Biography

KENT JAY LEVINE

Attorney and Counselor at Law

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND SUMMARY SHEET

 

I. AREA OF CONCENTRATION : REAL ESTATE LAW, BUSINESS LAW, COMMERCIAL LAW, AND RELATED MATTERS.

 

II . PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :
1990 – Present Shareholder, Director and President Kent Jay Levine, P.C., Englewood, CO
1990 – Present Licensed Insurance Producer Colorado
1987 – 1990 Attorney at Law, Sole Practitioner Kent Jay Levine,

Englewood, CO

1985 – 1987 Attorney at Law, Of Counsel to Levine & Pitler, P.C., Englewood, CO
1977 – 1985 Shareholder and Director Levine & Pitler, P.C., Attorneys at Law
1973 – 1977 Shareholder and Director Levine, Pitler and Westerfeld, P.C., Attorneys at Law
1974 – Present Licensed Real Estate Broker Colorado
1973 – Present Licensed Attorney at Law Colorado
2004 – Present Adjunct Professor – Real Estate Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO
1973 – 2004 Professor – Chairman of Real Estate Program- Business Law and Real Estate Red Rocks Community

College, Lakewood, CO

1986 – 1992 Levine, Ltd. Realtors – Employed Broker Denver. CO
1979 – 1986 Levine, Ltd. Realtors, f/d/b/a Real Estate Unlimited, Inc. II, Designated Corporate Broker, Vice Pres., Shareholder, Director Denver, CO
1969 – 1979 Real Estate Unlimited, Inc., Vice President Denver, CO

 

III. CLIENTS :

 

A. Real Estate Brokers, Sellers, Purchasers, Lenders, Landlords and Tenants.

B. Expert Witness/Co-Counsel/Special Counsel and Consultant to other attorneys on real estate law matters.

C. Mr. Levine has served as both General and Special Counsel to many various Real Estate Brokerage Companies, National, Franchisee, as well as a number of independent brokers, salesmen, lenders, and smaller home builders and developers.

D. Mr. Levine has also represented different Boards of Realtors, as both general and
special counsel.

 

IV. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES :
A. Local Boards of Realtors:
f/k/a Denver Metro Association of Realtors:

Denver Board of Realtors.

 

2002 – Present

South Metro Denver Realtors Association, Inc. 1992 – 2001
Denver Board of Realtors Professional Standards Committee. 1974 � 1991

 

 

B. Colorado Real Estate Commission
Chairman – Special Advisory Committee to the Colorado Real Estate Commission on Standard and Approved Forms, (REC “Forms” Committee).  

 

1992 – Present

Member – Brokerage Relationship Task Force II. 2004 – 2004
Liaison to Colorado Bar Association and Colorado Association of Realtor’s Interprofessional Committee of Lawyers and Realtors on behalf of the Special Advisory Committee.  

 

1979 – 2004

Member – Broker Confidentiality and Responsibilities Task Force.  

2003 – 2003

Member – Real Estate Brokerage and Title Insurance Escrow

Services Business Practice Relationships Joint Task Force Colorado Real Estate Commission.

 

 

2003 – 2003

Member – Education Advisory Council – Colorado Real Estate

Commission.

 

1985 – 2003

Member – Brokerage Relationship Task Force I (Designated Brokerage) Colorado Real Estate Commission.  

1999 – 2002

Member of the Colorado Real Estate Commission’s Mandatory

Continuing Education Committee.

 

1985 – 2002

Member – Single License Task Force – Colorado Real Estate

Commission.

 

1994 – 1996

Member – Mandatory Errors and Omission Insurance Task Force Colorado Real Estate Commission.  

1994 – 1996

Attendee of Colorado Real Estate Commission’s Agency Task

Force.

 

1989 – 1993

Member of the Colorado Real Estate Commission’s Closing

Instructions Task Force.

 

1988 – 1989

Co-Chairman – of Special Advisory Committee on Standard and Approved Forms (CREC “Forms” Committee).  

1978 – 1992

Co-Chairman and Founding Member – C.R.E.C. “Forms”

Committee.

 

1978 – 1992

Worked for several years with the �Drafting Committee� in

preparation of new and revised Commission approved forms.

The Drafting Committee was the predecessor of the Forms Committee.

 

 

(1975-1978)

C. Colorado Bar Association
Liaison to Colorado Bar Association (Real Estate Section Council) and Forms Committee.  

1990 – 2013

Member of the Real Estate Law and Titles Section Council 1987 – 1990
Member – Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee 1982 – 1989
D. Colorado Association of Realtors (C.A.R)
Chairman – Regulatory Agencies – Legislative Committee. 1985 – 1991
Member – Numerous C.A.R Committees, Professional Standards Committee, Errors and Omission Insurance, Continuing Education, etc.
E. Member – Interprofessional Committee – Colorado Association of Realtors/Colorado Bar Association/ Colorado Real Estate Commission.  

1983 – Present

F. National Association of Realtors
1. Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager Designation (CRB)- Realtors’ National Marketing Institute of the National Association of Realtors. 1982
2. Commercial Investment Courses CI 101, 102, 103, 105 – Realtor’s National Marketing Institute of the National Association of Realtors.
G. POETS. Monthly meetings of real estate attorneys. 1978 – Present
Member of the Colorado Division of Insurance’s Title Insurance

Advisory Committee.

 

1988 – 1991

Instructor: Red Rocks Community College (Real Estate, Law, Business).  

2004 – Present

Real Estate Securities and Syndications Institute (Institute of the National Association of Realtors). Member of the Professional Standards Committee of NAR.  

 

1980-1982

Prior Teaching Assignments:
University of Colorado – Denver Center – School of Business (Business Law). 1978 – 1979
University of Denver – School of Business (Real Estate). 1981 – 1982
Arapahoe Community College (Real Estate). 1973 – 1975
University of Northern Colorado – Graduate School – Business

(Business Law).

1978 – 1980
Various Lectures – Locally, Nationally, (Realtors, Colorado Bar Association). 1973 – Present
Colorado Association of Realtors (CAR) Real Estate Contracts, Advanced Real Estate Law. 1984 – 1995
University of Colorado – Real Estate Certificate Program.

(5, 10 and 15 year Distinguished Instructor Award).

Educational Achievement in Real Estate, University of CO,

Public Trustee Foreclosure, Real Estate Contracts, Real Estate Law And New Contract Forms; UCCC/Truth in Lending, etc.

1973 – 2002

 

Community College of Denver and Red Rocks Community College – Five, Ten, Fifteen, Twenty and Twenty-five Year Awards.

V. EDUCATION/DESIGNATIONS :
Numerous Realtor and Attorney continuing education seminars/ courses. 1974-2013
Colorado Super Lawyers. 2009
Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (DREI). 1985
Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB). 1982
Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI). 1979
University of Colorado-Certificate of Achievement Real Estate. 1979
United States Supreme Court. Admitted 1975
United States Court of Appeals for 10th Circuit. Admitted 1973
United States District Court for Colorado. Admitted 1973
Colorado Supreme Court and all Courts of Record in CO. Admitted 1973
Drake University Law School – J.D. 1973
Western State Colorado University (f/k/a Western State College of Colorado). B.A. 1966-1970
Commercial – Investment Courses CI 101-105.

VI. BOOKS, PAPERS AND ARTICLES AUTHORED/ASSISTED BY MR. LEVINE.

See separate listing.