Dietze and Davis, P.C.

Peter Dietze

1934 - 2019

Peter Dietze was highly recognized for his outstanding achievements, dedication to the legal profession and selfless services to the community of Boulder, Colorado. In 1957, Peter began attending the University of Colorado, graduating in 1959. Following graduation, he entered law school, graduating in 1962 and passing the Colorado bar that summer. After clerking for one year in the office of U.S. District Judge Hatfield Chilson, Peter accepted a position as the assistant city attorney of Boulder. In 1965 he was appointed as city attorney - an office he held until 1968 when he entered private practice. In 1971 he, along with his dear friend and law school classmate Joel C. Davis, founded the law firm of Dietze and Davis. The law firm of Dietze and Davis, currently with nineteen lawyers, continues to offer legal services to a broad range of clients in the Boulder area and the West. In 2008, the University of Colorado Law School recognized Peter for his Distinguished Achievement in the Practice of law. In 2007, he was awarded the Boulder County Bar Association’s Ron Porter Award of Merit for his selfless dedication to his community. Peter retired from active practice in 2017 to spend time back home with family in Eugene, Oregon. He is remembered fondly, and deeply missed.

In memory of Peter and his endless love for the community of Boulder, donations can be made to the Peter C. Dietze Scholarship Fund at the University of Colorado School of Law.

Experience

Shareholder, Dietze and Davis, P.C. (1972 - present)
City Attorney, City of Boulder, (1965 - 1968)
Assistant City Attorney, (1963 - 1965)
Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge H. Chilson (1962-1963)

Activites

Regent, University of Colorado (1979 - 1996)
CU Law Alumni Advisory Board (2002 - 2006)
University of Colorado Real Estate Foundation (2002 - 2008)
Boulder County and Colorado Bar Associations
University of Colorado Alumni Association, Directors’ Club
Boulder Rotary Club (1968 - 2009)
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Boulder

Publications

Co-author of two chapters on title insurance, water rights and coverage, Practicing Law Institute N4-450, Course Handbook Series No. 358, 1990.
Co-author of chapter on municipal law and practice, King, Colorado Practice, 1970.

Appeals and Reported Decisions

Peter Dietze has participated in over fifty Colorado appellate court cases and several federal appellate court cases.
Listed below are cases involving title insurance issues:

• Chicago Title Ins. Co. v. The Huntington Bank, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1999.

• Steinle v. Knowles, 265 Kan. 545, 961 P.2d 1228 (Kan., 1998).

• Chicago Title Ins. Co. v. RTC, (Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995).

• First Federal Saving and Loan Ass’n of Fargo, N.D. v. Transamerica Title Ins. Co., 19 F.3d 528 (10th Cir.Colo., 1994).

• First Federal Saving and Loan Ass’n of Fargo, N.D. v. Transamerica Title Ins. Co., 793 F.Supp. 265 (D.Colo., 1992).

• Sims v. Sperry, 835 P.2d 565 (Colo., 1990).

• Transamerica Title Ins. Co. v. Alaska Federal Sav. and Loan Ass’n of Juneau, 833 F.2d 775 (9th Cir. Alaska, 1987).

• McRill v. Guaranty Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n of St. Petersburg, Fla., 682 P.2d 498 (Colo.App., 1984).

• Van Winkle v. Transamerica Title Ins. Co., 697 P.2d 784 (Colo.App., 1984).

• Bankers Trust Co. V. Transamerica Title Ins. Co., 594 F.2d 231 (10th Cir.Colo., 1979).