Tess . Hand-Bender
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Tess Hand-Bender focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and appeals. She has represented clients from a variety of industries at all stages of litigation and confidential arbitration, from initiation of proceedings through trial and appeal. Ms. Hand-Bender also maintains an active pro bono practice. In addition to working with the Colorado Lawyer's Committee and serving as the chair of its Young Lawyer's Division, she first-chaired a pro bono misdemeanor trial for an indigent client and served on the trial team representing nine Colorado couples who successfully challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's ban on same-sex marriage. Before joining Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Ms. Hand-Bender practiced at a boutique litigation firm in Denver and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and to the Honorable Philip A. Brimmer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
(05/19)
