About Gordon
Skip Netzorg's trial practice is focused on complex, multi-party commercial litigation, with an emphasis on partnership, limited liability company, and corporate disputes; officer and director liability, bond litigation, securities and fraud litigation; natural resources including oil and gas, mining disputes; lender liability, estate, banking, and real estate litigation. Some of his typical cases involve issues as diverse as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, corporate governance, business and investment fraud, real estate, debtor-lender disputes, intellectual property and natural resources. Skip represents a range of clients from chief executives, board members, and multinational corporations, to individuals and small businesses, both plaintiffs and defendants. He has extensive familiarity with corporate, partnership, limited liability company and banking statutory requirements. He has been involved with all aspects of special litigation committees, from court appointment as special litigation counsel to counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in derivative litigation. Skip has successfully tried and obtained verdicts, judgments and arbitration awards in wide variety of complex commercial cases including 8-figure awards and 9-figure settlements.Skip has served as an arbitration panel chair, panel member or sole arbitrator in a wide variety of cases, including large complex commercial contracts; banking lending practices; finder's fees; intellectual property; computer software; programming; patents; unfair trade practices; breach of fiduciary duties; fraud; liability arising out of accounting and tax advice; FLSA; putative class actions; oil and gas and mining disputes; compensation and retirement issues; collateralized debt; business breakups; tribal conflicts; securities and investments; gaming facilities; sports controversies; international disputes and real estate. Arbitration demands in cases have ranged from 6 to 10 figures. He has also served as counsel in hundreds of disputes including: partnership, corporate, shareholder, securities, corporate governance, derivative, officer and director liability, fraud, oil and gas and mining disputes, real estate, contract, breach of fiduciary duty, probate (litigation only), wrongful termination, intellectual property, computer software disputes, covenants not to compete, attorney ethics, banking/lending, energy, product liability, biotech, pharmaceutical, Indian law and telecommunications. Skip has served as Special Master appointed by federal court to supervise collection of large federal debt. He has mediated cases involving breach of fiduciary duty; breach of trust; registered representative (stock broker) misconduct; entity breakups; professional malpractice; insurance coverage; breach of contract; divorce, auto accidents and large, complex estate and trust matters. Mediated cases frequently involve multiple parties and have ranged in size from 5 to 9 figures.
Skip Netzorg's trial practice is focused on complex, multi-party commercial litigation, with an emphasis on partnership, limited liability company, and corporate disputes; officer and director liability, bond litigation, securities and fraud litigation; natural resources including oil and gas, mining disputes; lender liability, estate, banking, and real estate litigation. Some of his typical cases involve issues as diverse as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, corporate governance, business and investment fraud, real estate, debtor-lender disputes, intellectual property and natural resources. Skip represents a range of clients from chief executives, board members, and multinational corporations, to individuals and small businesses, both plaintiffs and defendants. He has extensive familiarity with corporate, partnership, limited liability company and banking statutory requirements. He has been involved with all aspects of special litigation committees, from court appointment as special litigation counsel to counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in derivative litigation. Skip has successfully tried and obtained verdicts, judgments and arbitration awards in wide variety of complex commercial cases including 8-figure awards and 9-figure settlements.
Skip has served as an arbitration panel chair, panel member or sole arbitrator in a wide variety of cases, including large complex commercial contracts; banking lending practices; finder's fees; intellectual property; computer software; programming; patents; unfair trade practices; breach of fiduciary duties; fraud; liability arising out of accounting and tax advice; FLSA; putative class actions; oil and gas and mining disputes; compensation and retirement issues; collateralized debt; business breakups; tribal conflicts; securities and investments; gaming facilities; sports controversies; international disputes and real estate. Arbitration demands in cases have ranged from 6 to 10 figures. He has also served as counsel in hundreds of disputes including: partnership, corporate, shareholder, securities, corporate governance, derivative, officer and director liability, fraud, oil and gas and mining disputes, real estate, contract, breach of fiduciary duty, probate (litigation only), wrongful termination, intellectual property, computer software disputes, covenants not to compete, attorney ethics, banking/lending, energy, product liability, biotech, pharmaceutical, Indian law and telecommunications. Skip has served as Special Master appointed by federal court to supervise collection of large federal debt. He has mediated cases involving breach of fiduciary duty; breach of trust; registered representative (stock broker) misconduct; entity breakups; professional malpractice; insurance coverage; breach of contract; divorce, auto accidents and large, complex estate and trust matters. Mediated cases frequently involve multiple parties and have ranged in size from 5 to 9 figures.
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Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Real Estate, Denver (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Denver (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Denver (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Denver (2013)
- Lawyer of the Year: Banking and Finance Law, Denver (2010)
- Recognized: Arbitration
- Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Recognized: Litigation - Real Estate
- Recognized: Litigation - Securities
- Recognized: Mediation
- Practice Area: Banking and Finance Law
- Practice Area: Corporate Governance Law
- Practice Area: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Special Focus: Advocacy
- Special Focus: Arbitration
- Special Focus: Banking
- Special Focus: Bankruptcy and Workouts
- Special Focus: Bond Finance
- Special Focus: Business
- Special Focus: Business Disputes
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: Class Actions
- Special Focus: Closely-Held Businesses
- Special Focus: Commercial
- Special Focus: Complex Disputes
- Special Focus: Complex Litigation
- Special Focus: Contract
- Special Focus: Corporate Governance
- Special Focus: Defrauded Investors
- Special Focus: Energy
- Special Focus: Fiduciary Duties
- Special Focus: Fraud
- Special Focus: Investment
- Special Focus: Large Case Litigation
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Mediation
- Special Focus: Natural Resources
- Special Focus: Securities
- Special Focus: Stockholders' Suits
- 2016 Best Lawyers' Listings-Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking and Finance, Litigation-Real Estate, Litigation-Securities, Mediation
- Best of the Bar Award for Securities Law
- Colorado Super Lawyers Top 10 2013 to 2021 (Ranked #2 2018, 2020; Ranked #3 2019); Top 50 2006 to 2011; Top 100 2012 to 2021
- Corporate Live Wire 2015 Natural Resources Litigation Colorado Lawyer of the Year
- IAALS Rebuilding Justice Award, April 2015
- Law Week Colorado 2011 Lawyer of the Year
- Law Week Colorado: Barrister's Best 2015, "People's Choice (attorney votes): Best Renewable Energy Lawyer"
- Listed since 1995 in Best Lawyers in America; Best Lawyers' 2010 Denver Bankling Lawyer of the Year-Litigation; Best Lawyers' 2013 Denver Banking Lawyer of the Year-Litigation
- Recognized by 5280 Magazine as Top Lawyer - Commercial Litigation 2015 - 2019, ADR 2020, 2021