Background
Benson, Robert E. was born in 1940 in Red Oak, Iowa.
Benson, Robert E. was born in 1940 in Red Oak, Iowa.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Laws, 1965).
Worked at Holland & Hart LLP (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Advanced Technology, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation (Trials and Appeals), Construction, Corporate Finance, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Healthcare and Hospitals, Intellectual Property, International, Labor/Employment and Employee Benefits, Legislative, Oil/Gas and Minerals, Patents, Product Liability/Torts and Insurance, Project Finance, Public Land, Public Utilities and Energy Regulation, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Telecommunications, Water, White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1965, Colorado. Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor, University of Denver College of Law, 1992.
Author: "The Power of Arbitrators and Courts to Order Discovery in Arbitration," The Colorado Lawyer, February and March, 1996. "Application of the Pro-Rata Liability, Comparative Negligence and Contribution Statutes," The Colorado Lawyer, August, 1994. "Application of Comparative Negligence and Contribution Statutes to Third-Party Defendants," The Colorado Lawyer, April, 1984.
"How to Prepare for, Take and Use a Deposition," James Publishing (5th Education 1994). Arbitrator (large complex case panel), Mediator and Advisory Council of American Arbitration Association. Member: Colorado Bar Association (Chairman, Construction Law Committee, 1996).
Holland & Hart regularly helps companies from around the world with investments and business transactions both inside and outside of the United States, including mergers and acquisitions, natural resources development and financing, telecommunications, technology transfers, export sales, imports, protection of intellectual property, multinational financing, foreign investment law, joint ventures, immigration and tax matters. Areas of International Service include: foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, multinational joint ventures, licensing and technology transfer, commercial representation (agents and distributors), patent, trademark and copyright protection, export and re-export controls, direct investment, tariff and customs matters, immigration, international tax advice, international financing and Euro-currency lending, agricultural exports and international estate and financial planning. The firm is also well known for its expertise in arbitration, negotiation, dispute resolution and litigation.
Member: Colorado Bar Association (Chairman, Construction Law Committee, 1996).