Mark E. Honhart – Special Counsel

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor:  University of Colorado School of Law, 1995.

Master of Arts in Asian Studies:  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988.

Bachelor of Science in journalism; Bachelor of Arts, in English:  University of Colorado, Boulder, 1984.

BAR ADMISSIONS:

Colorado, 1995; United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 1997; United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2012.

CASES OF DISTINCTION

Land v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company, 511 Fed.Appx. 795 (10th Cir. 2013).

Melssen v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company, 285 P.3d 328 (Colo.App. 2012).

Silva v. Wilcox, 223 P.3d 127 (Colo.App. 2009).

Jessee v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, 147 P.3d 56 (Colo. 2006).

Podboy v. Fraternal Order of Police, Denver Sheriff Lodge 27, 94 P.3d 1226 (Colo.App. 2004).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Colorado State Bar, Colorado Bar Association.

FOCUS OF PRACTICE

Mr. Honhart’s practice has focused on civil litigation, including construction defect, personal injury defense, premises liability, insurance defense, bad faith and commercial litigation. Mr. Honhart has assumed first-chair and second-chair responsibilities in state and federal district court trials, and state and federal appellate court actions.