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Mr. Farber's practice encompasses corporate and partnership business transactions, public and private business transactions, acquisitions and mergers, real estate, business and contract transactions. Mr. Farber's experience includes the representation of the ASCENT Corporation, former owner of the Denver Nuggets NBA franchise and the Colorado Avalanche NHL franchise, in connection with the Pepsi Center. In addition, Mr. Farber represented the Denver Broncos on the new football stadium. Mr. Farber currently represents ISC Corporation on its interest in bringing a NASCAR race to Colorado. Mr. Farber is actively involved in many political, charitable, and community causes. He is currently co-chair and a member of the executive committee of the Host Committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, a commissioner on the CU Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity and on the board of directors for the University of Colorado Hospital Foundation. From 1992 until 1996, he served as a commissioner of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. He was chairman of former Colorado Governor Roy Romer's successful gubernatorial campaigns and was a member of the Site Advisory Committee for the 2000 Democratic National Convention. He serves as co-chairman for former Governor Bill Owens’s College for Colorado. Mr. Farber is immediate past chairman of the executive committee of Colorado Concern and immediate past chairman of the board of trustees of the Rose Community Foundation. He is a member of the board of trustees for the Anti-Defamation League, Children's Diabetes Foundation, Race to Erase M.S. Foundation, the Children's Hospital Foundation, Denver Metro Chamber Foundation and the University of Denver. Further, he is a board member for Citywide Banks. Mr. Farber is also a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and a fellow of the Colorado and American Bar Foundations. Mr. Farber was appointed in 2003 by then Colorado Governor Bill Owens as a member of the Commission of Civil Service Reform. Mr. Farber's past community involvement includes serving as chairman of the board of trustees of The Rose Health Care Systems, parent company of The Rose Medical Center, and chairman of The Rose Medical Center. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Allied Jewish Federation, functioning as campaign chairman in 1984 and 1985 and president in 1986. He served on the board of directors for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Denver Metro Chamber Foundation from 1997 to 2003. In 2004, Mr. Farber received the Del Hock Lifetime Achievement Award from the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. In 2007, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Private Practice from the University of Colorado Law School. He is also the 2007 recipient of the Barbara Davis High Hopes Award in recognition for his many contributions to the community and the Children's Diabetes Foundation. | 