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Jon F. Sands

Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Commercial Litigation
    Insurance Law...
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.sweetbaumsands.com/...
  • Website:
    http://www.sweetbaumsands.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (303) 296.3377
  • E-mail:
    jsands@sweetbaumsands.com
  • Location:
    1125 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2100
    Denver, CO 80202
Jon F. Sands is a Shareholder of Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC.  Mr. Sands practices in the area of civil litigation including trials, appeals and arbitrations. His particular areas of emphasis include insurance coverage, bad faith defense, insurance defense, professional liability defense, construction defect, title insurance and real estate, unfair competition and trade secret protection, and general commercial litigation.  Mr. Sands is an AV Preeminent (5.0 out of 5) rated lawyer by Martindale Hubbell.  He has been lead trial counsel in numerous jury and bench trials throughout the state of Colorado, and has an extensive appellate practice. Mr. Sands teaches courses on insurance law and trial presentation, and is a frequent lecturer for continuing education courses involving insurance bad faith, real estate litigation and general litigation. Mr. Sands has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Law and Politics Magazine for every year since its inception in 2006, indicating he is amongst the top 5% of attorneys in Colorado as voted by his peers.  Mr. Sands was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 in the fields of Insurance Law, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Law (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

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Lawyer Bio

Jon F. Sands is a Shareholder of Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC.  Mr. Sands practices in the area of civil litigation including trials, appeals and arbitrations. His particular areas of emphasis include insurance coverage, bad faith defense, insurance defense, professional liability defense, construction defect, title insurance and real estate, unfair competition and trade secret protection, and general commercial litigation.  Mr. Sands is an AV Preeminent (5.0 out of 5) rated lawyer by Martindale Hubbell.  He has been lead trial counsel in numerous jury and bench trials throughout the state of Colorado, and has an extensive appellate practice. Mr. Sands teaches courses on insurance law and trial presentation, and is a frequent lecturer for continuing education courses involving insurance bad faith, real estate litigation and general litigation. Mr. Sands has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Law and Politics Magazine for every year since its inception in 2006, indicating he is amongst the top 5% of attorneys in Colorado as voted by his peers.  Mr. Sands was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 in the fields of Insurance Law, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Law (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

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Education:

  • University of Colorado at Boulder, graduated 1976
  • University of Colorado at Boulder, graduated 1980

Bar Admissions:

  • Colorado, Colorado Bar Association

Affiliations:

  • Animal Assistance Foundation Board of Trustees - Member; Past President
  • Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors - Member
  • Colorado Bar Association Litigation Section Council - Member
  • Colorado Humane Society - President
  • Colorado State Title Standards Committee - Past Member
  • Colorado, Denver and First Judicial District Bar Associations - Member
  • Denver Dumb Friends League - Member; Past President

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Insurance Law, Denver (2021)
  • Litigation - Insurance, Denver (2020)
  • Insurance Law, Denver (2018)
  • Insurance Law, Denver (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Real Estate Law
 

Awards:

  • Named a Best Lawyer® for Insurance Law by US News & World Report.
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Editions for Insurance Practice.
  • Best Lawyers in America Denver Defense Lawyer of the Year for 2012.
  • 5280 Magazine Super Lawyer for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, 2010 2011 and 2012; included in Colorado’s Top 50 for 2010 and Top 100 for 2012.
  • Denver Business Journal and Denver Bar Association “Best of the Bar” 2004 finalist for Insurance Practice Area.

Special Focus:

  • Litigation
 

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Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC
http://www.sweetbaumsands.com
 
Headquarters
1125 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2100
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 296.3377

Lawyer Case History

McGowan v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, 100 P.3d 521 (Colo. App. 2004) cert denied.

Addresses important construction defect litigation insurance coverage issues

Poole v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, 941 F. Supp. 117 (D. Colo. 1996)

Addresses application of issue and claim preclusion to operation of intentional acts exclusion in matters where insured has been convicted of criminal act

Thompson v. State Farm, 165 P.3d 900 (Colo. App. 2007)

Addresses important "concurrent cause" issues applicable to insurance coverage

General Security Indemnity Company of Arizona v. Mountain States Casualty Company, et. al., 205 P.3d 529 (Colo. App. 2009)

Addresses important occurrence issues in construction defect insurance coverage

Ingold v. AIMCO/BLUFFS, L.L.C. Apartments, 159 P.3d 116 (Colo. 2007)

Supreme Court ruled that intertwining doctrine no longer applicable in analysis of claims subject to arbitration clause
 
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