Overview
Brandee partners with clients on high-impact projects and matters that are essential to their business objectives, from real estate development and finance disputes in excess of $75 million to urban renewal projects for shopping centers to energy corridor projects over 100 miles long. She is an experienced first-chair trial lawyer who has successfully litigated cases in both state and federal court in numerous jurisdictions including Colorado, California, Illinois, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.
Brandee represents clients in complex real estate, eminent domain and finance litigation. She has expertise in the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA), tax increment and municipal/special district financing, and oil and gas disputes.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Colorado
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Clerkships
Kansas Supreme Court, Hon. Fred N. Six, 1998-2000
Education
University of Kansas School of Law
J.D. Law Review (1998)
Colorado State University
B.A. Dean's List (1995)
Experience
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2018 1 min readXcel Energy Acquires Right of Way for Major Energy FacilitiesUtilities Energy & Natural Resources Land Use, Planning & Zoning Real Estate Acquisitions & Dispositions Eminent Domain
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December 2017 1 min readMinnesota Landowners Quadruple Just Compensation in Eminent Domain Challenge
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October 2017 1 min readReal Estate Developer Awarded $4.1M in City Condemnation ActionEminent Domain Real Estate Development Real Estate & Construction Disputes
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Title Vesting Statutes: A Trap for Unwary Landowners
ALI-CLE 2014 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation - Redeveloping Shopping Centers Through Urban Renewal Post-Kelo
ALI-CLE 2014 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation - Opening Statements in Eminent Cases
ALI-CLE 2013 Condemnation 101: How to Prepare and Present an Eminent Domain Case - CBA Annual Survey of Colorado Law (42nd Ed. 2013)
Eminent Domain (chapter author) - CBA Annual Survey of Colorado Law (42nd Ed. 2012)
Eminent Domain (chapter co-author) - Opening Statements in Eminent Domain Cases
Co-author, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer , American Bar Association, 2013
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- National Veterans Legal Services Program – Lawyers Serving Warriors Program
Civic Activities
- Downtown Denver YMCA — Volunteer of the Year, 2011 and 2013
- University of Kansas Law School — Board of Governors
- YMCA of Metropolitan Denver — Board of Trustees, 2012-Present
- Downtown YMCA — Board of Advisors (past Chair)
Firm Leadership
- Real Estate Litigation Practice — Leader
Honors
- Best Lawyers—Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, 2020
- Law Week Colorado — Top Litigator, 2017
- Super Lawyers—2014-19
- Super Lawyers, 'Rising Stars' — 2011-2012
- Denver Business Journal — Forty Under 40, 2010