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Nate Barker focuses his practice on defending insurance companies and their insureds in both first-party and third-party claims, including cases involving allegations of bad faith and unreasonable claim handling.

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Michael J. Belo helps employers navigate the complexities of labor and employment law through thoughtful legal guidance, development, and refinement of employee handbooks and policies, and skilled representation in litigation when it becomes necessary.

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Michelle Berger combines her legal and engineering experience to provide clients with effective solutions to help keep complex construction and development projects on schedule and on budget.

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Evan Blonigen represents insurance carriers in complex commercial actions at both the trial and appellate levels, focusing on claims for breach of contract and insurance bad faith.

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Jon Bressler focuses his practice on successfully resolving his clients’ most complex litigation matters at both the trial and appellate levels. He has substantial experience representing individuals and businesses in a variety of industries, including real estate, life sciences, health care, construction, securities, and aviation.

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As a patent attorney and professional engineer, Michael E. Broms offers clients unique experience in all facets of intellectual property law. Protecting his clients’ intellectual assets is his top priority as he procures and enforces patents, trademarks, and copyrights domestically and abroad.

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William Brophy represents sophisticated clients in complex civil disputes at the trial and appellate levels, achieving successful outcomes that limit financial exposure in high-stakes situations. He has significant experience representing clients in insurance coverage and extra-contractual litigation, as well as toxic tort, construction defect, and other commercial matters.

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Jose Castro is a full-service litigator who represents public, private, and corporate clients with all of their litigation needs. Jose focuses his practice on employment issues, real estate, special district, and commercial matters, bringing experience handling cases in federal, state, and administrative forums, and handling matters with a focus on efficiency and communicative client service.

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Taylor Chase is a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services and Business Transactions groups. Her practice focuses on a wide variety of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending, corporate governance and compliance, bankruptcy, and corporate trust.

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Jessica Chong is a full-service litigator who represents clients across a wide breadth of industries, with a focus on defending business entities in insurance and commercial litigation matters. Jessica litigates claims related to general liability, insurance bad faith, and complex business disputes, throughout both state and federal court.

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Maureen H. Cook handles aspects of trust and estate matters, including probate, trust administration, and probate litigation. Her experience encompasses creating simple and complex wills and trusts, financial power of attorney documents, and advanced medical directives.

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Jamie Cotter is a full-service litigator and a co-leader of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group who represents public, private, and corporate clients with all of their litigation needs.

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Brenden Desmond works with special districts all over Colorado so they can more efficiently and effectively serve their property owners and residents.

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Russ Dykstra represents governmental and private sector clients in the areas of project finance, special districts, governmental authorities, regional infrastructure project development, public private partnerships (PPP), transportation, and real estate development.

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Ron Fano helps public entities such as metropolitan districts, intergovernmental authorities, fire protection districts, water and sanitation districts, and business improvement districts to ensure that they are run properly and are able to address the short and long term operation and maintenance of their public facilities, services, and programs for the benefit of their property owners and residents.

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Laura Fischer dedicates herself to delivering a high level of service to her clients as an experienced employee benefits attorney. She provides guidance to various employee benefit plan sponsors regarding an array of benefit plan matters. Laura is equipped to advise plan sponsors on a variety of compliance issues, including ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, and various health care reform mandates. With her counsel, clients can more adeptly navigate the complex and ever-changing regulations regarding the administration and distribution of employee benefits.

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Tom George counsels municipal and local governmental entities throughout the state of Colorado in all aspects of formation, operation, and dissolution.

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Peter is an Of Counsel attorney in the firm’s Higher Education practice.

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Paul Hanley is a partner in our Denver business transactions and financial services practices. Paul’s corporate and commercial law practice involves mergers and acquisitions, Regulation D and Private Placements, private equity and debt finance, corporate and partnership structuring, commercial loans, family limited partnerships, UCC foreclosures, including strict foreclosures, tax planning, international structuring and transactions, and commercial transactions.

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Wendy Harring’s practice emphasizes real estate and real estate finance. She represents lenders, developers and investors in the purchase, sale, and financing of properties ranging from vacant land to commercial, industrial, and residential projects and regularly assists clients with all other aspects of their real estate work. She has extensive experience with workouts involving non-performing loans and assets, foreclosures, receiverships, mechanics’ lien claims, commercial leasing, construction, and asset management contracts and related matters.

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Laura Heinrich represents special districts and other local governments across Colorado.

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Jacob Hollars is a trial and appellate lawyer specializing in employment issues, real estate, special district, and commercial matters.

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Joseph (Joe) Hunt is an experienced business partner and go-to attorney for labor and employment matters. He has a track record of success representing employers across the country in complex labor and employment disputes.

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Whether negotiating a venture capital financing or e-commerce agreement or overseeing regulatory compliance for an investment advisor or investment company, James Jacobson works closely with his clients to further their business goals.

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Paul R. Janda represents clients in all phases of insurance and commercial litigation matters. He has tried cases to jury verdict and secured appellate victories in state and federal courts, in addition to achieving dispositive relief through motions practice and using alternative dispute resolution methods to advance and exceed client goals.

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Danielle Kaiser focuses her practice on establishing and assisting local governmental entities authorized by state law to provide public infrastructure and services, and to utilize public financing mechanisms.

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Arnie Kaplan has significant experience in public and private offerings, municipal bond financings, loan transactions, tender offers, mergers and acquisitions, and other federal and state securities matters. Arnie advises business entities, political subdivisions, and 501(c)(3) organizations on corporate governance and business matters.

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Amy Knapp conceptualizes, designs, and activates legal strategies designed to achieve outcomes aligned with client business objectives and goals, minimizing financial and reputational risks and exposure.

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Linda Knight helps insurers and their insureds successfully resolve complicated first- and third-party litigation to minimize potential exposure when stakes are high.

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James Korte’s practice focuses on all aspects of traditional labor relations and state and federal employment law. Specifically, he provides clients with strategic labor relations workforce planning and union-avoidance, labor-related litigation, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) representation proceedings unfair labor practice charges, and arbitrations. He also regularly represents employers in state and federal employment law cases involving discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour claims, among others.

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During his 30-plus years practicing law, Ken Kramer has helped many clients develop and implement strategies to lower their real estate taxes. Property tax minimization is just one of the many ways Ken provides strategic and effective strategies to support clients’ business goals.

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As a highly-experienced Denver real estate attorney, James L. Kurtz-Phelan offers clients solutions that contribute to their growth and success. His thorough knowledge of real estate and his 40-plus years of experience guides his clients through the most complex real estate transactions.

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Dan Lacomis works closely with his clients to develop the most effective strategies to manage all aspects of employee benefits, from helping clients design and structure retirement, welfare benefit, and executive compensation plans to representing them in IRS and U.S. Department of Labor audits. In his broad employee benefits practice, Dan represents multiemployer / Taft-Hartley, governmental, tax-exempt, and private plan sponsors.

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Drawing on his four decades of legal experience, Charlie Leder represents commercial, multifamily, and residential developers in their efforts to develop, entitle, structure, and finance real estate projects. His experience includes working closely with companies and individuals in the acquisition and disposition of real property, the creation of common interest communities, financing of multifamily projects, leasing of commercial properties, and resolving complicated title problems.

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Larry R. Martinez is a litigator, defending and counseling businesses in a wide range of matters including employment, real estate, property tax, insurance, construction defects, environmental and toxic torts, and general business issues related to the operation of complex facilities and organizations.

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Lisa Mayers is a local government attorney who handles municipal, special district, and real estate related matters. She provides general counsel to public entities, including advising on municipal bond financings.

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Hannah McCalla represents sophisticated clients in commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels nationwide, with a focus on defense of insurance bad faith claims and class actions. She has experience and a history of success handling every stage of litigation.

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Charlotte McEwen is an associate in the Labor and Employment group. Charlotte brings a background in general civil litigation while developing a strong track record of experience in labor and employment matters.

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Gil McNeish has focused the majority of his 37-year law practice in the areas of land use, zoning, and environmental matters, serving clients from both the public and private sectors.

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David M. Miller works closely with individuals and companies, providing guidance and counsel in all aspects of bankruptcy law and commercial litigation. All clients, both debtors and creditors, benefit from David’s extensive knowledge and experience in bankruptcy and related matters.

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H. Michael Miller helps his institutional lender clients provide financing for real estate development. He has had a hand in the development of many commercial, retail, and multi-family projects in the Denver area, as well as other cities throughout the country.

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Matthew (Matt) Morrison advises and represents employers on the full spectrum of critical labor and employment matters, helping his clients minimize the risk of costly and potentially damaging litigation by providing preventive counsel.

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Jeremy Moseley defends mass actions and class action in venues throughout the country, using his breadth of experience in highly regulated industries to instill confidence for clients facing difficult and uncertain circumstances. He has also won multiple complex commercial trials, defeated class certification in multiple states, and defended multiple mass torts nationwide. His knowledge of insurance regulations, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, professional services, and consumer products have led to successes in matters involving insurance, health care, telecommunications, and oil and gas.

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Mark Nelson directly works with business management leaders to provide innovative and effective strategies related to human resources counseling, employment litigation, and traditional labor law, helping identify risks and equip them with the tools necessary to minimize the time and resources spent on legal matters. He maintains an intentional focus on each client’s unique business goals and objectives.

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Dean Neuwirth is a long-time civil and criminal case litigator with a broad range of experience in numerous industries and fields of law.

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Robin L. Nolan’s practice focuses on the representation of individuals and businesses in their commercial real estate and business needs, as well as representing religious organizations to help them in carrying out their missions. She dedicates herself to understanding her clients’ needs and then planning, designing, and implementing strategies to address those needs. Her clients rely on her legal knowledge and analytic skills in all aspects of their commercial real estate and business needs so they can achieve their desired goals, as well as advising clients in the non-profit sector to carry out their religious and charitable missions.

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John O’Brien practices in banking, agrifinance, commercial finance, commercial law, lender liability defense, agriculture law, agricultural transactions, receivership, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy. He has a national agrifinance practice and has closed over $5 billion in financings on livestock production facilities (including cattle, dairy, hogs, buffalo, poultry, and sheep), public elevators, public warehouses, irrigated farms, dryland farms, ranches, and other commercial enterprises.

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David S. O’Leary specializes in the areas of special district and local government law, residential, and commercial real estate development. Throughout his legal career he has represented special districts, local governments, and taxpayers throughout Colorado to plan and finance successful new developments. David advises real estate developers, property owners, and homeowners in development and infrastructure financing mechanisms including the formation of Title 32 special districts and other municipal financing vehicles.

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Phil Pearlman helps creditors, committees, bankruptcy trustees, and others protect their interests and achieve their key objectives and goals in bankruptcy cases.

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John Peckler helps clients navigate complex development projects and real estate transactions. He works with individuals, businesses, and developers on all aspects of land use and real estate law.

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Nicole Peykov counsels developers in the creation of taxing districts for their proposed developments, which involves the use of tax revenue and municipal debt as financing vehicles. Nicole also represents special districts such as metropolitan districts, water and sanitation districts, business improvement districts, and governmental authorities throughout Colorado in the formation, operation, and maintenance phases.

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Troy Rackham defends hospitals, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and other health care organizations in a wide variety of matters.  He also counsels health care providers and attorneys on regulatory, employment, and ethics matters.

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Steve Rickles practices in the employee benefits, estate planning, and business and tax exempt organizations areas.

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Terence Ridley focuses his practice on assisting clients in civil litigation related to a variety of insurance matters, including property, casualty, construction defect, cybersecurity, environmental, fidelity, and class actions. When his insurance company clients face bad faith claims and class actions, he works closely with leadership and experts to understand complex issues in order to develop strong defense strategies.

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Scott Sandberg is a commercial litigator, focusing on the financial services, construction, and franchise industries. Scott represents clients in trials, arbitrations, appeals, and emergency injunction proceedings.

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June Santiago combines private practice and in-house experience to deliver client-centric legal services and resolve top corporate health care regulatory and business concerns, allowing providers to keep a focus on providing high-quality patient care and successful operations.

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Dan Sciullo recognizes that counseling clients on business planning, tax planning, and estate planning involves more than just providing answers to his clients’ legal questions. Dan provides clients with solutions to their problems, and in providing those solutions, he recognizes the importance of considering and addressing business and family dynamics.

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Kayla Scroggins-Uptigrove helps clients successfully navigate complex civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance, commercial, and class action lawsuits at the trial and appellate levels. In her trial work, she has gained significant experience examining expert and fact witnesses, including cross-examination of party-opponents.

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Sarah Sicotte helps clients through the full life cycle of business and real estate transactions, including acquisition, structuring, negotiation, development, and financing for projects of all sizes. She works with businesses, developers and investors on a wide variety of matters, including entity formation, mergers, asset-purchases, restructuring, and commercial transactions.

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Evan Singleton assists clients with negotiating and drafting documents for real estate projects from the ground up, including purchase and sale contracts, easements, title review, restrictive covenants, declarations and maintenance agreements, leases, financing documents, and construction contracts. He has represented purchasers and sellers of real estate, with specific experience in navigating complex environmental matters related to the transaction and subsequent development of property.

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Carly Sirota brings a background in general civil litigation defense, including labor and employment matters. Carly boasts experience in preventive counseling, management training, and implementation of effective policies and procedures to reduce the potential for litigation.

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Evan Stephenson focuses his practice on insurance, commercial, and class action litigation with a particular emphasis on trials and appeals. In each of these areas, he has a proven track record of success for his clients.

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Ellen E. Stewart helps health care clients successfully navigate a myriad of legal issues and regulations so they can effectively deliver patient care while still meeting their business goals. Whether she is assisting clients in mergers and acquisitions, negotiating contracts, or developing corporate compliance programs, Ellen is dedicated to providing her clients with the highest level of transactional counsel and litigation advocacy.

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Lauren Taylor focuses her practice on helping clients navigate complex litigation, bringing specific experience in construction, intellectual property, and corporate matters. In addition, she has experience serving as in-house counsel for a large nonprofit corporation, interning at a global consulting company, and clerking at a law firm focused on IP and patents.

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Valentine Uduebor focuses his practice on helping clients through insurance and premises liability litigation, construction litigation, and other civil matters. He previously served as an in-house trial attorney for a Fortune 500 insurance company, where he gained extensive experience and unique insight into the full range of civil litigation processes. He has successfully litigated more than 50 jury trials and has obtained numerous defense verdicts as lead counsel.

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Adam Veltri assists clients with complex matters involving real estate and oil and gas acquisitions, divestitures, financings, development, and operations.

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Kelly Vos is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate practice group. She advises clients in a variety of complex real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, real estate-based lending, foreclosures and workouts, tax-deferred exchanges, and zoning and land use.

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John Leonard Watson leverages his in-depth commercial trial and litigation knowledge to understand clients’ needs and goals and serves as a formidable advocate on their behalf. With his exceptional trial skills, John has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts, helping them plead their cases before juries and judges in dozens of trials to verdict. During his 46 years practicing law, he has also fought for his clients’ interests before numerous federal, state, and local administrative and regulatory agencies and shepherded them through alternative dispute resolution forums including arbitration and mediation.

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Jonathon (Jon) Watson represents clients with a singular focus: to serve as a solutions-oriented business partner for employers facing labor and employment issues. What sets Jon apart is his drive to learn clients’ businesses and to give advice based on their unique circumstances and strategic priorities. Jon does more than simply tell clients what “can” and “cannot” be done; he helps clients assess and balance risk to meet each challenge. With a local and national practice, Jon assists businesses ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies to mitigate risk and deliver results that align with their specific business operations.

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Stephen A. Weinstein knows how important employee benefits are when it comes to attracting and retaining good employees. He leverages his experience in this area to make sure that these benefit programs actually do what they are designed to do contribute to the long-term success of the client and its employees.

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Andrew Wise focuses his practice on general complex commercial litigation.

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When a dispute arises that affects your business or its future, having a trial lawyer like James L. Wooll on your team is crucial. Jim has extensive experience – in trials with juries and with appellate courts, as well as mediation and arbitration – helping clients head off potential lawsuits when possible and aggressively litigating them when they cannot.

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