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Address
Aspen Plaza Building, 3rd Floor
533 East Hopkins Avenue
Aspen, Colorado 81611 (Pitkin Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
(Main Office) Listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Oates, Knezevich, Gardenswartz & Kelly, P.C. offers legal counseling to businesses and individuals throughout Colorado. Clients include real estate companies, developers, title companies and corporations. Statement of PracticeReal Estate, Business, Estate Planning, Civil Litigation, Family Law, Corporate, Land Use, Banking, Taxation, Homeowner and Condominium Associations, Creditor's Rights, Construction Law and Litigation, Water Law, Arbitration and Foreign Investment Law. Year Established: 1981
Firm Size: 10
ClientsCOUNSEL FOR: Alpine Bank Aspen Pitkin County Title, Inc. North of Nell Condominium Association Aspenwood Condominium Association Orthopaedic Associates of Aspen and Glenwood, PC Rosemary's Circle R. Ranch Aspen Chamber & Resort Association Gant Condominium Association Gavilon Condominium Association Snowmass Water and Sanitation District White Horse Springs Water District Chamonix at Woodrun Condominium Association Western Colorado Motor Sports Ridge Homeowners Association Deutsche Bank Gould Construction.
AddressAspen Plaza Building, 3rd Floor 533 East Hopkins Avenue Aspen, CO 81611, (Pitkin Co.)
PhonePhone: 970-920-1700 Fax: 970-920-1121

Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Leonard M. Oates (Member) born Methuen, Massachusetts, July 13, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Colorado; 1996, Utah. Education: University of Colorado (B.S., 1962; J.D., 1966). Municipal Judge, Aspen, Colorado, 1968-1973. Pitkin County Attorney, 1970-1974. Vice-President, Colorado State Bar Association, 1981-1982. Member: Pitkin County (President, 1967) and Colorado Bar Associations; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking; Commercial Transactions; Creditors' Rights.Email: Leonard M. Oates
Richard A. Knezevich (Member) born Warren, Ohio, December 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1978, Colorado. Education: University of Miami (B.B.A., 1968; M.B.A., 1970); University of Miami and University of Southern California (J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif. Member, 1972-1973 and Note and Article Editor, 1973-1974, Southern California Law Review. Member, Colorado Limited Liability Company Revision Committee, 1992. Author: "Federal Legislation for Commodity Option Trading," 47 Southern California Law Review 1418, 1974; "Foreign Investments in United States Real Estate," Colorado Continuing Legal Education Publication, Annual Real Estate Symposium, 1983; "Tax Planning for The Deductibility of Expenditures Incurred During the Development Process," Colorado Continuing Legal Education, Annual Real Estate Symposium, 1984; "Nonsimultaneous Tax-Deferred Exchanges," 14 The Colorado Lawyer 975, 1985. Lecturer: Annual Real Estate Symposium, Colorado Continuing Legal Education, 1983-1988, 1993, 1998. Member, Colorado Corporation Code Revision Committee, 1979-1983 Chairman, Colorado Real Estate Law and Titles Section, 1989-1990. Member, Limited Liability Company Revisions Committee. Member: State Bar of California; Colorado and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Real Estate Law; Real Estate Taxation; Commercial Transactions.
Ted D. Gardenswartz (Member) born Denver, Colorado, July 18, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1980); University of Southern California (J.D., 1984). Member: Denver, Pitkin County (President, 1991) and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Arbitration; Family Law.Email: Ted D. Gardenswartz
David B. Kelly (Member) born Denver, Colorado, August 12, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Minnesota; University of Colorado (B.A., 1986); University of Denver (J.D., 1990). Dean's Scholar. Alumni Scholar. Member: Pitkin County (President, 1999), Colorado and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Arbitration.Email: David B. Kelly
Maria Ticsay Morrow (Member) born Michigan City, Indiana, September 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, Colorado and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1988); DePaul University (J.D., 1994). Dean's Scholar. Member, DePaul Law Review, 1993-1994. Law Clerk, Hon. Ann C. Williams, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1994-1997. Formerly with Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, 1997-2000. Member: Pitkin County (Treasurer, 2004-2005; Vice President, 2006; President, 2007) and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation; Business Organization; Corporate Law; Homeowners Association Law; Condominium Association Law.Email: Maria Ticsay Morrow
ASSOCIATESAnne Marie McPhee (Associate) born Aspen, Colorado, July 8, 1967; admitted to bar, 2000, Colorado. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., cum laude, 1989); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 2000). Dean's Scholar, Order of the Coif. Production Editor, University of Colorado Law Review, 1998-2000. Member: Pitkin County (Treasurer, 2008; Vice President, 2009) and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Water Law; Property Law; General Practice.Email: Anne Marie McPhee
Wendy C. Fostvedt (Associate) born Clearwater, Florida, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Colorado. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1991); University of Denver (J.D., 2002). Former in-house counsel with Vail Resorts, Inc; Former intern with Securities and Exchange Commission. Member: Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Defects; Contracts; Entity Formation; Securities; Real Estate.Email: Wendy C. Fostvedt
Sarah Oates (Associate) born Aspen, Colorado, 1972; (Admission pending). Education: Westminster College (B.A., 1994); University of Oklahoma (M.L.S., 2001); University of Wyoming (J.D., with honor 2009). Order of the Coif. Member: Pitkin County and The Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Family Law.Email: Sarah Oates
OF COUNSELJohn Thomas Kelly (Of Counsel) born Topeka, Kansas, July 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1967); University of Denver (J.D., 1971). Deputy District Attorney, 9th Judicial District, 1971. Secretary, Garfield County Bar Association, 1972. Member: Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Property Taxation Disputes; Land Use Law.Email: John Thomas Kelly
Stephen R. Connor (Of Counsel) born Rochester, New York, June 3, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1971); University of Colorado; University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1975). Research Assistant for Honorable Hez J. Bussey, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 1975. President, Basalt Sanitation District, 1986-1996. Town Attorney, Town of Snowmass, Colorado, 1987-2005. Member: Pitkin County and The Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Law; Governmental Law; Land Use Law; Real Estate Law; Water Law.Email: Stephen R. Connor
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