Jamie N. Dickinson
Partner
(she, her, hers)
Overview
Jamie Dickinson focuses on real estate litigation, representing clients in disputes involving the ownership, use, and acquisition of land.
Her practice includes eminent domain, easement and title disputes, quiet title actions, land use litigation, and issues affecting special districts. She represents developers, utilities, special districts, and other municipalities and quasi-governmental entities throughout Colorado.
Jamie has extensive experience guiding clients through condemnation matters, from early project planning and negotiations through trial and appeal. She works to understand each client’s objectives and the practical demands of the project, then develops a litigation strategy that supports both.
Jamie also leads teams of lawyers serving clients on complex development projects across Colorado. Together, they help clients secure land use approvals, negotiate purchase agreements and easements, review title, acquire property, and resolve disputes that arise along the way. Jamie coordinates that work to help clients move projects forward with clear advice and a consistent strategy.
Credentials
Education
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2008 (J.D.)
- Colorado College, 2004 (B.A.)
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
- U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
- Colorado Court of Appeals
Real Estate/Municipal Litigation
- Defeated entry of a preliminary injunction against a special district brought by a homeowner group. In the Matter of Crowfoot Valley Ranch Metropolitan District No. 2.
- Obtained full judgment on behalf of the plaintiff in quiet title and trespass action after two-day trial. Cielo Vista Ranch II v. Richard Anthony Mondragon, et al..
- Affirmed summary judgment on behalf of a metropolitan district in a contract dispute because the contract was not subject to annual appropriations. Falcon Broadband, Inc. v. Banning Lewis Ranch Metro. Dist. No. 1, et al.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Colorado special district in a rate setting case and conducted oral argument in the Colorado Court of Appeals where the judgment was affirmed. Eastern Adams County Metro District v. Strasburg Sanitation and Water District.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a landowner in a condemnation case and conducted oral argument in the Colorado Court of Appeals where the judgment was affirmed. City of Greeley ex rel. Water and Sewer Bd. V. Snyder.
- Defeated claims by a landowner for all amounts exceeding a water district’s appraisal of property taken for an underground water line after a 3-day jury trial. North Weld County Water District v. AV Farms.
- Obtained a buffer zone for a client around a planned homesite after a 3-day evidentiary hearing. Lobato v. Taylor.
- Defeated a multi-million-dollar claim against a water district relating to a moratorium on tap sales imposed by the district. Eagle View Farms v. North Weld County Water District.
Other Litigation Experience
- Obtained full defense verdict for claims of violations of the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act after a two-day trial. Wright v. Portfolio Recovery Associates.
- Obtained full defense verdict for claims of violations of the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act after a one-day trial. Kersten v. Portfolio Recovery Associates.
- Obtained dismissal and de-certification of class action due to the Court’s finding that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring her claims under the FDCPA. Kwasniewski v. Medicredit, Inc.
- Court entered summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims finding that the debt was not in default and therefore NPAS was not acting as a debt collector within the meaning of the FDCPA. Ngo v. NPAS, Inc.
- Granted summary judgment on the plaintiff’s class action complaint finding that the defendants’ communications were not false, misleading or deceptive under the FDCPA. Goodman v. Asset Acceptance LLC, et al.
- Obtained partial summary judgment and a unanimous jury verdict in favor of a debt collector involving claims for violation of the FDCPA, FCRA, negligence, and CCPA. Collins v. Diversified Consultants, Inc., et al.
- Obtained unanimous jury verdict in favor of a skilled nursery facility in federal court in a case involving claims of federal and state wage and hour law violations and retaliation. Vidal v. AHC of Aurora, LLC.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee on adversary proceeding on fraudulent transfer claim. Trick Technologies, Inc. v. High Speed Aggregate, Inc.
- University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Student Mentor
- Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program, Mentor
- Gathered Pages Collective, Colorado, Founder
- Best Lawyers in America, 2022-2027
- Commercial Litigation
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Colorado Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2014-2022; Super Lawyers, 2024-2025
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent
- Judge William E. Doyle Inn of Court, Former President
- Denver Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- Wyoming Bar Association
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- “Yellowstone and Eminent Domain: Separating Myth from Reality at the Dutton Ranch,” Spencer Fane Advantage CLE, June 2025
- “There’s Still Time to Plan and Set Goals For Personal Development as an Attorney in 2024,” Law Week Colorado, February 2024
- “Issues in Nebraska Energy and Electric Utility Regulation,” webinar, November 4, 2022
- “Cost to Cure and Other Expert Testimony: Supporting the Appraiser’s Opinion,” 2022 Colorado Eminent Domain Conference, October 6, 2022
- “Confessions of an Outside Counsel: To Collect or Not to Collect, That is the Question,” Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), May 25, 2022
- “U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Plaintiffs Must Suffer Concrete Harm to Sue in Federal Court,” July 12, 2021
- “Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Condemning Property When in the Process of Obtaining Development Approvals,” Special District Association of Colorado’s newsletter, June 2021
- “Condemnation challenges during development approvals,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, May 19-June 1, 2021
- “Least Sophisticated Consumer is Presumed to Have a Willingness to Read Collection Letters With Care 3rd Circ. Explains,” Receivables Advisor, April 20, 2021
- “Court: Confusion and Anxiety Fail to Satisfy a Plaintiff’s Burden Under the FDCPA,” ACA International, March 26, 2021
- “Top Ten Tips for Avoiding Condemnation,” Special District Association of Colorado Conference, September 23, 2020
- “Don’t Forget to Turn Off the Stove: How Boilerplate Provisions in Your Contracts Can Burn You,” Special District Association of Colorado Conference, September 18, 2019
- “Precondemnation Checklist, Crossing the T’s and Dotting the I’s Before a Case is Filed,” 22nd Annual Eminent Domain Institute Conference, 2019
- “Special Districts – How to Protect Yourself from Litigation,” Law Week Colorado, March 14, 2016