Dawn P. Bookhardt
Office Information
- Member, Inclusivity Committee
Practice Areas
Dawn is in our Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets Group. She has extensive experience in start-up finance and has served as counsel to various developers for mixed use and mixed finance developments.
Biography – View PDF Bio
- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Civic Involvement
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Recent Blogs
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1988
Civic Involvement
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Board of Trustees
- Vice-Chairman
- Board of Trustees
- Denver Botanical Gardens
- Board of Directors
- Chair of Audit Committee
- Board of Directors
- Colorado Black Women for Political Action
Distinctions
- Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel
- Chairman's Award, Urban League of Denver, 2015
- Top 25 Most Powerful Women, Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce, 2013
- Timeless Legends, Urban Spectrum Magazine, 2012
- Large Business of the Year Award, Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce, 2007
- National Leadership Award, National Republican Congressional Committee's Business Advisory Council, 2002
- Women of Excellence Award, 2002
- Women of Distinction Award, Girl Scouts (Mile High Council), 2002
- Who's Who Legal, Leaders in the Country, 2000
Education & Honors
- University of Denver, J.D., 1987
- University of Oakwood, B.A., English and Communications, 1982
Experience
- Dawn served as counsel to land developers such as Forest City for the redevelopment of the Stapleton Airport and LNR Properties for the development of HighPoint at DIA.
- Dawn represented the Denver Union Station Executive Oversight Committee and currently represents the Denver Union Station Project Authority in the redevelopment of Denver Union Station, a multi-modal transportation hub in the City of Denver.
- Dawn represented a private developer in the development and negotiation of off-shore, residential, retail and commercial development agreements related to the improvement of an island venture including restaurants, lodging facilities, a shopping center, luxury villas and beach concessions.
- Dawn has represented municipalities, underwriters and development entities for the development of several publicly financed hotels in Denver, Colorado, Omaha, Nebraska and Baltimore, Maryland.
In the News
- Dawn P. Bookhardt Named Fellow of American College of Bond Counsel
- Dawn P. Bookhardt Named One of Law Week Colorado’s Lawyers of the Year
- Butler Snow Attorney Dawn P. Bookhardt Recognized by Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock During African American History Month
- Butler Snow Ranked as a Top 10 Private Bond Counsel Firm Nationally by Thomson Reuters Top Legal Counsel Review
- Butler Snow Ranked as Top 10 Bond Counsel Firm for First Half of 2017
- Butler Snow Continues Denver Growth
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Author, “To Seal or Not to Seal,” Colorado Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors News Report, November 1997.