Probate and Estate Planning

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Our firm’s attorneys represent personal representatives (also known as executors), beneficiaries, , and in probate matters, handling all aspects of the process from commencing probate of a will or an estate without a will, to obtaining appointment of a personal representative, to filing of claims on behalf of . We advise personal representatives regarding the administration of an estate, assisting in the preparation of the inventory, gathering of assets, payment of claims, distribution of assets, and final accounting.

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Our firm’s attorneys have numerous years of experience in estate planning, preparing wills, , living wills, powers of attorney, and other estate planning . Our estate planning group also utilizes the experience of our corporate attorneys in forming , limited liability limited partnerships, family partnerships, and other entities for estate planning purposes. Estate planning involves many personal choices and we pride ourselves on the personal service we provide in helping our clients make those choices.

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Probate Litigation

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Eminent Domain / Condemnation

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’s eminent domain clients range from private landowners to , school districts, counties, municipalities and other governmental entities. Since 1970 we have tried or settled over five hundred , inverse , regulatory takings and involving property rights, such as urban renewal and litigation.

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Our have tried or settled dozens of cases involving Airport (DIA), E-470 Public Highway Authority’s toll road around , the Department of Transportation’s project to expand Interstate 25 (T-REX), and various FasTracks projects.  We have represented private landowners in various urban renewal projects.  We have advanced many of ’s significant public improvement projects, dating back to the acquisition of rights of way for ’s major interstate highways.  We have also acquired property for open space, recreation, drainage improvement projects, water pipelines, city halls, roadways, schools and even a county jail.

Our eminent domain practice also includes appellate work: we have appeared in eminent domain cases in the Colorado Court of and the Colorado Supreme Court over thirty times.  Our lawyers are also frequent lecturers at continuing legal education seminars as well as conferences and seminars relating to land use, planning, trial techniques and appraisal methodology. 

Attorneys serving Eminent Domain

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Michael E. Reidy: 1918-2009

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Mike Reidy

Michael E. Reidy, Esq.
August 5, 1918 – April 12, 2009

It is with great sorrow that we announce that Mike Reidy, our benevolent friend, mentor, and colleague, passed away, fittingly, on Easter Sunday.  His smile, good-natured humor, life experience, and incredible depth of knowledge on the law will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him – our firm, the legal community as a whole, his family and friends, his Church, and the Diocese of .  Mike joined our predecessor firm Calkins, Kramer, in April of 1979, and remained a valuable source of legal advice and friendship right up until the end.

Mike was a very great man who touched us all and is irreplaceable in our hearts. We were privileged to know him and work with him, and we all learned a great deal from his fascinating anecdotes about the many historical he was involved in throughout the Denver area.  Our “Mike Reidy Conference Room,” dedicated to him at a special firm luncheon held on his 90th birthday last August, will continue to serve as a quiet of his many contributions to Grimshaw & Harring and all who knew him.  Rest in Peace dear friend – we will miss you.

Mr. Reidy practiced law in for over sixty years, in the areas of real estate and finance.  He was was born in West Mineral, Kansas on August 5, 1918, was admitted to the bar in 1943, and joined Calkins, Kramer, Grimshaw & Harring in April, 1979.

Practice Areas

Education

  • Pittsburg State University (A.B., 1940)
  • University of Denver (J.D., 1943)

Memberships & Dedications

  • “The Mike Reidy Conference Room,” Dedicated by Grimshaw & Harring on August 5, 2008, his 90th birthday
  • Denver, Colorado and Associations
  • Former Chairman of Real Estate and & Trust Sections of the Denver
  • Colorado Bar Association Awards Committee Member, 2002-2003
  • Vice President, Serra , 1972-73
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Philip M. Quatrochi

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Philip M. Quatrochi, Esq.
Grimshaw & Harring, P.C.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800
Denver, Colorado  80203-4538
303.839.3800  |  303.839.3838 (Fax)
q@grimshawharring.com

Phil Quatrochi’s practice focuses primarily on and commercial transactions, including contract disputes, construction law and .  He commonly litigates cases before both state and federal courts in Colorado, and has litigated disputes involving complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, and leases, construction law matters, property disputes, collections, law, banking matters, and union fee disputes. His construction law experience includes drafting and negotiating construction contracts, representing clients in mechanic’s liens and governmental construction project bond disputes, and construction-related litigation.

Phil’s corporate experience includes advising for-profit and non-profit entities on a broad range of matters, including formation and dissolution, contracts, acquisitions, property and leasing issues, commercial financings and employment issues.  He also advises on employment related matters.

Phil’s real estate experience includes drafting and negotiating real estate contracts and leases, and client representation before planning and design review boards.

Phil was a summer clerk at Grimshaw & Harring in 1995, joined the firm as an associate in 1996, and became a director/shareholder in 2004.  He grew up in , Colorado and was admitted to practice law in Massachusetts in 1996, and in Colorado in 1997.  Phil lives with his wife Ali, son Cooper and daughter Macy in Denver.  Phil currently spends most of his spare energy training for marathons, including the upcoming Boston Marathon.

Practice Areas

Education

  • Boston College (B.A., English & Economics, magna cum laude 1992; J.D., cum laude, 1996)
  • Boston College London Program, Kings College of Law, 1996

Community Service

  • Adjunct Lecturer on Construction Law issues, Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado at Denver, 2005-2007
  • Member of and legal counsel to the Ultimate Players Association , a Colorado non-profit corporation

Memberships

  • Colorado, and Denver Bar Associations

Reported Cases

  • Cross Country Land Services, Inc. v. PB Network Services, Inc. 2005 WL 3591868, (D.Colo., 2005)
  • Santa Fe Trail Ranches Property Owners Ass’n v. Simpson, 990 P.2d 46 (Colo., 1999)
  • Fell v. Independent Ass’n of Continental Pilots, 26 F.Supp.2d 1272 (D.Colo., 1998)
  • Fell v. Continental Airlines, Inc., 990 F.Supp. 1265 (D.Colo.,1998)

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Gilbert F. McNeish

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  Gil McNeish 

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Gilbert F. McNeish, Esq.
, P.C.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800
Denver, CO 80203-4538
303.839.3800 | 303.839.3838 (Fax)
gmcneish@grimshawharring.com

Mr. McNeish has focused the majority of his 37-year law practice in the areas of , and environmental matters, serving clients from both the public and private sectors. His current legal practice includes representation before city councils, boards of county commissioners, planning commissions, and regional councils of government, as well as state and federal environmental regulatory agencies.

Gilbert F. McNeish was born in Louisville, Kentucky, January 14, 1942; admitted to the bar, 1971.

Practice Areas

Education

  • Drake University (B.A., 1965)
  • University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and Affairs (M.P.A., 1969)
  • University of Denver (J.D., 1971).

Memberships

  • Staff Director, Colorado Land Use Commission, 1973-1975
  • Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado at Denver, 1972-present
  • Denver, Colorado and Associations
  • American Planning Association

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Lisa K. Mayers

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Lisa K. Mayers, Esq.
Grimshaw & Harring, P.C.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800
, Colorado 80203-4538
303.839.3800  |  303.839.3838 (Fax)
lmayers@grimshawharring.com

Ms. Mayers practices in the areas of real estate (with an emphasis on community associations), coverage disputes, , civil and and collections.  In her practice, she acts as general counsel to a large number of condominium, townhome, single family, resort and mixed-use developments, and she provides counsel to special districts that have been assigned design review and covenant enforcement powers.  As part of her litigation practice, Lisa represents insurance policyholders in disputes with their insurance carriers and personal injury plaintiffs.  She litigates cases before state and federal courts in Colorado, as well as the Colorado Court of .

Lisa K. Mayers is a Colorado native, and was admitted to the Colorado bar in 1993, and the United States District Court, District of Colorado in 1994.

Practice Areas

Education

  • University of Denver (J.D. 1993). Phi Alpha Delta
  • The Colorado College (B.A., Economics, 1989)
  • Kansai Gaidai University of Foreign Studies, Osaka, Japan (1987)

Publications &

  • Securing Debt and Borrowing Money By a Homeowners’ Association, 2004 Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, Community Associations Institute, Chapter.
  • City of Littleton, Wallis and Insurance for Multi-Year Liability Claims, William J. Brady and Lisa K. Mayers, 29 Colo. Law. 5 (Feb. 2000). The authors are coverage counsel who represented the City of Littleton in City of Littleton v. Compass Insurance, both in the trial court and before the Colorado .
  •  Recovery of Non-Economic Damages in Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer Cases, William J. Brady and Lisa K. Mayers, 27 Colo. Law. 95 (Nov. 1998). Physicians in Colorado may be liable for emotional distress damages if they fall below the legal standard of care in failing to aggressively pursue and definitively diagnose symptoms of cancer or other life-threatening diseases in a timely and responsible manner. So long as an increased risk of harm develops from the unchecked growth of cancer [even though the risk is unlikely to materialize], medical malpractice plaintiffs in Colorado have a cause of action for emotional distress resulting from a delayed diagnosis. This article examines the recent opinion of the Colorado Supreme Court in Boryla v. Pash and its likely impact on physicians and patients in Colorado.1 The authors represented the plaintiff both at trial and through both levels of appeal.

Memberships and Community Service

  • Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
  • Community Associations Institute, Rocky Mountain Chapter
  • Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
  • Woman’s Educational Society of The Colorado College, Former Board Member

Reported Cases

  • Kerns v. Kerns, 2002 WL 1050471 (Colo. 2002)
  • Compass Insurance Co. v. City of Littleton, 984 P.2d 606 (Colo. 1999)
  • Boryla v. Pash, 960 P.2d 123 (Colo. 1998)
  • Englewood v. Commercial Union Assur. Cos., 940 P.2d 948 (Colo. App. 1996)
  • Boryla v. Pash, 937 P.2d 813 (Colo. App. 1996)

 

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Norman F. “Rick” Kron

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 Rick Kron  

Contact Information

Norman F. “Rick” Kron, Esq.
, P.C.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800
Denver, 80203-4538
303.839.3800  |  303.839.3838 (Fax)
rickkron@grimshawharring.com

, AICP, joined Grimshaw & Harring in 1987.  His practice concentrates almost exclusively on special districts, improvement districts, intergovernmental authorities and Colorado . Mr. Kron holds a Bachelor of Urban Planning and a B.A. LAS (Political Science) from the University of Illinois-Urbana, an M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and he earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado in . Before and during law school, he worked for several years in community energy research at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois.

Practice Areas

Education

  • University of Illinois (B.U.P. with high honors and B.A, 1975)
  • University of Wisconsin (M.U.R.P., 1977)
  • University of Colorado (J.D., 1987)

Publications & Presentations 

  • Wastewater Impact Fees A Recent Ruling with National Implications, Norman F Kron.  This article discusses the criteria under which impact fees are valid in Colorado.
  • Colorado Land Planning and Development Law (Fifth Edition 1999) Contributing Author.
  • Florida Fallout and Other Colorado Election Law Amendments of 2002, 31 Colo. Law 63 (Aug. 2002)
  • Pssst–There Is a New Election Code, Author, 22 Colo. Law. 1703 (Aug. 1993)
  • Hey, They Revised the Election Code Again, Author, 23 Colo. Law. 1821 (Aug. 1994)
  • Yes, Even More Election Code Revisions, Author, 24 Colo. Law. 1803 (Aug. 1995)
  • Fill In the Blank– More ____ Election Code Revisions, Author, 25 Colo. Law. 93 (Aug. 1996)
  • What A Surprise–Still More Election Code Revisions, Author, 26 Colo. Law. 77 (Aug. 1997)
  • Fair Campaign Practices Act–Killing Trees for Good Local Government, Co-Author, 26 Colo. Law. 101 (Sept. 1997)
  • A compendium of hourly service and energy demand profiles for buildings, Norman F. Kron (1978)
  • Development regulation changes local elected leaders can make to promote energy conservation, Norman F Kron (Argonne National Laboratory – 1980)
  • Emission density zoning guidebook: A technical guide to maintaining air quality standards through land-use-based emission limits, Norman F Kron (1978)
  • Implementing local energy programs: Potential solutions to management problems, Norman F Kron (Argonne National Laboratory – 1983)

Memberships

Recipient of

  • Order of the Coif
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James M. Hunsaker

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Jim Hunsaker

Contact Information

James M. Hunsaker, Esq.
Grimshaw & Harring, P.C.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800
, CO 80203-4538
303.839.3800 | 303.839.3838 (Fax)
hunsaker@grimshawharring.com

Mr. Hunsaker represents clients in a wide variety of transactional matters and concentrates his practice in the fields of , , and . He is active in the community, including service on the Board of Directors of the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce. As a former naval officer, Jim served aboard the USS Antietam (CG 54) and was decorated for service during Operation Desert Shield.

Born in Los Angeles, California , February 28, 1966; Admitted to practice: 1997, and U.S. District Court, District of ; 2000, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Practice Areas

Education

  • University of Southern California (B.A., 1988) (Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. Scholarship)
  • University of Denver (J.D., 1997)
  • Law Review: Staff, 1995-1996; General Editor, 1996-1997

Recipient of

  • The Order of St. Ives
  • Harry Clayton Davis Award
  • 2004 Volunteer of the Year Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce

Memberships

  • Denver, Douglas and Elbert County Bar Associations
  • Colorado
  • Federalist Society
  • U.S. Navy LT, 1988-1992

Community Service

  • Town of Castle Rock Election Commission (2007 – present), Member
  • Douglas County Business Alliance (2005 – present), Board of Directors
  • Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce (1999 – 2006), Board of Directors
  • Douglas County Community Foundation (2000 – 2005), Chairman
  • First National Bank of Castle Rock (2000 – 2002), Board of Advisors
  • Town of Castle Rock Ad Hoc Charter Committee (2001), Chairman
  • Castle Rock 2000 Master Plan Update (2000 – 2002), Neighborhood Advisor
  • Castle Rock Vision 2000 Update Committee (1999 – 2000), Chairman
  • Leadership Douglas County, 2001 Graduate; 2002 Steering Committee

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Richard L. Harring

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Richard L. Harring, Esq.
, P.C.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800
, CO 80203-4538
303-839-3800  |  303-839-3838 (Fax)
rharring@grimshawharring.com

Mr. Harring has over forty years of commercial experience representing diverse clients in trials and appeals in both state and federal court. Mr. Harring also maintains an active practice representing the firm’s special district and municipal clients in contract negotiations and .

Richard L. Harring was born in DeWitt, Iowa on July 2, 1937, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1962, and to the , U.S. , District of and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit in 1963.

Practice Areas

Education

  • University of Iowa (B.A., 1959; J.D. 1962). Phi Delta Phi

Memberships

  • Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1961-1962
  • Law clerk to Roy L. Stephenson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Des Moines, Iowa, 1962-1963
  • Denver, Colorado, and Associations
  • American Judicature Society
  • The Association of Trial of America

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Paul J. Hanley

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Paul J. Hanley, Esq.
Grimshaw & Harring, P.C.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800
Denver,   80203-4538
303.839.3800  |  303.839.3838 (Fax)
pjh@grimshawharring.com

 ’s law practice involves corporate and partnership matters, commercial , mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, real estate, tax, , intellectual property, and . He often serves as local counsel for national and international firms, in addition to providing Colorado based businesses with the legal advice needed for success.

Mr. Hanley is a Colorado native and is a life-long skier, who also enjoys golf, biking, and other outdoor sports. Paul also served as an elected official for two terms on the Board of Education of the Cherry Creek School District, a nationally recognized district of excellence.

Practice Areas

Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D. cum laude, 1985)
  • University of Colorado (Bachelors of Music, with highest honors, 1980)

Publications &

  • Seeking Seed Capital from Colorado Angel Investors; provides a very general overview of the legal parameters for those entrepreneurs seeking seed capital for a start-up business from angel investors located in Colorado using general advertising or solicitation.
  • in Colorado; describes the law governing limited liability companies in the State of Colorado.
  • Executive Compensation Tax Issues; a brief summary of some of the tax laws regarding reasonable compensation, golden parachute payments, and limitations on compensation deductions.
  • Federal Income Tax Classification of Governmental Entities and Affiliates; provides an overview of the federal income tax rules and regulations affecting governmental entities.
  • Successor Liability Under Colorado Law; summarizes applicable Colorado law regarding the liability of a purchaser of substantially all of the assets of a business for liabilities arising out of the prior owner’s business operations, including possible transferee liability for unpaid federal and state income taxes of the seller.

Memberships and Community Service

  • Director, Colorado Community Colleges System Foundation,
    2008 to present
  • Colorado Secretary of State Business Advisory Committee Member,
    2007 to 2008
  • Director, Board of Education, Cherry Creek School District,
    1999 to 2007 (term limited)
    Chairman, Audit Committee
    2003 to 2007
  • Director, Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District,
    2000-present
  • Director, Cherry Creek Schools Foundation,
    2004-2006
  • Director, Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Expeditionary School of Learning,
    1999-2002
  • Hastings Law Journal, University of California,
    1983-1985
  • Colorado Bar Association Subcommittee on Revisions to Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code,
    1995-1996
  • American, Colorado, and Denver Bar Associations
  • Association for Corporate Growth
  • University of Colorado Alumni Association
  • Colorado Golf Association

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