, general contractors, specialty subcontractors, product suppliers and carriers. His tenacity and attention to detail have been applied successfully in matters of the highest complexity throughout Colorado, and also in Arizona, Connecticut, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Parties also regularly hire Benton to arbitrate and mediate disputes through the American Arbitration Association’s National Panel of Construction Arbitrators, where he has presided over eighty matters as a neutral.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

Colorado, 1999
Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
U.S. District Court, District of Montana
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

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Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

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Education

JD: University of Texas School of Law, 1992

BA: Austin College, 1989

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Contact

1-303-628-3403

bartonb@hallevans.com

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Career Distinctions & Honors

The Best Lawyers in America®, Construction Law; Arbitration; and Litigation – Construction
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Colorado Super Lawyers®, Professional Liability Defense; Construction Law
American Arbitration Association, Construction Law Arbitrator

Appeals

Stan Clauson Associates, Inc. v. Coleman Brothers Construction, LLC, 297 P.3d 1042 (Colo. App. 2013)
Hamon Contractors, Inc. v. Carter & Burgess, Inc., 229 P.3d 282 (Colo. App. 2009)
Tyler Car & Truck Ctr. v. Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2 S.W.3d 482 (Tex.App. – Tyler 1999)
Chasewood Oaks Condo. Homeowners Ass’n, Inc. v. Amatek Holdings, Inc., 977 S.W.2d 840 (Tex.App. – Fort Worth 1998)
Andrade Garcia v. Columbia Med. Ctr. of Sherman, 996 F.Supp. 605 (E.D. Tex. 1998)
National Indus. Sand Ass’n v. Gibson, 897 S.W.2d 769 (Tex. 1995)
Doe v. Rains Co. Ind. School Dist., 76 F.3d 666 (5th Cir. 1996)
Tarrant Co. Hosp. District v. Curry, 907 S.W.2d 445 (Tex. 1995)
Doe v. Rains Co. Ind. School Dist., 66 F.3d 1402 (5th Cir. 1995)
Humphreys v. Caldwell, 888 S.W.2d 469 (Tex. 1994)
Humphreys v. Caldwell, 881 S.W.2d 940 (Tex.App. – Corpus Christi 1994)
Smith v. L.D. Burns Drilling Co., 852 S.W.2d 40 (Tex.App. – Waco 1993)

Professional Associations

ALFA International: Construction Practice Group (Past Chair); Board of Directors (Past)
Colorado Bar Foundation, Fellow

Articles // Publications // Presentations // Webinars

Author/Speaker, “Blurred Lines? How Product Failures Amplify Exposures Facing Designers, Contractors and Insurers,” ALFA International, 2023
Speaker, “Sailing the High C’s: Contracts, Communication, Coordination,” Professional Underwriters Design Professional Seminar, 2023
Author/Speaker, “Get Smart! Smart Construction Concepts, Trends and Risks,” ALFA International, 2022
Speaker, “CLAIM Is a Five-Letter Word: What Happens When It Happens to You?” Van Oppen & Co. 2 Risk Control Seminar, 2021
Program Chair, “Leaving It Better Than You Found It: How to Lead, Inspire and Improve in Business and Law,” ALFA International, 2018
Speaker, “Public-Private Partnerships,” Beazley Design Professionals, 2017
Author/Speaker, “Catastrophic Litigation: Lessons from Defending Headline Cases,” ALFA International, 2015
Author/Editor, “Colorado Construction Defect Litigation and Coverage,” 2010 (Book)