Leonard Marc Gelman
Lee is a former U.S. Justice Department trial attorney with the Environment and Natural Resources Division. Lee now concentrates his practice on transactional legal assistance for contracts, real estate and business formation/operations and mergers and acquisitions.
Summary of Current Positions
Partner, Dunn Keyes Gelman & Pummell (February 2008 Present)
Transactional legal representation - contracts, real estate, corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions.
President, Colorado Mountain Mediation Corp. (October 2000 Present)
Offering professional alternative mediation services, with concentration on mediation, arbitration, assisted negotiation, and early neutral evaluation for civil disputes. Member of the Colorado Bar Associations Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum Committee.
Certified Mediator Colorado Office of Dispute Resolution
Providing ADR services on court-appointed cases in the 5th Judicial District
Program Coordinator, Mountain Mediators-ADR Project
A local group of ADR professionals working in Colorados 5th Judicial District.
Sole Practitioner
Providing transactional services and transactional assistance in real estate law, construction law, and general civil matters. Licensed to practice law in Colorado and Illinois.
Telemark Ski Instructor (Keystone, Colorado)
Precision Cycling Instructor (Silverthorne Recreation Center)
FORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION TRAINING
CDR Associates, Boulder, Colorado (June 2001)
Mediation Process
Golden Community Restorative Justice Program, Golden, Colorado (April 2001)
Victim Offender Reconciliation Training
U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Legal Education/Executive Office of United States Attorneys:
Dispute Resolution/Enhanced Negotiations (May 1997)
Enhanced Negotiations/Dispute Resolution Seminar for Federal Agency Counsel (Sept. 2000)
Areas of Practice
- 30% Business Law
- 30% Construction Law
- 20% Commercial Law
- 20% Real Estate Law
Litigation Percentage
- 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Mediator, Colorado Office of Dispute Resolution
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1989
- Colorado, 1999
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. - 1989
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
- B.S. - 1986
- Major: Geology
- Major: Civil Engineering
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Colorado Bar Association, 1999 - Present
- Colorado Bar Association, Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum Committee
Past Employment Positions
- Colorado Mountain Mediation Corp., Owner, 2000
- S. Dept. of Justice - Environmental Enforcement, Trial Attorney, 1989 - 1999
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer - Small Claims Court Mediator, 2004 - Present
- Program Coordinator, Mountain Mediators-ADR Project
- Telemark Ski Instructor (Keystone, Colorado)
- Precision Cycling Instructor (Silverthorne Recreation Center)
- Golden Community Restorative Justice Program, Golden, Colorado, 2001
- Victim Offender Reconciliation Training
Ancillary Businesses
- Mediation
- Arbitration
Fraternities/Sororities
- Sigma Phi