Brandee L. Caswell

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Overview

Brandee Caswell leverages litigation and project management expertise to resolve complex, high-value real estate disputes. Brandee leads the firm’s real estate litigation practice.

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

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Real Estate, Construction & Environmental Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services

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

See more of Brandee's Experience

Insights & Events

Latest

Updates June 2016

So the Government Wants Your Property: Answers to 10 of the Most Common Landowner Questions

6 min read

Media Mentions July 2015

So the Government Wants Your Property: Answers to 10 of the Most Common Landowner Questions

6 min read

Media Mentions July 2015

Brandee Caswell Says Railroad Lawsuits May Become Runaway Train

1 min read

Updates April 2013

A New Surge of TCPA Suits Based on Text Messages

2 min read

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

Law Week Colorado — Top Litigator, 2017
Colorado Rising Stars, Super Lawyers — Eminent Domain, 2012
Super Lawyers — Business Litigation, 2011,14; Eminent Domain, 2015-17
Denver Business Journal — Forty Under 40, 2010