Background
Cress, James F. was born on January 7, 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
Cress, James F. was born on January 7, 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science, Journalism, with honors, 1983). University of Denver (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1988).
Worked at Holme Roberts & Owen Limited Liability Partnership (Denver, Colorado) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporations, Real Estate, Securities, Intellectual Property, Natural Resources, Health Care, Tax and Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Municipal and Finance, Environmental and Hazardous Waste Litigation, Labor and Employment, Banking, Water Rights, Telecommunications, International Business and International Tax. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Colorado.
Kappa Tau Alpha.
Order of Saint Ives. Member, 1986-1987 and Technical Editor, 1987-1988, Transportation Law Journal. Revision Author: Chapter 20, "Non-Coal Federal Mineral Leasing," American Law of Mining, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2d educated, 1994.
Author: "Mining and Public Lands Law," Annual Survey of Colorado Law, Continuing Legal Education of Colorado, Incorporated., 1988-1994. Company-Chairman, Mining Law Review Committee, Colorado Mining Association.
Member: Denver, Colorado and American (Vice-Chair, Public Lands and Land Use Committee, Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) Bar Associations.
Overview: Holme Roberts & Owen Limited Liability Partnership was founded in 1898, only 40 years after Denver"s birth, by two experienced litigators whose primary clients were railroad and mining companies. Today the firm still represents such interests, among them Southern Pacific Railroad and Newmont Gold Company, but now its lawyers number 180 or more and its clients also include local and national leaders in such industries as telecommunications, banking, corporate finance, health care, electronics and oil and gas.
Member, 1986-1987 and Technical Editor, 1987-1988, Transportation Law Journal.