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Law Practicing Manager

Professor Robert J. Herrera, J.D., LL.M.
1635 Foxtrail Drive
Loveland, CO 80538
(970) 515-5958

Robert J. Herrera has proudly served and successfully represented individuals and businesses found all across Colorado. Mr. Herrera has extensive experience mediating, arbitrating, litigating, and teaching law. Mr. Herrera looks forward to achieving favorable results in even the most complex civil law and complex family law disputes.

CREDENTIALS:

Mediator - Colorado Conflict Clinic (Oval Options) - 2020 to 2023
Mediator – 1st Judicial District, Gilpin, Jefferson County Mediation Services – 2019 to 2023
Mares-Dixon & Associates 40 hour Mediation Training - 2019
Larimer County Bar Association - 2005 to Present
Weld County Bar Association - 2005 to Present
Colorado Bar Association - 2005 to Present
Mediator - 19th Judicial District, Small Claims Court - 2015 to 2018
Arbitrator - Better Business Bureau - April 2010 to 2018
Colorado Federal District Court - 2008 to 2018, 2023 to Present
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - 2006 to 2018
U.S. Tax Court - 2006 to 2018

 

EDUCATION:

Masters in Tax Law

University of Denver Strum College of Law – 2005

 

Juris Doctor

University of Denver Strum College of Law – 2004

 

Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Finance

University of Denver – 2001

 

EXPERIENCE:

Professor - AIMS Community College

March 2021 to 2023

Professor of Law - IBMC College

May 2020 to 2023

Solo Practitioner - Black Suit Law

December 2016 to Present

Professor of Business Law - Monfort College of Business

August 2006 to Present

Senior Litigation Attorney - Coan Payton & Payne

May 2015 to December 2016

 

Law Practicing Manager - Hagen & Melusky

2008 to May 2015

 

Associate Attorney - Lind Lawrence & Ottenhoff

2006 to 2008

 

Associate Attorney - Jorgensen Motycka & Lewis

2005 to 2006

 

DOMESTIC RELATIONS ISSUES MEDIATED/LITIGATED:

Divorce
Parenting Plans
Spousal Support Maintenance (Alimony)
Child Support
Temporary Orders
Final Orders
Parental Relocation
Parental Rights
Child Support
Child Custody
Maintenance
Post Decree Issues
Restraining Orders

Alimony and Child Support Collection

 

CIVIL ISSUES MEDIATED/LITIGATED:

Eviction
Commercial and Residential Disputes
Landlord and Tennant Disputes
HOA Disputes
Easements and Liens
Personal Injury
Civil Assault/Battery/Negligence
Probate Disputes
Wrongful Termination
Sexual Harassment
Employment Discrimination
Fair Labor Standards Act
Business Ownership Disputes
Breach of Contract
Business Collections
Business Trade Name
Business Copyright
Franchise Disputes
Civil Litigation
Construction Defect
Sports and Entertainment Contract Disputes

 

HONORS:

BizWest 40 under 40 - 2016
Greeley Tribune 20 under 40 – 2016
Windsor Now! Readers Choice Award for Best Attorney - 2011
Kimberly Hayes Outstanding Professor Award – 2008

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Northern Colorado Business Report, The Most Common Mistakes Made in Business Leases – Update

June 28, 2013, Volume 18, Issue 21

 

Northern Colorado Business Report, The Most Common Mistakes Made in Business Leases

June 29, 2012, Volume 17, Issue 21

 

PRESENTATIONS:

Business Law Retreat, Business Entity Formation

November 2015

 

Greeley Chamber of Commerce, Department of Labor Overtime Rule Change: Is Your Business Ready?

November 2015

 

Greeley/Weld SBDC, A Law Suit Awaits You

May 2013

 

Greeley/Weld SBDC, Legal Contract: A Necessity

June 2011

 

Business Survival Summit, Denver CO

October 2011

 

Byron White Inns of Court, Are You Smarter than a Fourteenth Grader?

October 2008

 

Greeley/Weld SBDC, Legalities of the Small Business

November 2008

 

Byron White Inns of Court, International Choice of Entity, Establishing the Non-U.S. Company and Venue Choices in Cross-Border Disputes

February 2007

 

Carbon Valley Chamber of Commerce, Business Choice of Entity and Introduction to Contracts

May 2007

 

LECTURES:

IBMC College, Wills Trusts & Estates, Business Organizations, Paralegalism & Legal Ethics, Legal Research & Writing, Criminal Law, Real & Personal Property, Civil Procedure & Litigation I and II, Human Resource Management, Intro to Business, Intro to Business & Customer Service, and Contract Law.

2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

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University of Northern Colorado, Legal Environment of Business

Spring/Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2018, Spring/Fall 2017, Spring/Fall 2016, Spring/Fall 2015, Spring/Fall 2014, Spring/Fall 2013, Spring/Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2006

University of Northern Colorado, Business Administration of the Law

Spring 2024, Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2007

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