James G. Benjamin
Top rated Real Estate attorney in Denver, Colorado
Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Banking, Business & Corporate
Licensed in Colorado since: 1977
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC
1660 Lincoln StSuite 3000
Denver, CO 80264 Phone: 303-773-6525 Email: James G. Benjamin Visit website
Details
Jim Benjamin has been selected for inclusion on the Colorado Super Lawyers list every year since its inception and has been included amongst the Top 100 lawyers in 2013, 2014,2015, 2016. 2017 and 2018. Jim is a Band rated lawyer by Chambers International; has been selected as the Best Real Estate Lawyer for 2017, 2018, and 2019; is rated 10 by AVVO; has been included in 5280 magazine's list of Best Lawyers; and has been rated as an AV Preeminate Lawyer by Martindale Hubbell for 30 years.  Jim has organized a real estate boutique law firm, surrounding himself with talented lawyers, designed to serve the transactional and litigation needs of real estate developers, lenders, contractors, and commercial operators. Jim is a past chairperson of the Real Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association and currently serves as the Chair of the Joint Management Committee of the Denver and Colorado Bar Associations. Jim also serves on the Professionalism Coordinating Council of the CBA and DBA. He was a member of the CBA Real Estate Section Executive Council for more than 15 years. Among his publications, Jim is the general editor of Colorado Real Estate Forms Deskbook, published by CLE of Colorado, Inc. and he authored the real estate chapter in CLE of Colorado, Inc.'s publication Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado (2006). He frequently is retained as an expert witness on real estate matters including the standards of care of real estate lawyers. Law Week Colorado named Jim as one of the Lawyers of the Year for 2012 and the people's choice as the Barrister's Best real estate lawyer, 2015. Jim is a past President of the Denver Bar Association, past member of the Colorado Bar Association Executive Council of the Colorado Bar Association and a current member of the Board of Directors of the Arapahoe County Bar Association. Â
First Admitted: 1976, California
Professional Webpage: https://irelandstapleton.com/people/james-g-benjamin/
- J.D., Loyola University-Los Angeles, 1976
- B.A., Political Science, cum laude, University of Southern California, 1971
- Jim is the General Editor of Colorado Real Estate Forms Deskbook, published by CLE of Colorado, Inc. In 2006, Jim was the author of the real estate chapter in Colorado Attorney's Professional Liability Handbook. He is also the author of a two part article discussing the use and application of beneficiary deeds., Beneficiary Deeds in Colorado, 34 The Colorado Lawyer 79, 34 The Colorado Lawyer 103, 2005
- General Editor, Colorado Real Estate Forms Deskbook, 2011
- Jim has been selected by Colorado Law Week as the Barrister's Best Real Estate Lawyer and Best in Show for the years 2017, 2018 and for 2019., Barrister's Best Lawyer, Real Estate, Best of Show, Colorado Law Week, 2018
- Lawyers of the Year, Law Week Colorado, 2012
- Barrister's Best Lawyer, Real Estate, Peoples' Choice, Law Week Colorado, 2015
-  Once a year, Jim, supervises students from the University of Denver Law School in it Tribal Wills Program, spending a week in Montana on the Crow Agency., 2018
- Jim Benjamin is a past President of the Denver Bar Association. He presently serves as member of the Board of Directors of the Arapahoe County Bar Association and Chairs its Membership Committee. Jim was on the Executive Council of the Real Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association from 1995 to 2012, during which time he has served as the Ethics Committee Liaison, an elected Council member, the Secretary, the Vice Chair and the Chairperson.   He serves on the Professionalism Coordinating Council of the CBA/DBA and has served on the Legislative Policy Committee and chairs the task force entrusted to locate the long term home of the CBA, DBA and CLE of Colorado, Inc. Jim previously acted as the chair of the Joint Management Committee overseeing the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations., 2018
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2023