Associate
1675 Broadway, Suite 2300
Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone: (303) 825-7000
Fax: (303) 825-7005
dspector@kaplankirsch.com
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Mr. Spector concentrates his practice in the areas of land use, municipal and transportation law, with an emphasis on counseling public authorities and developers in connection with project development, including public-private partnerships. Mr. Spector also has a broad range of experience in public finance, having served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter's counsel in a number of tax-exempt and taxable transactions. In addition to his project development and public finance experience, Mr. Spector has experience drafting legislation, counseling clients on airport matters, and providing strategic advice to governmental and quasi-governmental authorities and nonprofit corporations on a variety of issues.

Mr. Spector's recent experience includes advising:

  • A regional transit agency on local matters relating to the procurement of a major commuter rail
        project through an innovative public-private partnership approach;
  • The master developer for Denver's Union Station redevelopment on land-use, governance and
        development terms for the redevelopment of Union Station into a regional multi-modal facility;
  • A nonprofit owner of an 1,100 room convention center hotel on operations, contract and
        governance matters;
  • A local business improvement district in various contract negotiations and regarding its recent
        bond-financed infrastructure improvement projects; and
  • A coalition of trade groups, developers and governmental entities before the Public Utilities
        Commission in an electrical rate case involving allocation of environmental risks and liabilities.

    • Recent Seminars and Publications

    • "Trade Treaty Threats and Subnational Sovereignty: Multilateral Trade Treaties and their Negligible Impact on State Laws," Hastings International & Comparative Law Review, 27:2, Winter 2004.

    Education and Clerkships

    • B.S., Georgetown University, 1999
    • J.D., cum laude, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2004
    • Spring 2004 Law Clerk, Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

    Bar Admissions

    • Colorado

    Professional and Civic Activities

    • Downtown Denver Leadership Program Participant (2008)
    • Vice-Chair, Denver Water Citizens Advisory Committee (2007 - Present)
    • Bighorn Center for Public Policy, Economic Development Leadership Program (2006)
    • Board Member, Greater Park Hill Community Inc. (2006 - 2007)
    • Volunteer, University of Denver College of Law, Lawyering Process Program
    • Member: American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association