Curriculum Vitae
Professor Robert J. Herrera, J.D., LL.M.
1635 Foxtrail Drive
Loveland, CO 80538
970-888-1375
Robert J. Herrera has proudly served and successfully represented individuals and businesses found all across Colorado. Mr. Herrera has extensive experience mediating, arbitrating, litigating, and teaching law. Mr. Herrera also brings to the mediation session perspective from personally experiencing difficult disputes including a business separation and divorce with children after 13 years of marriage. While Mr. Herrera has enjoyed the gamesmanship of the courtroom for many years, he has come to appreciate and embrace mediation and arbitration as a more cost effective and time efficient mechanism to resolve even the most complex civil and family law disputes.
CREDENTIALS:
Mediator - Colorado Conflict Clinic (Oval Options) - 2020 to Present
Mediator – 1st Judicial District, Gilpin, Jefferson County Mediation Services – 2019 to Present
Mares-Dixon & Associates 40 hour Mediation Training - 2019
Larimer County Bar Association - 2005 to Present
Weld County Bar Association - 2005 to Present
Colorado Bar Association - 2005 to Present
Mediator - 19th Judicial District, Small Claims Court - 2015 to 2018
Arbitrator - Better Business Bureau - April 2010 to 2018
Colorado Federal District Court - 2008 to 2018
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - 2006 to 2018
U.S. Tax Court - 2006 to 2018
EDUCATION:
Masters in Tax Law
University of Denver Strum College of Law – 2005
Juris Doctor
University of Denver Strum College of Law – 2004
Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Finance
University of Denver – 2001
EXPERIENCE:
Mediator - Skip Court Mediation
December 2018 to Present
Professor of Business Law - Monfort College of Business
August 2006 to 2018
August 2021 to Present
Professor - AIMS Community College
March 2021 to Present
Professor of Law - IBMC College
May 2020 to Present
Law Practicing Manager - Black Suit Law
December 2016 to Present
Senior Litigation Attorney - Coan Payton & Payne
May 2015 to December 2016
Law Practicing Manager - Hagen & Melusky
2008 to May 2015
Associate Attorney - Lind Lawrence & Ottenhoff
2006 to 2008
Associate Attorney - Jorgensen Motycka & Lewis
2005 to 2006
DOMESTIC RELATIONS ISSUES MEDIATED and/or LITIGATED:
Divorce
Parenting Plans
Spousal Support Maintenance (Alimony)
Child Support
Temporary Orders
Final Orders
Parental Relocation
Parental Rights
Child Support
Child Custody
Maintenance
Post Decree Issues
Restraining Orders
CIVIL ISSUES MEDIATED and/or LITIGATED:
Eviction
Commercial and Residential Disputes
Landlord and Tennant Disputes
HOA Disputes
Easements and Liens
Personal Injury
Civil Assault/Battery/Negligence
Probate Disputes
Wrongful Termination
Sexual Harassment
Employment Discrimination
Fair Labor Standards Act
Business Ownership Disputes
Breach of Contract
Business Collections
Business Trade Name
Business Copyright
Franchise Disputes
Civil Litigation
Construction Defect
Sports and Entertainment Contract Disputes
HONORS:
BizWest 40 under 40 - 2016
Greeley Tribune 20 under 40 – 2016
Windsor Now! Readers Choice Award for Best Attorney - 2011
Kimberly Hayes Outstanding Professor Award – 2008
PUBLICATIONS:
Northern Colorado Business Report, The Most Common Mistakes Made in Business Leases – Update
June 28, 2013, Volume 18, Issue 21
Northern Colorado Business Report, The Most Common Mistakes Made in Business Leases
June 29, 2012, Volume 17, Issue 21
PRESENTATIONS:
Business Law Retreat, Business Entity Formation
November 2015
Greeley Chamber of Commerce, Department of Labor Overtime Rule Change: Is Your Business Ready?
November 2015
Greeley/Weld SBDC, A Law Suit Awaits You
May 2013
Greeley/Weld SBDC, Legal Contract: A Necessity
June 2011
Business Survival Summit, Denver CO
October 2011
Byron White Inns of Court, Are You Smarter than a Fourteenth Grader?
October 2008
Greeley/Weld SBDC, Legalities of the Small Business
November 2008
Byron White Inns of Court, International Choice of Entity, Establishing the Non-U.S. Company and Venue Choices in Cross-Border Disputes
February 2007
Carbon Valley Chamber of Commerce, Business Choice of Entity and Introduction to Contracts
May 2007
LECTURES:
IBMC College, Wills Trusts & Estates, Business Organizations, Paralegalism & Legal Ethics, Legal Research & Writing, Criminal Law, Real & Personal Property, Civil Procedure & Litigation I, Civil Procedure & Litigation II, Human Resource Management, Intro to Business, Intro to Business and Marketing, Contract Law
2022, 2021, 2020
University of Northern Colorado, Legal Environment of Business
Fall 2021, Spring 2018, Spring/Fall 2017, Spring/Fall 2016, Spring/Fall 2015, Spring/Fall 2014, Spring/Fall 2013, Spring/Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2006
University of Northern Colorado, Business Administration of the Law
Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2007