Colorado Homeowners Association Law Blog

LARRY LEFF, an attorney since 1974, became the litigation partner with Jim Winzenburg in 1979. He has been active in the American, Colorado, Denver, and Arapahoe County Bar Associations, the Plaintiff and National Employment Lawyers Associations, the Colorado Labor Law Forum, the American and Colorado Trial Lawyers' Associations, and the American Inns of Court. His practice has covered many different homeowners association issues over the years, ranging from assessment collection and covenant enforcement to numerous construction related matters such as mechanics liens and complex construction litigation. His practice is concentrated on employment law issues and litigation: he defends against wrongful termination lawsuits and other employment issues for homeowner associations. To contact Larry directly, you may e-mail him at lbleff@wlpplaw.com.

MARK PAYNE has been an attorney since 1982. His practice has covered all facets of homeowner association representation, including representation of developers and formation of new common interest communities; assisting newly-formed associations during the period of declarant control and during transition to owner control of the board of directors; construction contract and contract issues; completion and build-out of incomplete communities; drafting and amendment of association governing documents; review of association governing documents and contracts, and preparation of opinions and recommendations for boards of directors; and interaction between master associations and subassociations. He also has substantial experience in real estate development and construction matters, purchases and sales of real estate, real estate leasing issues, foreclosures, and general real estate matters. He is a former Planning Commissioner for Douglas County, and a former member of the Highlands Ranch Community Association Development Review Committee. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Community Associations Institute, having held several offices of that organization, and is a regular speaker at its local conferences. He is also a member of the American, Colorado and Arapahoe County Bar Associations. To contact Mark directly, you may e-mail him at mpayne@wlpplaw.com.

SUZANNE LEFF began working at the firm in May of 2002. Suzanne assists homeowner associations with the range of general business legal matters that they encounter. Her practice includes the review of homeowner association documents, preparation of opinions for homeowner association Boards of Directors, covenant enforcement, and the negotiation of contracts and disputes with third parties. Suzanne received her mediation certification from the Center for Dispute Resolution in Boulder and utilizes these conflict resolution skills in her work with homeowner associations. Suzanne currently lives in a co-housing community in Northwest Denver. To contact Suzanne directly, you may e-mail her at sleff@wlpplaw.com.

Stephane Dupont has been an attorney in Florida since 1999 and was admitted to the Colorado Bar in October of 2007. Stephane obtained his undergraduate degree with Honors from Barry University in 1996 and completed law school in 1999 at Nova Southeastern University in the top 20% of his graduating class. He is a member of the American, Colorado, and Denver Bar Associations and has actively educated boards of directors on legislative changes and judicial decisions impacting community associations. Stephane has represented numerous homeowner, condominium, and cooperative associations. His practice has covered a wide array of association matters including collection of assessments, interpretation of association covenants and rules, review of association contracts, preparation of association documents and amendments thereto, resolution of general and windstorm related insurance claims, preparation of opinion letters for boards of directors, implementation of conversion projects, attendance at board and owner meetings and extensive litigation of covenant and lien foreclosure matters. Stephane currently resides in Castle Rock. To contact Stephane directly, you may email him at sdupont@wlpplaw.com.

Kerry Colburn is an associate attorney with Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis and Payne, LLP.  She obtained her Juris Doctorate law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in May 2008, and was admitted to the Colorado Bar in October 2008.  At Pepperdine, Kerry also earned a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.

Prior to moving to Colorado, Kerry worked as a Law Clerk for a California real estate law firm specializing in Community Association Law.  Kerry’s current practice focuses on assessment collections for Association clients.

Kerry is a member of the American, Colorado, and Denver Bar Associations.  She is also a volunteer attorney for the Rocky Mountain Children’s Center and a member of the Denver Chapter of the Alliance for Professional Women.  To contact Kerry directly, you may e-mail her at: kcolburn@wlpplaw.com.