Todd Seelman, our antitrust specialist here at Grimshaw & Harring in Denver, Colorado, breaks down this new case in detail HERE.

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Phil Pearlman has decades of experience in all areas of bankruptcy law, with an emphasis on bankruptcy administration and bankruptcy litigation.  Specifically, he has represented creditors, post-petition lenders, creditors’ committees, Chapter 7 trustees, and Chapter 11 trustees in hundreds of cases from 1981 forward.

Mr. Pearlman received a B.A. degree in Physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1975 and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia in 1980.  Mr. Pearlman is admitted to practice before all courts of the State of Colorado, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Pearlman is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Faculty of Federal Advocates, the Denver and Colorado Bar Associations, and he is rated “AV-Preeminent” (5.0 out of 5) from Martindale-Hubbell.

Practice Areas

• Bankruptcy
• Member of our Special Assets Restructuring Group

Education

• University of Virginia (J.D. 1980)
• University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A. Physics, 1975)

Admitted to Practice

• All Colorado Courts
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Grimshaw & Harring represents creditors, trustees, purchasers, creditors’ committees, post-petition lenders, and other interested parties in all areas of bankruptcy administration and bankruptcy litigation.  We have attorneys who are admitted to practice before all courts of the State of Colorado, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, who have appeared in hundreds of cases since 1981.  For more information about our Bankruptcy practice, please contact Philip A. Pearlman.

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Jeff Bergstrom’s practice focuses primarily on business, real estate and related tax law.  Using his legal, business and tax expertise, Mr. Bergstrom assists his clients with a wide variety of legal needs, including structuring and forming all types of business entities; business succession through acquisition, mergers, reorganization, family planning and/or asset and equity sales; financing transactions; negotiating and drafting contracts; general business counseling; documenting the financing and structuring of real estate ventures and a variety of tax matters.

Additionally, Mr. Bergstrom provides the firm’s clients with timely and relevant tax information regarding the ever-changing tax rules. As a “transactional tax” attorney, he assists in the structuring of economical and practical business solutions for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and other types of businesses in order to minimize the tax consequences of specific transactions. He also represents clients before the IRS, the Tax Court and various state and local tax agencies.

Mr. Bergstrom represents a broad spectrum of clients including several multi-branch banks and private lenders, advertising and marketing companies, construction contractors, insurance companies, churches, hotel owners and operators, retail stores, restaurants, multi-family, commercial and residential property owners, homeowners’ associations and charitable organizations.

Mr. Bergstrom holds a JD and an MBA from the University of Akron School of Law and the College of Business Administration, and also holds an LL.M in Taxation from the University of Denver’s Graduate Tax Program.  His wife is a director of nursing services at an area hospital, and they are the proud parents of two daughters.  Jeff is an avid golfer and skier.

Practice Areas

• Real Estate Law
• Business Law
• Business and Income Taxation
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law

Education

• University of Akron (B.S., 1986; J.D., with honors, 1990; M.B.A., in Management, 1990)
• University of Denver (LL.M. in Taxation, 1997)

Professional Affiliations & Admissions

• Selected Member:  Colorado Bar Association’s Real Estate Law Section Council, 2011 to 2013
• Admitted to bar: 1990, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1991, Ohio; and U.S. Tax Court 1997
• Former Member: Board of Directors for Variety Club of Colorado, Inc., 2002 to 2008

Appellate Opinions

• ALH Holding Company vs. Bank of Telluride, 18 P.3d 742 (Colo. 2000).

Notable Publications and Articles

• Speaker: 2005 Rocky Mountain Regional Membership Meeting of the Federation of Exchange Accommodators: The Section 1031 issues for Today’s Clients
• Colorado Lawyer, January 2005, Author:  Understanding the Tax Consequences of Settlements and Awards

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Ms. Mayers practices in the areas of real estate (with an emphasis on community associations), insurance coverage disputes, employment law, civil and commercial litigation 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 Appeals.

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

• Litigation and Appeals
• Bankruptcy
• Community Associations
• Member of our Special Assets Restructuring Group
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Litigation
• Employment Law

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 & Presentations

• Securing Debt and Borrowing Money By a Homeowners’ Association, 2004 Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, Community Associations Institute, Rocky Mountain 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 Supreme Court.
•  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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Rick Kron, AICP, joined Grimshaw & Harring in 1987.  His practice concentrates almost exclusively on special districts, business improvement districts, intergovernmental authorities and Colorado election law. 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 Boulder. Before and during law school, he worked for several years in community energy research at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois.

Practice Areas

• Special Districts and Business Improvement Districts
• Municipal and Governmental Law
• Elections and Election Disputes
• Member of our Special Districts Restructuring Group
• Member of our Special Assets Restructuring Group

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

• Colorado Bar Association
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
• U.S. Supreme Court
• American Institute of Certified Planners

Recipient of

• Order of the Coif

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Mr. Hunsaker represents clients in a wide variety of transactional matters and concentrates his practice in the fields of special districts, land use, and real estate. He is active in the Douglas County 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, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2000, 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Practice Areas

• Special Districts and Business Improvement Districts
• Business and Finance
• Land Use
• Real Estate

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 Bar Association
• 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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Mr. Harring has over forty years of commercial litigation 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 litigation.

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

Practice Areas

• Litigation and Appeals
• Construction Law
• Probate and Estate Planning

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 American Bar Associations
• American Judicature Society
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

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Mr. Fano practices primarily in the area of commercial litigation and employment law. His litigation experience, both at the trial and appellate levels, includes disputes in various fields such as contracts, real property and easements, construction law matters including mechanics liens, municipal law, antitrust, warranty claims and consumer protection matters.

Mr. Fano’s employment law experience includes advising employers on employee handbooks and offensive behavior policies - drafting, negotiating and advising clients on employment agreements, severance agreements and non-compete agreements, advising employers regarding wage and hour issues, and litigation in various employment related matters including wrongful termination claims and employment at-will issues, non-compete agreements/non-solicitation agreements, interference with contract claims, employee raiding claims, misappropriation of trade secret claims, wage and hour claims, sexual harassment and discrimination claims, age discrimination claims, and Family and Medical Leave Act claims.

Mr. Fano is admitted to the bar in Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Practice Areas

• Litigation and Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Employment Law and Compensation

Education

• University of Colorado (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991)

Publications & Presentations

• An Overview for Employers of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act, Ronald L. Fano.  A summary of the act that governs employment obligations to employees having to temporarily leave their employment to fulfill a military obligation.

Memberships

• Denver, Colorado, and American Bar Associations

Recipient of

•  Order of the Coif
• American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, and Trial Advocacy