Background
Benjamin, James Gilbert was born on August 7, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Gilbert Giddings and Ruth Benjamin.
Benjamin, James Gilbert was born on August 7, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Gilbert Giddings and Ruth Benjamin.
University of Southern California (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1971). Loyola University of Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at Benjamin & Associates, Professional Corporation (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Real Estate, Banking and General Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, California. 1977, Colorado.
Author: "Commercial Law," California Continuing Education of the Bar, Volume II, 1977.
"Foreclosure Sale Excess Proceeds," 23 Colorado Lawyer 375, February, 1995.
Lecturer: "Mechanic"s Liens," Legal Educational Seminars, 1980. "Financing Commercial Real Estate," Northwest Center for Professional Education, 1986.
"Forcible Entry and Detainer Actions," 1978. "Public Trustee Foreclosures," 1984.
"Lender Liability," 1986.
"Asbestos and Hazardous Substance Liability for the Lender," 1990. "Commercial Real Estate Financing," National Business Institute, 1994. Member: Denver, Colorado and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law.
Real Property) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. The firm was formed in 1991 by James G. Benjamin, a lawyer with over 20 years of practice which included acting as a managing partner at one of the largest regional law firms and acting as the managing partner of the real estate department in the Denver office of one of the largest national law firms.
This experience, reputation and sophistication has been combined into a boutique law firm where personal attention and service are the hallmark of the practice. The firm specializes in transactional matters encompassing entity formation and contract negotiations and drafting pertaining to leasing, financing, acquisition and sale of real estate.
The firm also provides legal counseling on matters related to the development, management, receivership and foreclosure of real estate.
Member American Bar Association, Denver Bar Association (board directors young lawyers section 1979-1982, secretary young lawyers section 1981), Adams County Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, California Bar Association.
Married Isabella Leml, October 27, 1979. Children: Troy Matthew, Brittany Rose.