Rebekah L. Nickel

Biography

Cases

• Succeeded at the Colorado Court of Appeals in an 8-figure dispute for LivWell—a subsidiary of PharmaCann, the country's largest vertically integrated cannabis company. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's terminating sanctions, issued after the WTO team proved that the plaintiff fabricated evidence.
• Won a jury verdict for DISH Wireless in a cell tower contract dispute worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Won a motion to dismiss for a retail marijuana franchise in a $400 million dispute.
• Won U.S. asylum in a pro bono victory for two Congolese refugees who were targets of extreme ethnic violence in their home country.
• Representing a retail marijuana franchise in a contract dispute involving claims that our client owes money for capital raised.
• Representing one of the largest real estate sales companies in the nation in commercial disputes involving violations of franchise agreements.
• Representing one of the nation's largest health and wellness franchisors in disputes involving violations of franchise, trademark, and trade secret agreements. Helped draft motions for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order.
• Serving as lead national trial counsel to a major U.S. distributor of vaping products in federal multidistrict litigation in California. WTO is liaison counsel to all of the distributor defendants in the litigation.
• Representing a father pro bono in an international child custody dispute.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

Articles

• "The Government Game of Hot Potato," 98 Denver Law Review 229, (November 2020).

Press

• "Denver Jury Says Dish Wireless Didn't Flout Cell Tower Lease," Law360, April 12, 2024.

Community Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Personal Interests