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PAIGE TREPTOW

**** *. **** ***., ******, CO *****

Home: 720-***-****

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SUMMARY

Experienced litigation attorney who is confident in the court room and is creative in securing effective resolutions

for clients. Thrives in dynamic environments and quickly adapts to the ever - changing demands of the legal field.

HIGHLIGHTS

15 years experience Good business development

Construction litigation Strong leadership

Insurance defense Effective litigation management

Professional liability Skilled legal research and writing

Surety law Professional and personable

E xceptional negotiator

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reached favorable results for accounting clients in multiple cases involving complex Ponzi Schemes over

past three years.

Consistently reach excellent settlements for clients through well - planned strategy prior to mediation.

Successfully defended Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in Columbine shootings.

Contributing author to multiple ABA Bond Manuals over the past ten years.

Metro Volunteer Lawyer for past 5 years.

Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, (IADC), which is comprised of 2500 of the

world's leading corporate and insurance lawyers and insurance executives. It is an invitation - only, peer

reviewed organization.

EXPERIENCE

HALL & EVANS, LLC

Denver, CO

11/2007 t o Present

Special Counsel (non - equity partner)

Manage large case load in a fast - paced, energetic, commercial/civil litigation firm specializing in construction, insurance

defense, professional liability, contracts, surety, and employment law.

Oversee all facets of litigation in State and Federal Court including written discovery and motions, taking and

defending depositions, expert retention, witness/exhibit preparation, trial, appeals, and oral arguments.

Manage team of attorneys on document intensive, complex construction cases, and have experience in Concordance

and Summation.

Negotiate successful settlements and attend mediations.

THE HUSTEAD LAW FIRM, P.C.

Denver, CO

06/2002 t o 11/2007

Litigation Attorney

Responsible for managing large case load independently. Participated in all areas of litigation and focused on

surety law.

Responded to and investigated Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Colorado Civil Rights

Commission charges.

Conducted employment risk management presentations for dozens of small businesses in the Denver area.

NATHAN, BREMER, DUMM & MYERS, P.C.

Denver, CO

0 6/1998 t o 0 6/2002

Litigation Attorney

Participated in all areas of litigation and practiced primarily in U.S. District Court on Civil Rights cases.

Assisted in preparing partners for oral arguments in both the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme

Court.

Started in 1998 as law clerk and drafted numerous legal research memoranda and motions in both State and Federal

Courts.

EDUCATION

J.D. - University of Denver, Denver, CO 1999

Bachelor of Arts in History – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1996

• Received Area Certificate from the Indiana University Business School Liberal Arts and Management

Honors Program in 1996. Only 25 students out of a campus of 35,000 students are accepted to this

competitive and prestigious business honors program.

AFFILIATIONS

Colorado Bar Association

Denver Bar Association

International Association of Defense Counsel

American Bar Association: Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Fidelity and Surety Law Committee

Defense Research Institute

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