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| | Address | | 1712 Pearl Street | | Boulder, Colorado 80302 | | (Boulder Co.) | | | |
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| Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial and Civil Litigation, Construction Law and Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate Transactions and Development, Estate Planning and Wealth Management, Business Transactions, Business Organization and Counseling, Land Use Planning and Development, Water Law, Local Government Law, Employment Law, Employment Litigation, Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Workouts, Creditors' Rights and Remedies, Banking Law, Federal, State and Local Taxation, Torts, Insurance and Public Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Purchases and Sales of Businesses, Criminal Law. | | Firm Size: 21 | Office Hours:
Monday: 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
| | George V. Berg, Jr. (Partner) born Houston, Texas, March 28, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, Colorado; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Rice University (B.C., 1973); Bates College of Law, University of Houston (J.D., 1976). Member: Boulder County, Colorado and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Litigation; Commercial Law; Construction Litigation; Business Organization; Bankruptcy. Email: George V. Berg, Jr. | | David G. Hill (Partner) born Lawrence, Kansas, January 3, 1935; admitted to bar, 1962, Colorado and U.S. Tax Court; 1980, U.S. Court of Claims. Education: University of Kansas (A.B., 1956); University of Michigan (J.D., 1961). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, University of Michigan Law Review, 1960-1961. Member: Colorado (Former Member of Governing Council, Probate and Trust, and Real Property Sections) and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Denver v. Englewood, 905A474, 826 P.2d 1266 (Colo. 1992); Left Hand Ditch Company v. Hill, 955C662 (Colo. 1997); Denver v. Thornton (Colo. 2002). Practice Areas: Business Organizations; Real Property Law; Water Law; Estate Planning. Email: David G. Hill | | Richard F. Greenleaf (Partner) born Bristol, Connecticut, March 6, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1999, Colorado. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1976); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1982). Charter Member, Center for International Legal Studies. Member: Houston (Former Chair, Construction Law Section), Colorado (Member, Construction Law Section) and American (Member, Construction Industry Forum Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Construction Law Section); American Arbitration Association (Former Member: National Panel for Large and Complex Construction Cases; National Panel of Mediators). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Arbitration; Mediation; Surety Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Richard F. Greenleaf | | Giovanni M. Ruscitti (Partner) born Longmont, Colorado, October 5, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1989; M.B.A., 1993); University of Denver (J.D., 1993). Author: "Bad Faith and Fair Dealing - Rocky Mountain Handbook," (1997); "Liability of Surety for Loans to Principal," The Law of Probate Bonds, ABA (2001). Member, Internet Chamber of Commerce. Member: Denver, Boulder, Colorado, American (Member: Bankruptcy Section; Litigation Section; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation Committee); American Bankruptcy Institute; Computer Law Association. Reported Cases: Yoder v. Honeywell, Inc., 104 F.3d 1215 (10th Cir. 1997); Yoder v. Honeywell, Inc. 900 F. Supp 240 (D. Colo. 1995); Edmonds v. Western Surety Co., 962 P.2d 323 (Colo. App. 1998). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Surety Law; Computer and Technology; Creditors Rights and Remedies; Insurance Litigation; Business Organization; Bankruptcy; Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Giovanni M. Ruscitti | | Jon N. Banashek (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, April 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1992); University of Colorado (J.D., 1995). Author: "Polygraph Examinations: Admissibility and Privilege Issues," The Colorado Lawyer Volume 31, November 11, page 69. Member: Boulder County (Co-Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1999-2000 1999-2002 2001-2002 and 2005; Young Lawyer of the Year, 2000) and Colorado Bar Associations; Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Felonies; Misdemeanors; White Collar Crime; Driving While Intoxicated; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Extradition; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Bicycle Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Insurance Litigation; Civil Practice. Email: Jon N. Banashek | | Josh A. Marks (Partner) born Santa Monica, California, March 1, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Colorado. Education: University of California (B.A., 1983); University of Colorado (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Construction Law; Eminent Domain; Government; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Personal Injury; Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Josh A. Marks | | Thomas E. Merrigan (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Colorado; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1971); University of Denver (J.D., 1976). Member: Adams County, Broomfield and Colorado Bar Associations. Reported Cases: In re: Groves, 707 F.2d 451 (10th Cir. 1983); Ashcraft v. Allis, 707 P.2d 1274 (Colo. App. 1987); Metropolitan Denver Sewage Disposal District No. 1 v. Commerce City, 745 P.2d 1041 (Colo. App. 1987); Dantelson v. Zoning Board of Adjustment, 807 P.2d 541 (Colo. 1990); Colorado Auto Auction Services Corporation v. Commerce City, 800 P.2d 998 (Colo. 1990); Platte Valley Savings v. Call, 821 P.2d 305 (Colo. App. 1991); Citicorp Mortgage, Inc. v. Younger, 856 P.2d 52 (Colo. App. 1993); Hibbard v. County of Adams, 900 P.2d 1254 (Colo. 1994); DBB Construction Company v. Central City Development Company, 965 P.2d 115 (Colo. 1998); Dantels v. City of Commerce City, 998 P.2d 648 (Colo. App. 1999); FOP v. City of Commerce City, 996 P.2d 133 (Colo. 2000); and City of Commerce City v. State, 40 P.3d 1273 (Colo. 2002). Practice Areas: Construction Claims; Construction Litigation; Civil Litigation; Municipal Law. Email: Thomas E. Merrigan | | Heidi C. Potter (Partner) born Boulder, Colorado, April 4, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Colorado. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1993; B.S., 1993); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Kappa Tau Alpha. Author: "The First Amendment and Newspaper Vending Machine Regulation," 69 U. Colo. L. Rev. 223 (1998). Member: Boulder County and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Land Use; Local Government; Creditors Rights; Remedies. Email: Heidi C. Potter | | Asimakis (Maki) P. Iatridis (Partner) born Athens, Greece, April 21, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Massachusetts; 1991, New Hampshire; 1992, District of Columbia; 1993, Colorado. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1985); New York University (J.D., 1990). Order of Cross and Crown (Boston College). Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Colorado School of Mines, 1997—. Colorado Special Assistant Attorney General, 1994-1999. Column Editor, Colorado Lawyer, 1999-2005. Member: The Colorado (Chair, 2003-2004 and Vice-Chair, 2002, Environmental Law Section) and American (Vice-Chair, Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee, 1999—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation. | | Daniel M. Gross (Partner) born San Bernardino, California, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Claims Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1977); University of Denver (J.D., 1982). Member, Colorado Contractors Association, 1982 —. Member: Colorado (Member, Construction Law Section) and American (Forum on the Construction Industry - Public Contract Law Section, 1988 —) Bar Associations. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Construction Law(60%); Government Contracts(20%); Civil Litigation(10%); Arbitration(10%). | | —————————— | | Kathleen T. Alt (Associate) born Yonkers, New York; admitted to bar, 2001, Colorado. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1988); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 2001). Order of St. Ives. Member: The Colorado Bar Association; Colorado Criminal Defense; Colorado Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Natural Resources; Environmental Law. Email: Kathleen T. Alt | | Michael B. Arnold (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, September 24, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia; 2006, Colorado. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); Georgia State University Law School (J.D., 1997). Member: Colorado Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Securities Litigation. Email: Michael B. Arnold | | Justin C. Berg (Associate) born Houston, Texas, August 13, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Colorado. Education: Rice University (B.A., English, 2000); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2003). Formerly with: Moriarty Leyendecker PC; Eggleston & Briscoe. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense. Email: Justin C. Berg | | Julie M. Earnest (Associate) born Indiana, March 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 2000, Colorado. Education: Purdue University (B.S.C.E., with highest distinction, 1982; M.S.C.E., 1984); Keller Graduate School of Management (M.B.A., with distinction, 1990); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 2000). Registered Professional Engineer, Wisconsin, 1988 and Illinois, 1989. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Julie M. Earnest | | Melissa M. Heidman (Associate) born Sioux City, Iowa, August 7, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Iowa; 2001, Colorado. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1989); Drake University (J.D., 1992). Member: Boulder County, Iowa State, The Colorado and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Water Rights. Email: Melissa M. Heidman | | John A. Hunter (Associate) born Charleston, West Virginia, January 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1994); Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Boulder and Colorado Bar Associations; Federal Communications Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Construction Law; Contracts; Civil Litigation; Utility Law. | | Preston J. Johnson (Associate) born Loveland, Colorado, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 2001); University of Colorado School of Law (J.D., 2007). Boren Scholar, 2000. Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law, 2005-2007. Practice Areas: Transactional. | | Melanie B. Lewis (Associate) born Denville, New Jersey, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Colorado. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1992); University of Colorado (J.D., 1997). Member: Colorado Bar Association; Colorado Womens Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Civil Rights and Constitutional Claims; Labor and Employment; Government; Appellate Practice. Email: Melanie B. Lewis | | Matthew Jerome Ochs (Associate) born Saratoga Springs, New York, May 6, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Colorado; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1995); University of Denver (J.D., 1999). Law Clerk, Hon. Judith A. Boulden, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Utah 2000-2002. Law Clerk, Hon. Karen S. Metzger, Colorado Court of Appeals 1999-2000. Author: Note, "Defining Wilderness: From McClosky to Legislative, Administrative and Judicial Paradigms," 76 Denv. U.L. Rev. 659 (1999). Co-Author: "Discharging Civil Settlement Obligations in Bankruptcy After Archer v. Warner," Vol. 32 No. 9, Colorado Lawyer (September 2003); "CLE International, Private Equity Seminar: Subordination and Intercreditor Issues," 2003; "The Doctrine of Necessity: Judicial v. Statutory Authority," American Bankruptcy Institute, Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2003. Contributor: Colorado CLE, "1999 Update on Environmental Claims in Bankruptcy," June 1999. Trustee, Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers' Forum 2001-2002. Member: Denver and Colorado (Member, Business and Banking Law Section and Bankruptcy Subsection, 2000—) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; International Federation of Insolvency Professionals (INSOL); William E. Doyle American Inn of Court (1998—). Practice Areas: Real Estate. | | Jason T. Pink (Associate) born Jackson, Michigan, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Colorado. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., English, 1996); University of Colorado (J.D., 2003). Member: Colorado Bar Association; Colorado Criminal Defense Bar; 16th Judicial District Bar Association (Secretary, 2004; Vice President, 2005); Boulder Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial and Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense; Personal Injury. | | Judy B. Snyder (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 13, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 2003, Colorado. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., Economics; B.B.A. Finance, 1987; J.D., 1990). Instructor, Southwestern Legal Foundation Management College, Richardson, Texas, 1993-1996. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation. Email: Judy B. Snyder | | Kim A. Tomey (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, March 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1998, Hawaii; 2002, Colorado. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Arizona (J.D., 1998). Member, University of Arizona Law Review. Member: Boulder County Bar Association; Hawaii State Bar Association; The Colorado Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Law; Creditors Rights. Email: Kim A. Tomey | | Jennifer R. Zimmerman (Associate) born Boulder, Colorado, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Colorado. Education: Emory University (B.A., 2002); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Recipient: National Association of Women Lawyers Award; Rothgerber Teaching Fellowship in Contracts. Associate Editor, University of Colorado Law Review. Member: Boulder County, Colorado and American Bar Associations; Colorado Criminal Defense Bar; National Association of Women Lawyers. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Complex Commercial Litigation; Construction Defect Litigation; Contract Litigation. | | OF COUNSEL | | Susan Tyrrell Richards (Of Counsel) born Rockford, Illinois, May 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1983; M.B.A., 1992; J.D., 1992). Managing Editor, University of Colorado Law Review. Member: Boulder County and Colorado (Trust and Estate Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Organization; Real Property Law. Email: Susan Tyrrell Richards |
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