Practice Areas:
- Business Litigation
- Natural Resources
- Oil and Gas Law
- Mining Law
- Real Property Litigation
- Timber and Logging Law
- Employment Law
- Civil Trials
- Appellate Practice
Education:
University of Colorado at Boulder, B.A., double major, 1982
Phi Beta Kappa Society
University of Colorado at Boulder, J.D., 1986
Class President, University of Colorado School of Law, 1986
Recipient – William O. DeSouchet Award, best trial advocacy
Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
American Inns of Court
Bar Admissions:
Colorado – 1986
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Supreme Court
Experience:
Mr. Tooley specializes in civil trials and appeals, including state and federal jury trials. Mr. Tooley has experience litigating a wide range of disputes, including breach of contract cases, complex commercial cases and litigation involving oil and gas, mineral rights, timber rights, real property, eminent domain and inverse condemnation actions, arbitrations, and employment claims. He has lectured in various continuing legal education seminars. He is the co-author of “The Marketable Product Approach in the Natural Gas Royalty Case,” 44 Rocky Mt. Min. Inst. 21-1 (1988). Mr. Tooley has been named a Colorado Super Lawyer by 5280 Magazine every year since 2007 and also was selected for the Super Lawyer Corporate Counsel Edition. He was named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America’s Trial Lawyer Honorary Society. Mr. Tooley also was selected by The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Natural Resources Law. |
