Dan Wennogle is a partner in the Litigation practice group with deep experience representing clients in a broad range of construction and property rights matters. His practice focuses on senior living and multi-family developers and builders. Typical matters include construction contract or development agreement disputes, schedule delay and impact claims, lien and bond claims, construction defects, quiet title, condemnation, easements, and complex fraud and bad faith claims.
No matter the challenge, Dan takes pride in understanding and immersing himself in his clients' industries, allowing him to guide his clients through the ever-expanding complexities of their businesses.
When he's not representing clients in the courtroom, Dan enjoys being a dad, fly-fishing, playing guitar, and being a track and field coach.
Representative Experience
Any result the lawyer or law firm may have achieved on behalf of clients in other matters does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.
- Represented a premier senior living community developer in a high-stakes construction dispute involving its flagship facility, achieving a favorable settlement that dismissed all claims against the client and secured substantial financial recovery for the client’s claims.
- Recovered a significant settlement for a multifamily developer on a project with fire suppression system defects in an apartment building.
- Advising on a claim regarding the repair of a fire suppression system in a senior living community.
- Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a specialty subcontractor on a federal project regarding alleged delays and nonconforming masonry walls.
- Secured a favorable arbitration decision for a general contractor on a power plant construction project.
Professional & Civic Engagement
- University of Denver, Sturm College of Law Mentor Program, Mentor
- Colorado Bar Association Construction Section, Former Chair
- Mending Faces, Associate Board Member
Honors & Awards
- 5280 Magazine, Top Construction Lawyer, 2021
- The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings LLC, Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Construction, 2023-Present
- Law Week Colorado, People’s Choice “Barrister’s Best” Construction Defect Defense Lawyer, 2021
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent™ rating (highest)
- National Law Journal, Trailblazer, Construction 2020, Litigation 2023
Thought Leadership
- Author, “Avoiding the Johnny Cash Contract: Smarter Construction Agreements for Developers,” Western Real Estate Business, November 2025
- Author, "Developers Need to Avoid the ‘Johnny Cash Contract’, Multifamily and Affordable Housing Business, September 16, 2025
