L. Tyrone Holt, Esquire, B.A., 1971 (summa cum laude), Morehouse College; J.D. 1974, Stanford University; M. Theology, 1997 Peace Theological Seminary and College of Philosophy. Ty is the Managing Principal of THE HOLT GROUP LLC, Attorneys & Counselors at Law and the founder and Principal of WESTERN NEUTRAL SERVICES LLC, in Denver, Colorado.
Ty has over fifty years of experience as a: commercial and construction transaction lawyer; commercial and construction trial attorney; and forty years of experience as a commercial and construction mediator and arbitrator. Ty is listed in the “Red Book” and serves as co-bond counsel for several governmental clients and a number of higher education institutions.
Ty’s clients include owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, design professionals, construction/program managers, insurers and sureties. He serves as a “first chair” trial and counseling attorney for many clients. His experience extends from the simple to the most complex multi-party disputes. He practices in the Federal and State trial and appellate courts; before various federal, state and local agencies and administrative claims tribunals. Mr. Holt also has extensive experience with arbitrations, mediations and other customized ADR procedures. He frequently serves as “local trial counsel” for clients with complex construction disputes.
Ty is a frequent speaker at local, regional and national educational programs for organizations such as the American Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, Design Build Institute of America and College of Commercial Arbitrators, Practicing Law Institute and various state bar associations.
Ty is a Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators ("CCA") (Past President); 2020-2026 - Colorado Super Lawyers - Construction Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Denver 5280 Magazine Top Attorneys in Colorado for 2020-26 - The Best Attorneys in Construction Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Certified Mediator, International Mediation Institute; Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (“NADN”) (Arbitration and Mediation Panels); Member, American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), Counsel-rated Panel for Mega Construction Project Claims; Member, American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), Master Mediator Panel; Member, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (“CPR”) Construction Industry Mediation and Arbitration Neutrals Panels and CPR Construction Industry Rules Advisory Committee; Member, Mediator Panel, Resolute Systems, LLC, Insurance Coverage Disputes; Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, The Stanford Law School; Member, Leadership Circle, Morehouse College, Inducted 2018; Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, Delta of Georgia Chapter, Morehouse College (1971); Life Member, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Denver Alumni Chapter (1976); Life Fellow, American and Colorado Bar Foundations; Listed in the “Red Book” of public finance professionals; National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL); Vice President, Member of Executive, Audit and Finance Committees, and Board of Directors, Colorado Golf Association and its subsidiary, Member of the Board of Directors of Common Ground Golf Course; Former Chair, Litigation Council, Colorado Bar Association; Past Member, Governing Committee, American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law, 2007-2010; Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department (2017); and Past Member and Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado.
Ty is co-editor of Design Professional/Construction Manager Liability Law, Copyright ABA Press, January 2007; co-author of “Large, Complex Construction Disputes: The Dynamics of Multi-Party Mediation”, Dispute Resolution Journal, Copyright 2007; author of “Whither Arbitration? What Can Be Done to Improve Arbitration and Keep Out Litigation’s Ill-Affects?”, The DePaul University Business & Commercial Law Journal, Spring 2009; co-author of AAA Handbook on Mediation, 2nd Edition, “Large, Complex Construction Disputes: The Dynamics of Multi-Member Mediation Teams”, Juris Publishing, 2010 and; co-author of AAA Handbook on Mediation, 3rd Edition, “Large, Complex Construction Disputes: The Dynamics of Multi-Party Mediation”, Juris Publishing, 2015.
Ty is admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado, and before the Supreme Court of Colorado and all subordinate Courts, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the United States Supreme Court, the Los Angeles County Superior Court (Pro Hac Vice), the State of Hawaii Circuit Court for the First Circuit (Pro Hac Vice), the State of Wyoming Teton County District Court for the Ninth Judicial District (Pro Hac Vice), the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Pro Hac Vice), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Pro Hac Vice), the United States District Court for the District of Utah (Pro Hac Vice), The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (Pro Hac Vice), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Pro Hac Vice) and the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming (Pro Hac Vice). He served as law clerk to the Honorable Preston Devine of the California Court of Appeals in 1974.