Departments

Trial

Practice Areas

Construction Litigation

Education

J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2009, Member of DU Pace Environmental Law Appellate Team; Member of DU Moot Court Board; Most Outstanding Student Lawyer, DU Environmental Law Clinic; Scholastic Excellence Award, Advanced Trial Practice
M.R.L.S., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2005, Environmental Law and Natural Resources
B.S., University of Central Florida, 2002, Legal Studies | Pre-Law; Dean’s List and President’s List; Member of UCF Mock Trial Team

Admissions

Colorado, 2009

Denver

Phone: 720.931.1171

Fax: 303.572.7883

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Rebecca A. Ross

Associate

Rebecca Ross is an associate in the firm’s construction litigation practice group. She represents general contractors, developers, owners and a variety of businesses with construction and business litigation matters including construction defect claims, change order and delay claims, mechanic’s lien claims, surety bond claims, and complex contract disputes. Mrs. Ross has significant electronic discovery experience and computer proficiency.

Prior to joining the firm as a lawyer, Mrs. Ross worked for seven years as a paralegal in the construction litigation practice groups at Polsinelli Shughart PC in Denver, Colorado and Rogers Towers, P.A. in Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Ross also interned at the Orange County Public Defenders Office in Orlando, Florida, and at the Norris Gelman Law Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Memberships and Affiliations

Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Associated General Contractors of America, Colorado Chapter
Colorado Contractors Association

Experience

Mrs. Ross' notable experience includes:

Represented national general contractor in dispute over design and construction defects related to multi-family condominium complex, and prosecuted claims against subcontractors resulting in multi-million dollar recovery following successful resolution of homeowner association’s claims.
Represented general contractor in subcontractor termination and resolution of lien claims involving New York litigation and Colorado writs of garnishment.
Represented developer in construction phase work-out involving termination of original general contractor and resolution of numerous lien claims.
Represented specialty subcontractor with contract dispute and delay claims involving power plant project.
Represented heavy civil highway contractor in payment dispute on public works project.
Represented general contractors, architects, property owners, and specialty subcontractors in numerous mechanic’s lien disputes.
Represented international corporation with complex employment law and intellectual property litigation.
Defended national corporation with advertising contract dispute.

Publications & Presentations

February 2010

Whether an Unpaid Subcontractor Can Recover from an Owner Where the Subcontractor Has No Contractual Relationship with the Owner

Historically, courts would not allow an unpaid subcontractor (or supplier) to assert a claim against an owner with whom they did not deal directly. However, in the last several years, cases in numerous states have created exceptions to the general rule and have held that, under certain limited circumstances, a subcontractor can recover from an owner on an implied contract theory (sometimes referred to as an unjust enrichment or quantum meruit theory).