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Tamara L. Niles Special Counsel 303-628-3332 [email protected] Tamara Niles’ practice is focused on complex commercial litigation, construction and design, and public entity law. Ms. Niles frequently represents architects, engineers, builders, and other construction professionals in construction contracts and defect litigation. She also is experienced in matters involving public entities (including municipalities, public safety/police, airports, industrial parks, and school districts), administrative law, creditors’ rights, and general business law. Education Before joining Hall & Evans, Ms. Niles spent 14 years as the General Counsel/City Attorney for the City of Arkansas City, Kansas. As General Counsel, Ms. Niles JD: University of litigated and resolved City litigation and claims; advised and enforced issues Kansas School of involving land use, zoning, and development; represented the City-owned airport Law, 2001, Order of and industrial park; and drafted and negotiated the City’s contracts, including its the Coif construction and development agreements. She also has served as an BA: Emporia State Administrative Hearing Officer with the Kansas Department of Revenue (presiding University, 1998, over disputed administrative hearings), practiced construction law in a large Kansas Biology and City law firm, and maintained a solo civil business law practice. Journalism, magna cum laude Professional Associations Cowley County (KS) Bar Association, 2005-present; President, 2009-2011 Kansas Women Attorney’s Association, 2002-present; Region IV Director, 2007- Bar Admissions 2018 Kansas Bar Association, 2001-present Kansas, 2002 City Attorneys Association of Kansas, 2005-2020; President, 2017-2018 Colorado, 2020 Kansas Credit Attorney Association, 2013-2020; President, 2019-2020 International Municipal Lawyers Association, 2005-2020 Missouri, 2001, inactive Publications & Seminars U.S. District Court, Co-Author, “Kansas Chapter, State-by-State Guide to Construction Contracts and District of Kansas, Claims,” Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2006 Eastern District of Presenter, “Open Records Law and Open Meetings Law,” Kansas Bar Association, Missouri, and 2018 Western District of Missouri Business & Community Service Rotary International, 2005-present Habitat for Humanity for Arkansas City, Inc.; Director, 2006-2018; pro bono legal work, 2006-2020 Arkansas City Area Arts Council, 2005-2020; Board of Directors, 2014-2020; President, 2017-2018; pro bono legal work, 2005-2020 University of Kansas Honors Scholars Banquet, County Chair, 2013-2017 University of Kansas School of Law, Board of Governors, 2013-2016 Kansas Continuing Legal Education Task Force, 2010-2011 www.hallevans.com .

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