Our community association attorneys are available to draft, review, and amend governing documents, address covenant enforcement issues and assessment collection (including foreclosures), provide general corporate advice, review insurance policies and available coverage, attend board meetings, and provide prompt responses to matters of utmost importance to our community association clients. We have advised our clients on various issues including transition from developer control, covenant enforcement litigation, employment disputes, contested elections, conducting annual and special meetings, disputes with vendors, and bankruptcy related matters. We also assist special district clients who are charged with design review and covenant enforcement powers.  We can also represent individuals who own property in common interest communities.

We coordinate our efforts with professional property managers and also work directly with self-managed properties. We maintain a membership in the national chapter of the Community Association Institute, as well as the Rocky Mountain Chapter. Our attorneys are assisted by paralegals with experience in community association law and operations.

For more information about our community association practice, please contact Lisa K. Mayers.

Real Estate Related Areas

• Acquisitions, Sales, and Leasing
• Community Associations
• Construction Law
• Development
• Eminent Domain
• Finance
• Land Use – Zoning
• Litigation

Attorneys serving our Community and Homeowners Association Practice

• Mayers, Lisa K.

This depth of industry experience uniquely qualifies our lawyers with the legal excellence and industry specific sensitivity necessary to form a productive and dynamic project team. Our methodology of problem solving client service is reflected by Grimshaw & Harring’s representation of many successful project finance transactions.

Attorneys serving Public/Private Partnership (P3)

• Russell W. Dykstra
• Wendy J. Harring
• Matthew R. Dalton
• Norman F. Kron
• James M. Hunsaker

Our firm’s attorneys have numerous years of experience in estate planning, preparing wills, trusts, living wills, powers of attorney, and other estate planning documents. Our estate planning group also utilizes the experience of our corporate attorneys in forming limited liability companies, limited liability limited partnerships, family partnerships, and other business 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.

See also

Probate Litigation

We take pride in our pre-dispute analyses of legal issues that enable our clients to best plan a course of action and minimize the cost or risk of litigation. We represent clients in both state and federal courts. We also handle appeals at all levels of the appellate process, and we represent clients in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.Our experience in contract and contract-related litigation includes numerous lawsuits and claims arising out of purchase and sale agreements, service contracts, franchise agreements, merger and acquisition agreements, guaranty and surety agreements, financial instruments, loan agreements, lease agreements, real estate contracts, and other business-related contracts of almost every type in federal and state jurisdictions across the United States.

Our commercial litigators are also very experienced in all aspects of the construction industry, having represented private and public owners, architects, engineers, land surveyors, general contractors, and subcontractors in a variety of legal proceedings throughout the State of Colorado. Our attorneys have dealt with all types of construction related issues ranging from pay disputes, mechanics’ lien and surety issues to performance issues based on delays, interference, defective design, site conditions, bidding, and mistakes.

Our commercial litigation practice is a prime area for utilization of our membership in Meritas. This membership allows us easy access to highly qualified colleagues in jurisdictions throughout the United States and the world so as to assist our clients in commercial litigation matters that cross jurisdictional lines, including collection of judgments, service of court pleadings and other documents, enforcement of agreements, applying law of other jurisdictions where applicable, and in many instances even bringing lawsuits on commercial matters in other jurisdictions.

Related Business, Finance and Corporate Law Areas

• Capital Formation and Corporate Finance
• Commercial Lending and Leasing
• Commercial Transactions
• Corporate Counseling
• Corporate Structure and Organization
• Employment Law and Compensation
• Finance/Bond Transactions
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Public/Private Partnership (P3)
• Taxation
• Transportation

Other Litigation and Appeals Related Areas

• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appeals
• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Construction Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Land Use Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Our liquor licensing practice focuses on all of the needs of liquor permit holders in Colorado from application and renewal to sale or transfer. Our clients include restaurants, hotels, bars, nightclubs, golf courses, developers, and other retail establishments selling alcohol, beer, wine, or liquor.

Our attorneys take care to demonstrate that all of the requirements for the issuance of the license have been satisfied, and to whatever extent possible, address concerns. Specific areas of our liquor licensing practice include:

• Obtaining new liquor licenses
• Negotiating contracts on behalf of buyers and sellers of business establishments
• Preparing all documents related to a liquor license transfer
• Representing clients in liquor license hearings
• Appealing the denial of a liquor license transfer
• Appealing the denial of a liquor license renewal
• Appealing the denial of a liquor license issuance
• Alterations of licensed premises
• Zoning issues

Grimshaw & Harring lawyers also have the experience and expertise to advise liquor licensees concerning other legal issues directly related to their daily business.

Attorneys practicing in the areas of Liquor Licensing:

• Larry W. Berkowitz

Other Land Use – Zoning Related Areas:

• Assisted Living Housing
• Liquor Licensing

Contact Information

Mr. Dykstra represents governmental and private sector clients in the areas of project finance, public/private infrastructure projects, land use, transportation, special districts and real estate development. His practice includes project financing, construction contracting, design build contracts, governmental contracting, operational aspects of special districts and infrastructure operations, elections, statutory compliance, budgeting and finance matters, including TABOR compliance. Mr. Dykstra has participated in a large number of financing projects and the formation of many special districts in Colorado. Mr. Dykstra has acted as lead local counsel on the only large transportation public private partnership to date in Colorado and has extensive experience negotiating and drafting concession leases, financing and appurtenant documents pertaining to infrastructure projects in the state involving international corporations and financiers. Russ was born in Sioux Center, Iowa on October 10, 1968.

Practice Areas

• Public/Private Partnership (P3)
• Transportation
• Special Districts and Business Improvement Districts
• Municipal and Governmental Law

Education

• University of South Dakota, Bachelor of Science with Honors, 1996
• University of Denver, JD, 1999, Judge Clifford Darrow Scholar

Memberships and Community Service

• Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
• Colorado Homebuilders Association
• Douglas County 4-H youth leader
• Arapahoe County Board of Adjustment, chair 2000-present
• Board of Trustees of Denver Christian Schools

We are committed to helping new businesses grow and prosper. Our business lawyers have the depth of legal knowledge to provide specific advice for each client’s business. Many of our client relationships date back for decades, demonstrating the lasting partnerships that we develop with the companies we serve.

Better solutions for better business.

Related Business, Finance and Corporate Law Areas

• Business Litigation
• Capital Formation and Corporate Finance
• Commercial Lending and Leasing
• Commercial Transactions
• Corporate Counseling
• Corporate Structure and Organization
• Employment Law and Compensation
• Finance/Bond Transactions
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Public/Private Partnership (P3)
• Taxation
• Transportation

• Drafting and review of commercial forms including purchase orders, sales acknowledgments, requests for quotation, quotations, warranties, and other contract documents
• Product distribution agreements, including agreements regarding manufacturers, wholesale distributors, retailers, and sales representatives
• Secured transactions and issues relating to perfection and priority of security interests, including purchase money security interests
• Transfers of investment securities
• Sales of products, machinery, equipment, and other commercial and industrial goods, including requirements and output contracts
• Equipment leasing and financing
• UCC transactions involving warehouse receipts and bills of lading
• Letters of credit
• Licensing agreements

We are committed to long-term client relationships. Our success in helping companies grow and prosper is due both to the depth of legal knowledge our business lawyers provide and to our close understanding of each client’s business. Many of our client relationships date back for decades, demonstrating the lasting partnerships that we develop with the companies we serve.

Better solutions for better business.

For more information about our commercial transactions practice, please contact Paul J. Hanley, Larry W. Berkowitz or James M. Hunsaker.

Related Business, Finance and Corporate Law Areas

• Capital Formation and Corporate Finance
• Commercial Lending and Leasing
• Commercial Transactions
• Corporate Counseling
• Corporate Structure and Organization
• Employment Law and Compensation
• Finance/Bond Transactions
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Public/Private Partnership (P3)
• Taxation
• Transportation

Our lawyers are particularly experienced in private placements of equity and debt securities under Regulation D and other exemptions from federal and state securities laws. We have assisted a number of clients in a series of private placement transactions as their businesses have grown and prospered, beginning with small private placements and continuing through venture capital transactions and complex restructurings. In addition to placements of common stock, our attorneys have handled private placements involving different series and classes of preferred stock, partnership interests, and membership interests, as well as warrants and convertible debt instruments of various types.

For companies whose stock is publicly traded, our attorneys also prepare registration statements, proxy statements, quarterly and annual reports, and other disclosure documents for public companies. Our services for public companies also includes insider trading restrictions, the interpretation of state “Blue Sky” laws, opinions and advice regarding the sale of “restricted” securities, Rule 144 transactions, proxy solicitation, insider trading matters, and other securities and corporate law matters.

Venture capital and private placements from angel and other accredited investors have become an increasingly important source of capital for Colorado companies in recent years. Our business attorneys have extensive experience with these transactions, ranging from advising startup companies to the representation of institutional investors at all stages of the investment process. We assist clients in negotiating and structuring the transaction, including the terms of preferred stock, preferred membership interests, convertible debt, warrants, or other securities. We prepare and review all of the documentation for the transaction, including stock purchase and contribution agreements, loan agreements, rights agreements, subordination agreements, co-sale agreements, voting agreements, registration rights agreements, and other relevant documents.

Capital raising transactions give our business lawyers many opportunities to assist our clients by providing legal advice grounded in an understanding of the client’s business. We are pleased that we can provide the depth and breadth of experience that is important for companies seeking to raise capital.

Better solutions for better business.

For more information about our capital formation and corporate finance practice, please contact Paul J. Hanley.

Related Business, Finance and Corporate Law Areas

• Capital Formation and Corporate Finance
• Commercial Lending and Leasing
• Commercial Transactions
• Corporate Counseling
• Corporate Structure and Organization
• Employment Law and Compensation
• Finance/Bond Transactions
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Public/Private Partnership (P3)
• Taxation
• Transportation

Litigation Articles:

• City of Littleton Wallis and Insurance for Multi-Year Liability Claims (134)
• Compass Ins Co v City of Littleton (177)
• Professors Manual and Other Publications (110)
• Reconstructing Ins Coverage for Environmental Damage Claims (116)
• Recovery of Non-Economic Damages in Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer Cases (118)

Business Articles:

• An Overview for Employers of the Uniformed Services (105)
• Executive Compensation Tax Issues (133)
• Fed Income Tax Class of Governmental Entities and Affiliates (96)
• Seeking Seed Capital from Colorado Angel Investors FORMATTED (84)
• Successor Liability Under Colorado Law (87)

Municipal Articles:

• Economic Development Tools (104)
• Wastewater Impact Fees (89)

Elections Articles:

• Significant November 2010 Ballot Measures (64)
• Newsletter 1 (90)
• Newsletter 2 (86)
• Newsletter 3 (93)