Colorado

Holme Roberts Expands in Calif., Plans to Close Gap Between Last Year’s $380K PPP and $450K RPL

With a new managing partner at the helm and advice from a well-known legal consultant, Denver-based Holme Roberts & Owen expects to reverse a downsizing trend that saw the firm’s attorney roster decrease from 192 lawyers at the outset of the year to about 165 now, reports the Am Law…

Jul 7, 2011 11:50 PM CDT

12 Lawyers from Disbanding Isaacson Firm, Including 10 Partners, are Joining Ryley Carlock

After news that a venerable Colorado law firm is closing comes news that 12 of its attorneys have found a new home at Ryley Carlock & Applewhite. The move by the 10-partner group from Isaacson Rosenbaum is the biggest at any law firm in the state this year, and will…

Jun 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT

Denver Law Firm Isaacson Rosenbaum to Close

Denver law firm Isaacson Rosenbaum is closing its doors. CEO Lawrence Donovan Jr. announced this morning that the firm would close at the end of the month, the Denver Business Journal reports. A small staff of administrators will stay on to help in the wind down. “We will continue our…

Jun 14, 2011 1:02 PM CDT

Tax Practice Leader Exits Holme Roberts for MoFo

The chairman of the tax department at Holme Roberts & Owen is leaving the firm to join Morrison & Foerster. David Strong is the second practice leader to leave the Denver-based firm for MoFo within the past year, reports the Am Law Daily. A MoFo press release provides additional details.…

Jun 10, 2011 1:13 AM CDT

Polsinelli Opens New Dallas Office with 3-Lawyer M&A Team from K&L Gates

Polsinelli Shughart has opened a new office in Dallas with a three-lawyer mergers and acquisitions team from K&L Gates and plans further growth there down the road. The 530-attorney Kansas City, Mo.-based law firm now has a presence in eight states and 16 cities, notes a press release announcing the…

May 26, 2011 11:19 PM CDT

Not UPL: Suspended Lawyer’s ‘Somewhat Lawyerly’ Tone, Threat to Go ‘Mano a Mano’ Post-Reinstatement

A Colorado attorney working as a paralegal after his law license was suspended has been cleared of legal ethics allegations concerning correspondence he wrote on behalf of a client under the supervision of another attorney. While Matthew Smith’s letters to opposing counsel took a “somewhat lawyerly” tone, the Colorado Hearing…

May 25, 2011 11:59 PM CDT

Municipal Attorney’s Next Assignment: Military Counsel; ‘When the Navy Calls, You Go’

Married, a father and a name partner in a Colorado law firm, Carl McGuire seemingly had his life structure set. Then he got the news that he was headed to Afghanistan for a six-month Naval Reserves deployment. “When the Navy calls, you go,” he tells the Fort Morgan Times, noting…

May 24, 2011 6:34 PM CDT

Judge Nixes Perjury Case Against Investigator Blamed for Wrongful Conviction; Defendant Got $10M

A Colorado judge has nixed seven perjury counts against a Fort Collins police investigator blamed for the wrongful 1999 murder conviction of Timothy Masters, finding that the state had brought the case too late. Agreeing with a defense argument that the statute of limitations had run on the charges against…

May 9, 2011 7:47 PM CDT

Fla. Lawyer Sued by Colo. AG Is Now Suspended in Fla. Over Alleged Personal Use of Trust Funds

A Florida lawyer recently sued by the Colorado attorney general over his “debt management” work on behalf of clients there is now suspended in his home state, based on apparently unrelated alleged misconduct. After an investigation, Clint Johnson has been charged with using his law firm trust account funds for…

May 3, 2011 10:18 PM CDT

Colo. AG Sues Fla. Law Firm, Alleges Unauthorized Practice In Violation of Business Registration Law

The Colorado attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit in state court over alleged unauthorized practice of law by a Florida attorney and his firm. It seeks a court order to prevent further “debt management” work on behalf of residents unless and until the firm complies with registration requirements. The…

Apr 28, 2011 9:26 PM CDT

11-Attorney Health Care Team Exits Faegre for Polsinelli Shughart

Eleven health care lawyers from Faegre & Benson have joined the Denver office of Polsinelli Shughart, more than half of them as partners, to establish a new practice group there.The firm has 55 health care lawyers nationally, comprising nearly 10 percent of its more than 500 attorneys. “This significant expansion…

Apr 13, 2011 10:45 AM CDT

Ex-Bronco Romanowski Sues Greenberg Traurig, Says He Got Hit Hard By Tax Shelter OK’d By Firm

A former linebacker for the Denver Broncos has sued Greenberg Traurig, alleging that the law firm was getting a secret 7 percent commission for steering investors to a thoroughbred breeding-rights leasing program at the same time that it advised him and his wife about the appropriateness of the tax shelter.…

Apr 13, 2011 10:10 AM CDT

As Applications Plummet at Other Law Schools, U of Colorado Sees Record 12.7 Percent Increase

As recent ABAJournal.com posts have noted, applications are down significantly this year at a number of law schools throughout the country, including some of the top institutions in the country. Nationwide, the trend is a reduction of about 11.5 percent, on average. But the University of Colorado has seen law…

Apr 4, 2011 10:28 PM CDT

Prolific Colo. Consumer Attorney Filed Two-Thirds of State’s FDCPA Cases Since 2007

Depending on which side of the dispute you’re on, lawyers who sue creditors under statutes such as the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act are either knights fighting for often-violated consumer rights or opportunists pursuing profitable technical violations on behalf of deadbeats. But there’s one thing that’s clear to all…

Feb 28, 2011 10:58 PM CST

Too Much Praise from a Would-Be Client Alerts BBB Lawyer to Scam

An outside lawyer for the Better Business Bureau in Colorado figured out he was the intended victim of a scam after he received a letter from a client containing too much praise. Zachary Wilson is a Fort Collins lawyer and the general counsel for the Better Business Bureau in Northern…

Feb 9, 2011 11:30 AM CST