JamesW.Bain-PublicationsList
ArticlesandLegalPublications
ColoradoLawyerArticles
"Negligence:TheConstructionClaimPanacea?"-15ColoradoLawyer1992(November1986)
"LettheBuilder-VendorBeware:TheDemiseofCaveatEmptorinColorado"-16Colorado Lawyer463(March1987)
"LettheBuilder-VendorBeware:DefensesandDamagesinHomeBuilderLitigation"-16 ColoradoLawyer629(April1987)
"ThePotentialandPerilsofColoradoPublicConstructionContracting"-16ColoradoLawyer 2131(January1988)
"LandmarkChangesinColoradoConstructionLaw"-26ColoradoLawyer123(June1997) [Coauthored with Alvin M. Cohen]
NationalLegalPublications
"NegligenceClaimsinConstructionLitigation"-8TheConstructionLawyer3(March1988)
"InformalRulemaking:InQuestofReform"-55DenverLawReview177(1978)
ColoradoRealEstateJournalArticles
"OwnersRightsandLiabilitiesforDefectiveDesign"-ColoradoRealEstateJournal(May1996)
PresentationsandLegalSeminars
LecturesandSeminarsPresented
"TheConstructionDefectReformAct:JediReturns"-2004ColoradoRealEstateSymposium
"ColoradoPublicConstructionContracts"-TheInstituteforAdvancedLegalStudies,Universityof Denver(SeminarChairman)
"HowtoContractwithaBureaucrat"-ColoradoConstructionIndustryEXPO'90(1990)
"ComputerSimulationinConstructionLitigation"-AnnualConventionofColoradoBar Association(1997)
"UseofTechnologyforDiscoveryandTrial"-ColoradoTrialLawyersAssociation(November1997)
"AnnualCivilLitigationConference"-BNA-LawEducationInstitute(1994)
"ReducingRisksinConstruction"-LormanBusinessCenterSeminar
"BiddingMistakesinPublicConstruction"-AGCOn-Site(March1990)
"HowtoHandleYourInsuranceCarrier"-AGCOn-Site(May1994)
"UnderTrustFundStatuteNon-PaymentCanBeCriminalCharge"-AGCOn-Site(March1987)
"Mechanic'sLienSeminar"-AGCofColorado(November1987)
TeachingExperience
TrialPractice-UniversityofFloridaLawSchool
AppellateAdvocacy-UniversityofFloridaLawSchoolandUniversityofColoradoLawSchool(19761990)
LegalResearchandWriting-UniversityofFloridaLawSchool(1976)
EditorialPositions
Editor,ConstructionLawForum-TheColoradoLawyer(1999-present,over20years)
Chairman-LegalAdvisoryCommitteefortheAssociatedGeneralContractorsofColorado(5years)
ProfessionalRecognitioninPublications
Marquis'Who'sWhoinAmericanLaw(1994-2006)
Marquis'Who'sWhoinAmerica
Marquis'Who'sWhointheWorld
OutstandingLawyersofAmerica(limitedto100perstate)
CivilLitigationWritingAward-ColoradoBarAssociation(1986-87)
KeyCasePublicationsReference
Notablecaseworkreferencedinlegalpublications:
UraniumAntitrustLitigation,MDL342-LedTVA'sdamageanalysisteamresultingin$250million recoveryfromGulfOil(1980)
This list represents James W Bain's significant contributions to legal scholarship in construction law, real estate law, and civil litigation, spanning over four decades of practice.