Mia, Subchair of the Denver office’s Litigation Practice Group, focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with a special emphasis on public finance litigation. She represents municipalities, special districts, bondholders, banks, trustees and other clients in virtually every type of dispute arising from public finance transactions and related tax laws. Mia has deep experience in the litigation of, among other things, validation actions, TABOR and other bond-related constitutional provisions, Title 32 and the Election Code, as well as related contract disputes. She has frequently litigated public finance-related issues before the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court. 

Mia also routinely represents clients in the agribusiness sector. Her agribusiness experience includes counseling agribusiness clients on the federal and state exemptions to “shelter in place” orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic for firms engaged in food and feed distribution, representing regional plant breeders and growers in protecting proprietary plant varieties, representing protein producers in product liability matters, representing growers and distributors in defending claims arising from foodborne illnesses, and representing producers of agricultural commodities in contract negotiations and related disputes.  

Strongly committed to civic and community service, Mia serves on Kutak Rock’s Diversity and Inclusiveness Committee. She completed the Denver Chamber of Commerce civic leadership program, “Impact Denver,” for Denver’s next generation of community leaders. Mia has also served as a Reporter at the 90th Arizona Town Hall, where she co-authored a report published statewide in Arizona, “Health Care in Arizona: Accessibility, Affordability, and Accountability.”

With her experience, responsiveness and pragmatic approach, Mia has the experience to obtain successful resolutions on behalf of her clients. She speaks Croatian fluently.