Lawyer Profile

J. Thomas Macdonald

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

Website for J. Thomas Macdonald

950 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1600
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-825-8400
Firm Website: http://www.ottenjohnson.com

Listed in Best Lawyers since 2009.

Practice Areas

  • Litigation - Land Use & Zoning

Case History

  • Rocky Mountain Christian Church v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County — I represented the church in a lawsuit against Boulder County under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.  Following a jury verdict finding that the county had violated three separate provisions of the act, the court ordered the county to approve a special use application to expand the church facilities and awarded attorneys'''' fees in excess of $1 million.  The county''''s appeal is pending in the Tenth Circuit, and it has expressed the intention of pursuing its constitutional challenge to RLUIPA to the Supreme Court.

Education

  • University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D.) (1981)
  • University of Colorado at Boulder (BA) (1977)

Other Info

Languages Spoken
  • English