Robert Daniel Scheid, Attorney

Mr. Scheid has broad experience in the handling of complex commercial litigation matters. He represented one of the seven plaintiffs that went to trial in the Phar-Mor Multi- District Securities litigation which was consolidated and tried in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and represented one of the four consolidated plaintiffs in the MiniScribe Securities Litigation in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Mr. Scheid was also involved in the certification and representation of a class of local agricultural cooperatives that successfully asserted federal securities and breach of fiduciary duty claims against a large regional cooperative.

His commercial litigation experience has also included cases involving breach of contract, fraud, professional negligence, and securities claims; breach of technology licensing agreements and misappropriation of trade secrets claims brought on behalf of inventors and licensors; breach of license and copyright infringement claims brought on behalf of an international communications product supplier; copyright infringement and trademark claims brought on behalf of clothing designers and distributors; trade dress claims brought and defended on behalf of a knife manufacturer; breach of mineral lease agreements brought on behalf of royalty owners; the pursuit and defense of defamation, disparagement, and consumer protection claims; the defense of class action and private environmental claims; the pursuit of class action professional negligence claims; breach of loan and lease agreements brought on behalf of banks, equipment leasing companies, and other financial institutions; the pursuit and defense of fraudulent transfer and preferential transfer claims; the pursuit and defense of construction related claims on behalf of architects, engineers, and other individuals and entities; and the defense of wrongful termination claims. He has both pursued and defended cases brought in federal and state courts located in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and New York.

In addition, Mr. Scheid has experience representing secured and unsecured creditors in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, negotiation of non-bankruptcy loan workouts, and UCC matters. He has represented several large secured and unsecured creditors in such Colorado bankruptcies as Centrix Financial, Storage Technology Corporation, MiniScribe Corporation, SilverCreek Development Company, and Empire Oil and Gas Co. He has also represented the liquidating trustee of the Oren L. Benton bankruptcy estate in complex commercial litigation matters concerning significant assets of the estate.

SIGNIFICANT LITIGATION MATTERS INCLUDE:

COMMERCIAL

CONSTRUCTION

ENVIRONMENTAL

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

EMPLOYMENT

SECURITIES

• Phar-Mor Multi-District Securities Litigation 1994