Janette L. Ferguson |

Bio

Janette is an experienced litigator with over 25 years of experience handling complex commercial disputes. She has experience with breach of contract claims, fraud and misrepresentation cases, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, Consumer Protection Act claims, employment disputes, class action litigation, construction defect claims, product liability cases, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, and state and federal bid protests. Janette also has experience challenging Federal natural resource agency decisions, NEPA compliance and litigation, consulting on the Endangered Species Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and the Oil Pollution Control Act. Janette is resolution focused. She works closely with her clients to determine their ultimate business goals and objectives and tailors her dispute resolution approach to efficiently and effectively meet those goals and objectives.

Before joining Lewis Bess Williams & Weese, P.C., Janette was a long-time partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP, a large Colorado based firm. Prior to that Janette was a long-time partner in the San Francisco, California office of the national firm Robins Kaplan, LLP.

Publications
ABA Survey of State Class Action Law - Colorado (2011-2017)

FWS Discretion Is “Threatened” And “Endangered” By Settlement Agreements Allowing Environmental Groups to Set ESA Listing Policy, American Bar Association (2015)

Sue and Settle: Citizen Suit Settlements and Environmental Law, Natural Resources & Environment, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Vol. 30, No.1 (2015)

Honors and Distinctions
Super Lawyers^®, Business Litigation - 2019
Super Lawyers^®, Class Action LItigation - 2018
The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
The Best Lawyers, Women in the Law, 2016

Community Involvement
Colorado Lawyers Trust Account Foundation, Board Member – 2016
The Big Idea Project, Pro Bono Counsel – 2014 to present
The Big Idea Project, Advisory Board Member - 2016

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