David M. Tenner
David Tenner is an arbitrator, a mediator, and a special master appointed by state and federal trial courts. His trial practice focused on the representation of businesses and individuals in both state and federal court and in arbitrations. He tried complex business, intellectual property, and tort cases to both judges and juries. He also tried complex claims in both domestic and international arbitrations. He represented a broad range of clients; from Fortune 500 companies to closely-held businesses to individuals.
Mr. Tenner is an attorney, an arbitrator, a special master to area courts, and a trained mediator. He is a member of the commercial, large complex case, and employment panels of the American Arbitration Association. He is a past co-chair of both the ABA’s Arbitration Training Institute and the Dispute Resolution Section’s Arbitration Committee. He has also been selected as Colorado’s Best Arbitrator by Law Week Colorado in nine of the last eleven years.
Mr. Tenner has been appointed on over 50 occasions as a special master in complicated matters pending in both state and federal courts. These matters range from complicated business and real estate cases to multi-state product liability litigation to employment claims. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals (“ACAN”) and currently serves as the Academy’s President.
David has been listed in Best Lawyers in America (Arbitration, Mediation, and Commercial Litigation) from 2017 to 2023, becoming one of a handful of attorneys listed in all three fields. Mr. Tenner has been recognized by his peers on the Colorado Super Lawyers list in the area of business litigation from 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2023, where he is listed in the area of alternative dispute resolution. He received his AV rating from Martindale Hubbell in March 1993, becoming Denver’s youngest AV-rated attorney.
