Partner
Jon N.
Banashek
Mr. Banashek is a partner at Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP. His practice emphasizes civil litigation and criminal defense.
Mr. Banashek has represented individual and corporate defendants in federal and state courts in a wide variety of matters including white collar, street crimes, protection orders and post-conviction work. In addition, Mr. Banashek handles administrative proceedings such as professional licensure issues for lawyers, doctors, nurses, etc., and other types of regulatory hearings.
His civil litigation practice has included complex commercial, tax and trust, construction, environmental and water law litigation and appeals, medical malpractice, and product liability suits. In the area of personal injury, Mr. Banashek has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving serious injury and death.
Legal Assistants
Liz Ridenour (Criminal Matters)
Alanna Moore (Civil Matters)
Anita Tupper (Personal Injury)
EDUCATION & ADMISSIONS
JURIS DOCTOR
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, 1995
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, 1992
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
1995
U.S. District Court, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
1995
Colorado
1995
Professional Associations
Colorado Bar Association, Board of Governors 2007 – 2011
Colorado Bar Foundation, Fellow 2011 – Present
Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association, Member 1995 – Present; Boulder Chapter Co-Chair 2004 – 2010
Boulder County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section 1995 – Present
Boulder County Bar Foundation, Fellow 2010 – Present
Pro Bono
Congregation Har HaShem; Board of Trustees, 2011 – 2013
Congregation Har HaShem; Campaign Committee, 2007 – 2009
Congregation Har HaShem; Ritual Committee, 2009 – 2011
Teens, Inc.; Board of Directors/Advisory, Board Member, 1998 – 2003
Mountain People’s Cooperative; Board of Directors, 1996 – 1998
Seminars
“Guardianships and Conservatorships When They Intersect with Criminal Cases” CLE Presentation, Denver, CO, March 9, 2016
University of Colorado Guest Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, 2014 – Present
“Appealing Administrative Findings of Child Abuse / Neglect and the Colorado TRAILS Database,” presentation given at the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar monthly meeting, Boulder, Colorado, July 6, 2010
Moderator, Search and Seizure Law, Lorman Education, 2008
Search and Seizure Law, Lorman Education, 2004 – 2007
Criminal Record Sealing, Boulder County Bar Association, 2003 – 2005
Publications
PUBLISHED WORK
Polygraph Examinations: Admissibility and Privilege Issues, Colorado Lawyer,
Vol. 31
PUBLISHED CASES
Burlington Ditch Reservoir & Land Co. v. Metro Wastewater Reclamation Dist., et al., No. 09CA133, 2011 WL 2139902 (Colo. May 31, 2011)
Honors & Awards
Boulder County Bar Association; Young Lawyer of the Year, 2000
Jon’s Blog
Jon Banashek Hosts AVID Field Experience for Students
On Thursday, April 11, 2019, BHGR Partner, Jon Banashek, hosted the Centaurus High School Senior AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) class for a field experience. The students met with Mr. Banashek and then traveled to the Boulder County Justice Center,...
In the News
CEO’s Talk Real Estate, Construction and COVID-19
BizWest's CEO Roundtables continue to offer the opportunity for CEO's to gather, virtually, to discuss the current state of the industries in which they represent. July 21, 2020, leaders of Boulder's real estate and construction industry came together and discuss the...
DeCamp Joins Firm and Leads California Office
Camille Joy DeCamp was elected to join Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP as a partner and will be based at the firm's office in Irvine, CA. Leading the California office, Camille's practice emphasizes employment and construction law and complex business litigation....
2020 Law School Graduates meet a COVID-19 Economy
A BizWest article by Dan Mika covers a day in the live of a 2020 law school graduate in Colorado. With several bar exams being postponed around the nation, recent law school graduates in Colorado are still expected to take the bar exam at the end of this month (July)...
Firm Happenings
COVID-19 Update: CA Employment
Workers protections during the COVID-19 Pandemic and How Employers can Rebut the Presumption COVID-19 has had dramatic effects on the daily lives of Americans, causing many individuals and companies to rethink how they approach the work office environment. As a result...
Let’s Talk: #Garminoutage
The Garmin outage continues to rattle users around the world as they surpass 24-hours of “server maintenance.” Here’s what we know: “We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin Connect, and as a result, the Garmin Connect website and mobile app are...
Client Alert: European Union Invalidates Privacy Shield
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its ruling on Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd., Schrems (Schrems II), striking down EU-U.S. Privacy Shield as a valid mechanism for transferring EU personal data under...