Robert E. Benson - Lawyer in Denver, CO

With more than four decades of experience, Robert's practice focuses on alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation, dispute resolution boards, and early neutral evaluation.

Robert has served as an arbitrator in more than 65 cases, including chairing more than 15 arbitration panels. He has mediated more than 125 cases. Over the course of his career, he has represented clients in most areas of civil litigation and arbitration, including construction, tax, environmental, and major areas of commercial litigation, including actions for breach of contract and business torts.

He has been active in all phases of construction law, litigation, arbitration, and mediation, including negotiation and drafting of construction contracts, and major construction disputes involving wrongful termination, delay, interference and extended performance, changed conditions, extra work, change orders, defective construction, negligent supervision, and defective design.

Robert's tax practice has included cases involving federal income tax, property taxation, oil and gas severance taxes, captive insurance taxation, and related issues before the United States District Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the United States Tax Court.