Since entering private practice in the late 1980s, Mr. Birch has focused on complex litigation at the trial and appellate court levels. He is admitted to practice in the State of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for Colorado, and the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Birch earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Utah, where he was a member of the Honors Program and a Merit Scholar. In 1986, he received a J.D. degree from the University of Utah. He was named a Leary Scholar (in recognition of academic excellence), received an American Jurisprudence Award in Torts, and was an editor of the Journal of Contemporary Law and the Journal of Energy Law & Policy.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Birch served for two years (1986–1988) as a law clerk to Justice Howard M. Kirshbaum at the Colorado Supreme Court. Since entering private practice in Denver in 1988, Mr. Birch has been employed primarily at small law firms specializing in complex commercial litigation, including four years at Holmes & Starr, P.C. and several years at a spin-off of that firm. He has extensive experience handling disputes with millions of dollars at stake, including the successful defense of a $120 million class action lawsuit.

Mr. Birch has authored a chapter for West’s Colorado Practice Series (1996 and 2006 editions), addressing extraordinary writ remedies available to trial counsel.