Chad J. Schmit

Practice Areas:  Complex Commercial and Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Construction Litigation and Law, Employment Litigation, Landlord-tenant Litigation, and Personal Injury

Office: Aspen

Position: Shareholder

Experience

Chad focuses on commercial, real estate, construction and employment litigation in state and federal courts.  As an accomplished trial lawyer with extensive litigation experience, Chad has tried or resolved hundreds of cases, including obtaining a seven figure judgment in a construction defect case, successfully prosecuting and defending numerous landlord-tenant and property related disputes for the owner of a large mixed-use retail and office development that was obtained through foreclosure, which enabled the new owner to sell the property at a significant gain, successfully defending a tenant in a multi-million dollar landlord-tenant dispute, successfully defending a developer in a mechanics’ lien foreclosure action and prevailing on an excessive lien claim and successfully defending employers in wage act lawsuit.  Chad also served on a team that secured a favorable national product liability class action settlement for a global manufacturing company.  In the construction law context, Chad has negotiated numerous construction contracts on behalf of developers, home owners and contractors.  Prior to joining Garfield & Hecht in 1998, Chad practiced law in Chicago.

Education

• Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1994) Ramsey-Burke Scholar
• University of Iowa (B.A., 1990)

Court Admissions

• State of Colorado Supreme Court
• State of Illinois Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the District of Colorado
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• United States District Court Northern District of Illinois (General Bar)
• United States District Court Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)

Bar Associations & Professional Societies

• Colorado Bar Association
• Pitkin County Bar Association (former Vice President)
• American Bar Association

Community Involvement:

• Aspen Institute – Vanguard Member

E-mail Address:

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Garfield & Hecht, P.C. was founded in 1975 by Ronald Garfield and Andrew Hecht. The firm has been rated AV by its peers, which is the highest possible rating.