Top best Contract Lawyers in Denver near me

You have a name, a product or an idea … while these may be intangible, they represent your intellectual property - the unique character of your business. They are yours and yours alone, and like business owners the world over, you want to keep them that way.. A well-designed and well-researched intellectual property program helps to safeguard your names, products, business information, and ideas against infringement or copying by others. It can also save your business valuable time and money in the event a name or idea is already taken.. I have over 31 years of experience practicing law in Colorado. I work to assist new businesses create a solid foundation with entity formation, contract formation, and brand protection. I tailor an intellectual property protection program around your business's unique needs – whether you are setting up a new entity, creating a new name for a product or service, developing or negotiating contracts, registering a new brand, or preparing an advertising campaign in print or over the Internet.. Legal Assistance includes: corporate formation and maintenance, trademark selection, review, prosecution, & protection, U.S. copyright registration and protection, Intellectual property audits, general contract drafting and negotiation (including licensing, government contracts, and grants agreements), due diligence in asset sales and acquisitions, defamation, privacy & publicity, social media and Internet law issues, real estate contract issues, acquisitions, disputes, and more.. Through my mediation practice, I strive to assist others in developing creative solutions to conflict in the following areas: general business disputes, commercial, and civil disputes, real estate disputes, contractual disputes, and intellectual property disputes, including without limitation, trademark, copyright, non-compete issues, and trade secret issues.. Over my years in practice, I have worked in other varied areas including complex civil litigation and domestic issues.

Thomas Codevilla is Partner at SK&S Law Group where he focuses on Data Privacy, Security, Commercial Contracts, Corporate Finance, and Intellectual Property.. Thomas’s clients range from startups to large enterprises. He specializes in working with businesses to build risk-based data privacy and security systems from the ground up. He has deep experience in GDPR, COPPA, FERPA, CALOPPA, and other state privacy laws. He holds the CIPP/US and CIPP/E designations from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.. Alongside his privacy practice he brings a decade of public and private transactional experience, including formations, financings, M&A, corporate governance, securities, intellectual property licensing, manufacturing, regulatory compliance, international distribution, China contracts, and software-as-a-service agreements.. Thomas began his legal career at a large law firm and refined his client servicing skills in-house as head lawyer at a venture-backed robotics startup. Along the way he obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, enabling him to understand all aspects of a business, not just its immediate legal issues. His range of experience enables him to provide high-quality legal work while communicating with clients on their terms.. Thomas has published several articles on privacy and legal services in Colorado legal publications and law reviews, provided free legal advice at women’s shelters and legal clinics, and mentored many law students. He is a member of the Colorado Association of Corporate Counsel Emerging Leaders Group and a former member of the Colorado Intellectual Property Inn of Court. He also works closely with the charity First Descents planning and participating in fundraisers for young adults living with cancer.. During law school at the University of Colorado, Thomas worked in the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, the Deming Center Venture Fund, the Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, and the chambers of a federal bankruptcy judge. Personally, he enjoys alpine climbing, skiing, his rose garden, and attempting to keep up with his nine nephews and nieces.

Suzanne was born in a cabin in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. She comes from a fifth-generation Colorado family, with a background in community, family, environmentalism, business, alternative dispute resolution and academia. She has studied and worked from Colorado to Vermont, Paris to Alaska, San Francisco to Seattle, earning her bachelors chemistry and biology from Fort Lewis College, her law degree from Seattle University School of Law and Masters in Science and Law from Vermont Law School.. Suzanne has spent most of her life in Colorado and Alaska, practicing law, building businesses, engaging community, helping people build better lives. Her fundamental philosophy is that life can be wonderful, often it takes deep work, but the journey is better made when taken with innovative perspective, strength, integrity and diligence. To that end, she works closely with clients to understand the context of their lives and needs to help them determine their goals and arrive at their destinations with as much potential and resilience as possible.. Suzanne has owned and operated multiple businesses and is committed to the innovative use of entrepreneurship. She has worked with individuals, corporations, educational organizations and business incubators to help people bring their best ideas to successful fruition.. Suzanne’s legal experience started in 1993 when she worked for the best environmental lawyer in Colorado for two years in Denver. The firm amassed multimillion dollar judgments and settlements for Colorado citizens, helping to clean up Colorado. She moved to Alaska where she eventually opened her own law firm, keeping Alaska wild and its citizens safe. She worked on land use cases, native issues, domestic issues, business development and more. She won two cases before the Alaska Supreme Court securing both land use provisions and the ability for litigants who work for the common good to recover attorneys’ fees.. Suzanne then moved her growing family to the northern most tip of Alaska where she represented the North Slope Borough, a local government that covered 90,000 square miles with an annual budget of $360,000,000. NSB territory included remote Alaskan villages as well as the Prudhoe Bay oilfields and the Artic National Wildlife Reserve. She helped the NSB navigate issues including regulations, capital projects, facility upkeep, housing, human resources, healthcare, risk assessment and was the point person for all municipal contracting. Yes, she did get to fly around in helicopters and planes to visit the villages and residents, count bowhead whales, and experience the polar ice cap. She saw multiple polar bears and walrus, snowy owls and caribou.. After five years Suzanne moved back to Colorado and reopened her law firm representing people in business, domestic issues and community organizing. She eventually was offered an amazing job in the San Luis Valley directing a burgeoning nonprofit land trust to build its wildlife and regenerative agriculture program. This land trust was funded by a historic hot springs that served 27,000 day visitors a year, which she also managed.. From there Suzanne was hired by the Western Colorado University’s Masters in Environmental Management Program to teach business and nonprofit development, leadership and collaboration, environmental law and more. To facilitate this, She was provided with a gorgeous 350 acre ranch along the Tomiche Creek where the mission was to build enterprise around regenerative agriculture, green building, renewable energy and wildlife. For their masters projects, her students developed the programs that built the new non-profit Coldharbour Institute.. In Fort Collins, for three years Suzanne served family law clients with the highest of legal services, including complex financial, business and child related issues. Her thirty years of experience allowed her to help her clients navigate a better future.. In her 40 years of legal and business experience, Suzanne has represented diverse groups of clients in Colorado and Alaska. She is dedicated to helping build a healthy, positive, diverse and joyful future for all of us.. Family, wilderness, and community engagement feed Suzanne’s soul.

Richard P. Poormon, Esq., is committed to helping you navigate your legal situation. In his 34 years of legal practice, Richard has created a model of helping his clients in one-to-one relationships based in honesty, patience and treating each client with respect and dignity.. Your legal needs will be met with the time and focus you deserve when faced with an emergency situation that requires the experience of an open-minded, skilled attorney.. Richard has spent the last 30 years helping people obtain justice in injury law claims and litigation, including matters involving wrongful death, civil assault and battery, auto crashes, trip/slip and fall incidents, professional negligence mishaps, defective product injuries and property damage losses for individuals wronged by others and devalued by insurance companies.. You will not see Richard pictured on the side of a public bus, plastered on a street billboard or featured on the back cover of a phone book. Rather, Richard’s practice has grown based on personal relationship-based referrals as he believes that an attorney’s trust must be earned and proven.. His roadmap for your case will be a team effort driven by your story and his background to create a strategy for your case.

Raised by my father, a small business owner, I have always been passionate about finding real world solutions to complex legal issues. I believe law firms should be as lean and creative as the businesses they represent, providing quality legal services in an efficient and responsive manner. After years of practicing law for large national and multinational firms, I co-founded SK&S Law Group LLP in 2019 as a way to offer my clients the benefits of a large firm without the associated bureaucracy and overhead.. I have represented companies in a variety of industries and stages of development, from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 public companies. As Partner at SK&S Law Group LLP, I apply that experience to serve both established and emerging companies. I specialize in employer-sided employment law, healthcare law, regulatory advisement, and all related matters. In addition to my business law experience, I have a strong background in litigation which I use to inform my employment law and healthcare law practices. My employment law expertise includes ADAA compliance, harassment and disability claims, Older Worker’s Benefit Protection Act claims, Equal Pay Act claims, hiring and termination processes, severance negotiations, employee handbooks, and independent contractor matters. I frequently educate human resource professionals and teams in internal investigations and general best practices for companies.. Prior to law school, I worked in IT technical support. While in law school, I interned at the United Nations (UN) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. I obtained both my undergraduate and graduate degrees early (undergrad in 3 years and law school in 2.5 years) and at the top of the class.. I have passed the uniform bar exam and am currently admitted to practice in Colorado. I have been intimately involved in the corporate organization of the nationally recognized Colorado Pledge to Diversity Program, which places dozens of diverse first-year law students with top tier legal employers for paid internships each summer. I am also an active member of the University of Colorado Medical School Admissions Committee, a member of the Denver Bar Association Nominating Committee, and a member of the Denver and Colorado Bar Associations and I have served on the Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors and the Denver Bar Association Board of Trustees. I am regularly published on business, healthcare, and employment matters in Colorado Law Week and The Docket.

Nick Hansen is an accomplished and driven attorney with extensive experience in successfully resolving complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts.  He has served as lead counsel in over 200 cases involving claims of breach of contract, fraud, misappropriation, bad faith, unjust enrichment, professional malpractice, and/or negligence with dollar amounts in dispute ranging from twenty thousand to twenty million.  He is a reliable and trusted advisor that works hard to attempt to obtain the best possible legal outcome for his clients.

Nathan Lawrence, a small business owner and entrepreneur, aims to meet the needs of startups and small business owners. As a small businessowner and legal services consumer, Nathan recognized that online self-help tools are insufficient to answer the questions and meet the needs of entrepreneurs and small business owners, yet traditional firm fees are unacceptably expensive and unpredictable.. Rocky Mountain Legal specializes in efficient, high quality representation for startups and small business owners. Whether your business needs formation documents, contractor agreements, employment advice, or is preparing for a financing or acquisition, Rocky Mountain Legal has a transparent and affordable solution for you.. Contact or call for a free consultation.

My statewide Colorado practice currently focuses on deals and disputes. I help businesses and individuals manage risk, bring greater clarity to their business decisions, and achieve successful outcomes in high-stakes litigation.. I am just as comfortable in the courtroom as I am in a boardroom. I argue and try cases before judges or juries, in court, every year. My litigation practice occasionally has me advocating on behalf of clients before regulatory panels and in administrative venues. For my clients not involved in litigation or needing to bring or defend a lawsuit, it is my goal to try to resolve issues and avoid disputes altogether. Having taken cases through verdict, I look at risk in a holistic manner from, inking the deal to defending it in court should it become necessary.. I regularly handle commercial cases and deals involving: --negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud; --contracts, partnership and sales agreements; --construction matters including contracts, payment claims, and defects; and, --employment related matters including trade secret misappropriation and enforcement and defense of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.. I also handle real estate deals and disputes involving: --HOAs; --real estate contract disputes; --development ventures and related contract disputes; and,. --landlord-tenant relationships.

Mr. Skilling has served as lead counsel in numerous bench and jury trials, as well as arbitrations, obtaining millions of dollars in compensation for his clients.   This litigation and trial work has pitted him against some of the biggest companies in the world, such as Microsoft, DirecTV and Chevron, as well as large municipalities and government agencies.  In a rare accomplishment, Mr. Skilling won his first civil trial while still in law school.  He spent the first seven years of practice working in San Diego before moving back with his family to Colorado in 2014 where he currently works with both California and Colorado clients from Skilling O’Leary’s Denver office.

Mark provides high-quality legal services to startup/small businesses and moderate-income clients. Prior to starting the firm in 2014, he practiced at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP, where he represented Fortune 100 clients in complex commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He previously served as a law clerk to The Honorable Monica Márquez of the Colorado Supreme Court. Prior to his clerkship, he served as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Governor of Colorado.. Mark is actively involved in the community. He serves as Chair of the Council of Advisors on Consumer Credit (appointed by Governor Hickenlooper), a nine-person assembly that advises the Colorado Attorney General's Office on consumer credit issues and has the authority to approve and repeal regulations under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Mark also serves on the Steering Committee for the Mile High United Way's Emerging Leaders Council, which organizes and participates in community-based projects and supports local non-profits. Mark was also asked to serve on Colorado Attorney Regulation Counsel's Proactive Management-Based Regulation advisory subcommittee, which drafted the new preamble to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and is creating a framework for helping small firms establish ethical practices.. In addition to this community involvement, Mark is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, in which he serves as a reservist in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.. Mark earned his law degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award, awarded for the highest score in Notre Dame's trial advocacy course. During law school, Mark worked at the Cass County, Michigan Prosecutor's Office, where he successfully tried cases under Michigan's student practice act. He also worked at Colorado Legal Services as a recipient of the Notre Dame Alumni-Funded Fellowship. Prior to law school, he served in a variety of roles for Governor Bill Ritter's campaign and administration, including deputy finance director.. EDUCATION. EXPERIENCE. ADMISSIONS. COMMUNITY

Keith C. Smith leads the firm’s Tribal & Federal Indian law practice, and he practices family law as well. Keith has been practicing Tribal and Federal Indian law since he received his juris doctorate degree from the Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 1997. As such, his experience in Tribal and Federal Indian law is unparalleled to many working in the field. In addition to practicing Tribal and Federal Indian law, Keith’s practice also includes domestic relations (family law), land issues, business law, employment matters, general civil litigation, and minor criminal offenses. Mr. Smith currently represents the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise for employment matters, and several individual clients for various matters ranging from family law, employment law and businesses for their needs. Keith also represents native non-profits such as, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and the First Nation Development Institute.. Prior to establishing the firm, Mr. Smith held a position as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he taught Federal Indian Law, Family Law, and Contracts, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Keith continues to present as a guest lecturer and speaker at numerous venues, such as the University of Colorado, University of Denver, Arizona State University, Metro State College, Colorado State University, American Indian College, Dine College, National Indian Education Association, National Conference, Indigenous Bar Association, British Columbia, and many others.. Prior to serving as a professor, Keith served as in-house counsel and senior administration director for the American Indian College Fund (“AICF”). While serving as in-house counsel, Keith advised the AICF on all legal matters facing the AICF and was instrumental in the creation and establishment of employee and management procedures. He also provided contract supervision for construction projects for 31 tribal colleges and universities in the United States - an approximate $31 million project. Each year, Keith assisted the AICF in providing counsel for each of the colleges belonging to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (“AIHEC”), during legislative hearings with the U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C. He later accepted a position as Director of the Indian Legal Program at the Arizona State University College of Law, where he worked to further develop the law school's Federal Indian Law curriculum and helped nurture and maintain many relationships with American Indian tribal nations. In addition, he managed the school's recruitment efforts of enrolling native law students and was an active member of law school's admission's committee.. Immediately following law school, Keith served as a staff attorney for the Navajo Nation’s DNA Peoples' Legal Services firm in Farmington, New Mexico. While at DNA Peoples' Legal Service, he worked in the areas of family law, including the Indian Child Welfare Act, contracts, consumer law and landlord/tenant; he worked with issues regarding the Navajo Housing Authority, representing tenants.. Keith received his Bachelor of Arts undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. While in law school, Keith clerked for the Chief Justice of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community where he drafted and wrote the Community's Domestic Violence Code. The Code was enacted in 1997. He also authored, “Best Practices for Defending Tribal Membership Cases,” in 2013. He also received the distinction of being named a Chief Manuelito Scholar throughout college and law school.

James R. Waite, is an internationally recognized corporate and commercial equipment leasing attorney with over 25 years of experience. He previously served as General Counsel for RentX Industries, Inc., a nationwide chain of U.S.-based equipment rental stores, and as General Counsel of International Cargo Charters, Inc., a Toronto-based Canadian airline.  Mr. Waite has written equipment and aircraft leases throughout the world, and authored a book on the subject which was published by the American Rental Association in 2011. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force, has a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University, and an MBA Northwestern University.

I received my Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Arkansas while earning the designation “Fulbright Senior Scholar,” winning the James W. Hudson Award for the study of History, and graduating summa cum laude.. After completing my undergraduate studies, I attended the University of Colorado Law School, where I received my Juris Doctorate. While in law school, I served as a research associate at the Natural Resources Law Center. Prior to graduation, I gained litigation experience while serving as a student attorney in the American Indian Law Clinic, as well as working for a criminal defense firm in Denver.. My practice is varied and is focused primarily in complex civil litigation, involving personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, constitutional law, and products liability matters. A large portion of my practice also focuses on litigation and appeals involving employment law, and more specifically the defense of police officers, sheriffs, and governmental officials in disciplinary actions across Colorado in state and federal courts, and administrative tribunals. I have successfully litigated many cases to verdict in both state and federal court, and have extensive trial experience. I am a member of Elkus, Sisson, and Rosenstein’s team of trial attorneys, and I participate in all phases of the litigation process.. I am a member of the Colorado Bar Association, The Denver Bar Association, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.. When not assisting clients, I enjoy spending time with my wife and two dogs. I am also active in the Denver Chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

I practice law as a member of Askman Law LLC. My litigation practice includes representing clients in the firm’s environmental, tribal and natural resource practice areas, as well as litigating general civil matters such as breach of contract and other business claims, health and employment law matters, and regulatory issues. I am also committed to representing pro bono clients. Before joining Askman Law LLC, I was a commercial litigation associate in an international law firm’s New York office and a national law firm’s Denver office. I am authorized to practice law in Colorado and New York.

I have been practicing in the areas of family law, wills and estates, real estate, business law, and commercial litigation since November 1969.. My mission statement is to provide "Effective legal services at a reasonable rate."

I have been helping people protect their businesses and brands since 1998!

I am a driven and highly motivated legal professional in the Denver-metro area. I have experience in the telecommunications industry drafting and negotiating commercial leases and contracts; local government and municipality law drafting service contracts and election ballots for Special Districts; and family law preparing and drafting required court documents for divorce and child custody cases. I am interested in a position utilizing my contract drafting and negotiating skills to achieve client business goals.

Hello and thank you for taking a moment to view my Avvo profile. I am an attorney licensed in the State of Colorado and have experience in several areas of the law. My practice includes a wide variety of commercial litigation and business law. I have experience resolving client matters through settlement, mediation, administrative hearing, and jury trial. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or if you are seeking legal representation for yourself or your business; I'll gladly discuss with you your legal needs.

Christina “Chris” Allyn draws on nearly two decades of experience guiding companies and their leaders through a wide range of domestic and international legal issues, including:. As a former Senior Vice President and General Counsel and a Chief Privacy Officer of well-known multi-national companies operating throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Chris possesses a unique and valuable perspective on the needs of the organization, allowing her to effectively and efficiently deliver practical, business-savvy legal representation.. She received the National Diversity Council’s 2014 Colorado’s Most Powerful and Influential Women Award. The award honors women who exemplify what it takes to succeed in the corporate world while ensuring the success of their organization in the global arena.. From 2015 to 2017, Chris was a State of Colorado Delegate for the Daniels Fund Ethics Consortium. She was also on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC Colorado) from 2012 until returning to private practice in 2016; and before choosing to return to private practice, she was ACC Colorado’s President-elect for 2018.

Born and raised in Miami, FL.  Appointed to the United States Military Academy.  Commissioned in the Regular Army Signal Corps.  Received fully funded Army fellowship to attend law school.  Upon law school graduation and passing the Florida Bar, entered the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.  Practice in the JAG Corps focused on public international law.  Retired after 21 years active military service.  Extraordinary success in military and civilian leadership roles.  Since 1998, have concentrated on utility regulatory litigation.  LLM Degree.  Licensed in Florida and Colorado.  Lived and practiced law abroad in Europe, Saudi Arabia and the Pacific rim; read and speak German.

A Colorado native, Chris Tzortzis was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins where he received his B.A. in Spanish, International Affairs, and a minor in Business. After his studies in Fort Collins, Chris moved to Akron, Ohio to pursue his law degree at the University of Akron, School of Law. While in Akron, Chris gained exposure to the transactional practice of law at the law school's legal business clinic where he advised local start-ups, non-profits, and small businesses in a variety of industries. While working with the business clinic’s clients, Chris gained an appreciation in helping entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of the legal system to give them peace of mind in their practice while pursuing their dreams and passions. While in Akron, Chris also spent a summer working at the University of Akron Research Foundation where he drafted, reviewed, and negotiated business contracts for the College of Polymer Science, and experienced firsthand how vital contracts are to protect one’s interest in their intellectual property, research, business interests, and innovations.  After graduating from the University of Akron, School of Law in 2012, Chris moved back to Colorado to practice law.  Shortly thereafter, he was sworn in to the Colorado bar and got his start at Stathopulos & Associates, P.C. working primarily with physician practices, estate planning, business and corporate formation, and a variety of other matters to serve small and mid-sized businesses, and individuals.  In 2015, Chris decided a transition was in order, and founded Tzortzis Law Firm, PLLC.  Initially Chris served as in-house legal counsel to a credit repair organization and an advertisement technology start-up and decided that he loved working with businesses that were starting from the ground floor.  The excitement of starting a business and putting forth the time and effort to create products and services that contribute to society is a beautiful thing.  Chris has been serving to meet the needs of small businesses and individuals ever since, with the goal of providing accessible legal counsel and a sense of security through the quality of services he provides. In his spare time, Chris enjoys challenging himself by hiking 14-ers and running races, exploring the ever-expanding urban landscapes, serving as Secretary of the Board at the Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Denver, travelling locally and abroad as often as possible, and spending time with family.  Chris loves meeting new people and hearing about their life experiences, gaining exposure to different viewpoints and perspectives, and learning as much as he can.Chris looks forward to meeting you and helping you with your legal needs.