Brad Dempsey focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy and real estate litigation, tax litigation and appeals, workouts and debtor-creditor rights litigation. Brad also has experience working with domestic and international clients operating in the wine industry.

Brad has represented numerous national and community banks and other lenders in workouts as well as collection, foreclosure and lender liability litigation matters throughout the United States. In addition, Brad has represented secured creditors, trustees, unsecured creditors, landlords, intellectual property licensors and licensees, vendors and purchasers in complex bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings in all regions of the United States.

Brad has litigated matters for clients in a wide variety of forums, including state and federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts, NASD arbitration panels and state administrative panels. He has also obtained an order granting certiorari and successfully argued an appeal before the Colorado Supreme Court.

An active volunteer in the Faculty of Federal Advocates pro bono program, Brad has assisted numerous pro bono clients in obtaining very favorable outcomes in litigation matters.

Pro Bono

• Faculty of Federal Advocates

Honors

• Colorado Rising Stars, Super Lawyers — Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2010-11
• Graduate of Introductory Sommelier Class & Exam — Court of Master Sommeliers

Professional Associations

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• International Association of Restructuring — Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL)
• Turnaround Management Association
• Faculty of Federal Advocates
• American Bar Association — Litigation Section
• Colorado Bar Association
• Napa County Bar Association
• Colorado Association of Viticulture and Enology (CAVE)
• French-American Chamber of Commerce Rocky Mountain Chapter

Clerkships

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, Hon. Donald E. Cordova, 1999–2001
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, Hon. Charles E. Matheson, 1999

Presentations

• Sifting Through the Sands at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve: Ponzi Schemes in Bankruptcy
  Co-panelist, 15th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, American Bankruptcy Institute (2010)
• Bankruptcy: Good News or Bad News?
  Faegre & Benson Seminar (2009)

Legal Updates

• Injunctive Relief: Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions
  American Bar Association Publishing (2009)
• Using Presumptions to Tip the Balance for Injunctive Relief
  Litigation, American Bar Association, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Fall 2006)