Bob Hoban was born and raised in southern New Jersey and attended Rutgers University, from which he obtained a B.S. in Administration of Justice. Bob then moved West to attend law school and to pursue interests in hiking, camping, fishing, backpacking, mountaineering, and cross-country skiing.

Bob received his JD from the University of Wyoming. In 2001, he accepted his first judicial clerkship with Judge Jack Berryhill in Golden, Colorado, and became intimately familiar with the inner-workings of the trial courts in Jefferson County. When his one-year clerkship ended, Bob returned to Wyoming and clerked for Judge William C. Beaman in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. In 2003, he joined the prestigious Hale Friesen law firm in Denver; known for its work in land use litigation, governmental affairs, and public policy.

Over the next four years, Bob developed a successful law practice in real estate litigation, land use, and public policy. From 2003 to 2006 he drafted more than a dozen bills for the Colorado General Assembly in the areas of land use and transportation policy.

Bob then elected to relocate his practice to Evergreen, and joined Frank and Finger in the Summer of 2006. Shortly after joining Frank and Finger, Bob was honored as the George Holley Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the First Judicial District.

He is currently a PhD student at the University of Colorado in its Graduate School of Public Affairs. In that respect, Mr. Hoban has extensively researched land use and transportation policy. Bob has given numerous presentations at legal, policy, and academic conferences, and has a variety of publications in academic, legal, and professional journals.

Bob’s practice concentrates in the areas of general civil litigation, real estate, land use, eminent domain, labor/employment law, public policy, governmental relations, and appeals. He represents both private and governmental entities, landowners, business owners, developers, tenants, and other entities in all aspects of these practice areas. Most recently, Mr. Hoban has been working with various citizens’ coalitions and numerous individuals with concerns regarding eminent domain, urban renewal projects, the proposed Front Range Toll Road, and the extension of 470 through Golden.

Bob is married to Sandy Hoban, and they have two children, Fletcher (3) and Cassidy (5).

Published Cases:

Cornerstone Group XXII, L.L.C. v. Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal, --- P.3d ----, WL 2291146 (Colo. App.)

Stockman's Water Co., LLC v. Vaca Partners, L.P., 425 F.3d 1263, 1265 (10th Cir. 2005).

Whalen v. Shepler, 104 P.3d 243, 244 (Colo.App. 2004)

Jack Akin and Carole Stepe v. Four Corners Encampment, et al., --- P.3d ----, 2007 WL 1150450 (Colo.App. 2007), Court of Appeals No.: 05CA1228.

Legislation:

House Bill 04-1203
Senate Bill 05-230
House Bill 05-1342
Senate Bill 06-154
Senate Bill 06-78
House Bill 06-1003
House Bill 06-1411
House Concurrent Resolution 06-1001
House Bill 07-1068
Senate Bill 07-89

Seminars:

Eminent Domain Conference – CLE International – Featured Presenter – August 2006

Real Estate Development Conference – CLE International – Faculty/Lecturer – April 2006

Real Estate Development Conference – CLE International – Faculty/Lecturer – May 2005

Eminent Domain Conference – Lecturer/Faculty - August 2005

Eminent Domain Conference – Lecturer/Faculty - November 2006

Colorado Dairy Farmers Association – Land Use/Eminent Domain – December 2006

Colorado Property Rights Coalition – Land Use Law in Colorado – 2007