Darlene Sisneros has
been with the firm since its inception in 1988 and has over 20 years of special district law experience. Darlene
joined the firm as a shareholder in 1992. Darlene has a reputation of
providing quality responsive legal services with attention to the specific
needs of the clients. She has helped the firm establish long-term relationships
with our clients and to proactively counsel our clients to help them achieve
their business objectives. Being is a true believer in collegiality, Darlene
fosters positive relationships with the various individuals involved in
the special district practice, including bond counsel, underwriters, special
district managers and accountants. She is known as the firm’s “Foodie”
and can often be found in Denver’s best restaurants with friends,
colleagues and clients. Her practice has led to the organization of over
100 special districts and the financing of hundreds of millions in tax-exempt
municipal bonds for the construction of public improvements. Darlene has
been involved as a regional advisory board member of the Rocky Mountain
Land Use Institute for over 10 years. Her involvement has kept her abreast
of the many land use issues which affect the firm’s developer and
special district clients. In 2008, 2009
and 2010, Ms. Sisneros earned the Super Lawyers designation awarded by
Law & Politics. Darlene has received an AV Peer Review Rating from
Martindale Hubbell.
Education
• University
of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1985)
• The
Colorado College (B.A. 1982)
Place of Birth
• Pueblo,
Colorado
Bar Admissions
• Colorado
Professional Memberships & Activities
• Colorado
Bar Association
• Denver
Bar Association
• Rocky
Mountain Land Use Institute Regional Advisory
Board
• Colorado
Supreme Court Nominating Commission (past)
• Special
District Association of Colorado
• Government
Counsel Forum Committee (past)
• Colorado
Board of Law Examiners Law Committee (past)
• Colorado
Hispanic Bar Association Board Member,
Officer and
President (1997)
Presentations & Publications
• Special
District: Due Diligence is a Must Prior to Acquisition, Colorado
Real
Estate Journal (March
19 – April 1, 2008), co-authored with
Kathryn Kanda
• Development
of Business and Industrial Parks in Colorado, “Public
Financing Mechanisms
and Capturing Created Revenue Streams”
(Panelist, January, 2008)
• Real
Estate Finance – Special Districts “What’s So Special
About them
Anyway?” CLE International
(Speaker, January 25, 2005)
• Creative
Approaches to Landscaping in a Drought Environment, RMLUI
(Moderator,
October 17, 2003)
• Emerging
Financing Mechanisms for Public Projects, RMLUI
(Moderator,
October 17, 2003)
• New
Partnerships in an Era of Drought, RMLUI (Moderator,
October 17, 2002)
• Special
Districts in the West – The Utilization of Districts to Facilitate
Land Use Plans,
RMLUI (Panelist, March 2000)
• Paying
for Development in Small Towns, RMLUI (Panelist, March 17, 1997)
• Options
for Financing Public Facilities – Beyond Impact Fees, RMLUI
(Panelist,
March 1996)
• GO
Colorado Update, RMLUI (Moderator, March 10, 1995)
• Land
Use and Financing of Public Facilities, RMLUI (Panelist, March 1998)
• “Structuring
Infrastructure Funding,” Colorado Real Estate Journal
(Author,
June 3-16, 1998)
• Named
in Who’s Who in Law, Denver Business Journal (1992)
Community Involvement
• Darlene
is active in fundraising for Sense of Security.
Personal
When she is not practicing law, Darlene enjoys
traveling with her two daughters and husband. A perfect vacation day for
Darlene is flying stunt kites on the Oregon coast. Due to Darlene’s
love of art fostered by her abstract painter husband, Emilio Lobato, much
of Darlene’s free time is spent attending art exhibitions throughout
the country. Santa Fe, San Francisco and Cannon Beach, Oregon are her
favorite places.
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