James T Johnson

Shareholder

Practice Areas

Land Use

Litigation

Real Estate

Eminent Domain

Bio  Admissions and Affiliations  Speeches and Publications  Community and Professional Involvement 

Bio

Jim is a Shareholder in the firm's land use, real estate and litigation groups. His practice is unusual in that it includes traditional transactional elements as well as litigation. The cases Jim's litigation practice encompass always contain a real estate component, from eminent domain to certiorari proceedings challenging the quasi-judicial determinations of city councils and boards of county commissioners. The variety in Jim's practice is both challenging and rewarding.

Between receiving his undergraduate and law degrees, Jim was a practicing civil engineer with a national environmental consulting firm which specialized in closing former military bases for the Department of Defense. Jim is still a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado. Before commencing his legal career with Otten Johnson, Jim was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Gregory Hobbs of the Colorado Supreme Court.

 

Admissions and Affiliations

State of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association

 

Speeches and Publications

ISSUE EDITOR Natural Resources Symposium on the Denver University Law Review
AUTHOR Treaty Fishing Rights and Indian Participation in International Fisheries Management, 77 Den. U.L. Rev. 403 (1999)
Limits Imposed on Colorado Urban Renewal Areas (May 2010)
Xcel Shifting Environmental Liability (May 2009)

 

Community and Professional Involvement

William Doyle Inn of Court
Pro Bono Counsel, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory