Attorney Profiles

Leslie A. Tuft 
Denver, Colorado
Associate Attorney
phone (303) 779-0077
fax (303) 779-4924
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Leslie A. Tuft was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1976.  She obtained a B.S. in political science with a minor in philosophy from the University of Utah in 1997, where she was a National Merit Scholar and graduated Summa Cum Laude.  Ms. Tuft attended law school at Stanford Law School in Stanford (Palo Alto), California, where she received the Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. Award for excellence in legal research and writing and the Lawrason Driscoll Moot Court Award.  While at Stanford, Ms. Tuft served as Co-President of the Kirkwood Moot Court (2000-2001).  She graduated in 2001.

Ms. Tuft has been an associate attorney with Sullan2, Sandgrund & Perczak, P.C. since January 2005.  She is a member of the California, Colorado, Denver and American Bar Associations. Ms. Tuft co-authored Residential Constructioon Law in Colorado with Messrs. Sandgrund and Sullan, which book received the 2011 National Award of Professional Excellence from the Association for Continuing Legal Education.

Year Joined Organization:
2005
Areas of Practice:
Litigation
Education:
Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 2001
J.D.
Honors: Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. Award *
Honors: * Excellence in the first year legal research and writing program
Honors: Lawrason Driscoll Moot Court Award
Honors: Co-President, Kirkwood Moot Court 2000 - 2001


University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
B.S.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: National Merit Scholar
Major:  Political Science
Minor:  Philosophy


Published Works:
Residential Construction Law in Colorado , Colorado Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education (co-author with Ron Sandgrund and Scott Sullan), (2011, 3rd edition)


Shoddy Work, Negligent Construction and Reconciling the Irreconcilable Under CGL Policies , The Colorado Lawyer (co-author with Harmon Graves and Ron Sandgrund), Vo. 38, No. 11, 2009


Recovering "Actual Damages" Under Colorado's Construction Defect Action Reform Act, Parts I and II, The Colorado Lawyer (co-author with Ron Sandgrund and Mari Perczak), Vol. 38, Nos. 5 and 6, 2009


Crossing the Separation of Powers Threshold: Legislative and Regulatory Control of Expert Witness Testimony, The Colorado Lawyer (co-author with Ron Sandgrund and Jennifer Seidman), Vol. 37, No. 5, 2008


Liability Insurance Coverage for Breach of Contract Damages, The Colorado Lawyer (co-author with Ron Sandgrund), Vo. 36, No. 2, 2007


Another Perspective on Extrapolation Evidence, Mealey's Litigation Report: Construction Defects (co-written with Ron Sandgrund and Scott Sullan), Vol. 7, Iss. 4, 2006


Professional Associations and Memberships:
California Bar Association
Member


Colorado Bar Association
Member


Denver Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member

 
Serving home owners and homeowner associations in Metro Denver and on the Front Range, in the High Country and along the Western Slope of Colorado, including Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, Littleton, Broomfield, Centennial, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Brighton, Vail and Aspen and Jefferson, Douglas, Arapahoe, Boulder, Weld, Adams, Grand, Mesa, Mineral, Eagle, Garfield, Animas, Summit and El Paso counties.

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