JESSE HOWARD WITT, a partner at Benson & Associates, focuses his practice on construction litigation, insurance disputes, and appeals. His clients include homeowner associations, property owners, and builders. In his construction cases, Mr. Witt has been able to draw upon personal experience in the industry, having worked his way through law school as a grade setter for various residential and commercial excavation projects. Mr. Witt has written on a variety of subjects, and his article "The Spearin Doctrine and the Economic Loss Rule in Residential Construction" was recently selected for inclusion in the 2006/2007 edition of the Legal Handbook for Architects, Engineers and Contractors.

Mr. Witt was raised in Crockett, California, a small suburb of San Francisco known as the home of the world's largest sugar cane refinery and, more recently, of the pop-punk band Green Day. He received his bachelor’s degree in astrophysics from the University of California at Berkeley,, and earned a minor in Italian while studying for a year in the astronomy department of the Università degli Studi di Padova in Padua, Italy.

Mr. Witt completed his juris doctorate at the University of Denver, where he participated as an attorney in the Student Law Office, the oldest academic legal aid clinic in the United States. As a speaker, Mr. Witt has given presentations on topics including construction law and electronic document management for law firms. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry, and he serves on the amicus curiae committee of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and the legislative action committee for the Community Associations Institute, Rocky Mountain and Southern Colorado chapters. Mr. Witt lives in Golden with his wife and son, and he enjoys sailing his restored 1956 Lightning class sloop in his rare moments of free time.

Mr. Witt is admitted to practice in all state courts in Colorado and California, and in the United States District Courts for the Districts of Colorado and Northern California.