Joseph F. Smith III

Joe Smith is a licensed attorney in Florida and Colorado and a Colorado licensed architect with over twenty-five years of architecture, construction law and construction defect litigation experience. Before joining Burg Simpson, Mr. Smith spent three years as a senior forensic architect at a Denver metropolitan area consulting and engineering firm where he provided forensic services to private and public clients, including:

Architectural, structural, civil, and property damage claims
Building code compliance and upgrade analysis
Repair and rehabilitation design
Construction monitoring and quality assurance
Existing property condition assessments
Design and construction claim litigation support
Expert witness services

Prior to that, Mr. Smith spent nearly twelve years as a construction defect attorney representing homeowners and commercial building owners on matters including:

Compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations
Land purchase and other due diligence
Design
Building code and industry standards compliance
Permitting
Project documentation
Contract formation and interpretation
Value engineering
Construction means, methods, and sequencing
Quality control
Post-construction warranty and repair work

Mr. Smith has extensive experience working with and analyzing the work of:

Architects
Civil, structural, and geotechnical engineers
Developers
Contractors
Estimators
Real estate appraisers and salespersons
Community association managers

Practice Areas

Construction Defect Litigation

Construction Law

Architecture

Honors & Accolades

Selected to Best Lawyers® in America, 2020-2021

AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Bar Admissions

Colorado

Florida

Education

University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1999 J.D.

University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1993 Bachelor's of Architecture

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM International)

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Colorado Bar Association

Denver Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

Lectures & Seminars

"Lunch and Learn Lectures" - Mr. Smith routinely provides informal seminars to community association managers in Colorado and Florida

October, 2013 – PLRB 2013 Regional Adjusters Conference & Exposition (Eastern), Concord, North Carolina. Emerging Trends in Building Products, Codes, and Sustainability.

June, 2013 – PLRB 2013 Regional Adjusters Conference & Exposition (Western), Garden Grove, California. Emerging Trends in Building Products, Codes, and Sustainability.

May, 2013 – Colorado Defense Lawyers Association Construction Law Committee “How To” series, Denver, Colorado. Everything You Wanted to Know About Roofs and Were Afraid to Ask (And May Not Want to Know).