Tara L. Acton

Education:

University of Michigan, B.A. 1996
Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1999 with honors, Order of the Coif

Admitted:

Colorado

Year of Birth:

1974

Practice Areas:

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Contact Information:

P: 303-592-8366
F: 303-629-7610
E: tacton@bw-legal.com

Tara L. Acton focuses her practice on a variety of litigation matters, including those arising from disputes in the areas of commercial transactions, bankruptcy, corporate law, construction law, landlord/tenant law, employment law and real estate law. Ms. Acton also has experience with privacy issues related to monitoring employee network use.

She joined BW&E in 2004 following several years with a national law firm and a clerkship with the Honorable Richard P. Matsch, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Ms. Acton received a J.D. with honors in 1999 from the Emory University School of Law and was elected to the Order of the Coif. While attending law school, Ms. Acton served as Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the Emory Law Journal. Ms. Acton earned her undergraduate degree in history, with honors, from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor in 1996.

Ms. Acton is the author of Treatment of Americans with Disabilities Act Claims When the Plaintiff Is Deceased: A Call for Uniformity, 48 Emory L.J. 733 (1999).