EMPLOYMENT
2006-2009 Holland & Hart LLP, Boulder, Colorado
Of counsel with Colorado’s largest full-service firm.
• Served one-year as in-house counsel on a temporary basis for a major energy company.
• Negotiated coal contracts with utilities in Korea, Japan, and Singapore.
• Negotiated procurement contracts for energy company client.
• Worked with non-US based companies to expand business into North America including large German solar cell manufacturer.
• Negotiated Stock and Asset acquisitions.
• Negotiated distribution agreements for specialty food and beverage distributors and medical device manufacturers.
• Advised clients on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Boycott issues.
2000-2005 Schlueter & Associates, P.C., Denver, Colorado
Senior attorney in boutique corporate/securities law firm.
• Drafted private placement memoranda for real estate limited partnerships.
• Worked on SEC filings for registered companies.
• Drafted software and medical device licensing agreements for U.S. and Germany-based corporate clients.
• Successfully defended a $500,000 arbitration.
• Negotiated acquisition of $40,000,000 in rolling stock leases.
1984-2000 Rossi & Maricle, P.C., Denver, Colorado
Partner in general corporate practice in seven-lawyer firm.
• Built international business practice.
• Debtor representation in Chapter 11 reorganizations.
• Responsible for many aspects of law firm management including personnel matters, collections, and insurance issues.
1983-1984 Jauch & Hübner Versicherungsmakler, Mühlheim, Germany
Staff attorney with Germany’s largest insurance brokerage.
1979-1981 Kansas Supreme Court, Topeka, Kansas
Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard W. Holmes
EDUCATION
1981 - 1982 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Young Lawyer Program, Düsseldorf, Germany
1976 - 1979 J.D., Washburn Law School, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
1972 – 1976 B. A. in Modern Foreign Languages, cum laude, Departmental Honors, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
1975 – 1976 Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität (Rotary International Scholar) Bonn, Germany
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Bar Admissions Kansas 1979; Colorado 1984, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Courts.
Organizations German American Chamber of Commerce – Colorado Chapter, past President and current board member.
HONORS
AV Rated – Martindale-Hubbell
Colorado Super Lawyer 2007
PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Advising Clients in Cross-Border Commercial Transactions, 29 Colorado Lawyer 5 (2000).
• Foreign Trade Zones: An Overview, 15 Colorado Lawyer 175 (1986).
• Industrial Cooperation between East and West in Third Countries, Co-Author with S. Busch and R. Mikton, Federation of German Industries, Publisher (1983).
• Basics of Developing Your Export Business, Featured Speaker, Boulder County Chamber of Commerce, 501 Club, September 28, 2006.
• Developments in U.S. Trademark Law and U.S. Export Regulations, Program Chair, German American Lawyers Association (DAJV), Stuttgart, Germany, April 2, 2007.
Basics of Developing Your Export Business, Featured Speaker, Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, June 11, 2007.
