Joshua P. Odén

Twenty years’ experience in real estate law. Broad expertise managing complicated industry transactions. Knowledge informed by in-house counsel roles for a national cooperative bank and public university. Amy Diaz provides strategic counsel for both developers and investors on acquisitions and dispositions for commercial development and large-scale commercial leasing. She also represents commercial borrowers in connection with senior, mezzanine, construction and permanent loans secured ...

Ryan Lessmann is the office managing principal of the Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah offices and is a client solutions leader of Jackson Lewis P.C. He practices primarily in the area of employment litigation, including representing employers against claims alleging discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination, matters involving trade secret protection, restrictive covenants and unfair competition, and various contract issues. Ryan also counsels and defends employers in wa...

Melissa was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1968. She attended Colorado State University (graduating in 1990 with a B.A. in Political Science) and obtained her law degree from the University of Denver in 1994, where she served as an Editor on the Denver Journal of International Law and was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Estate and Gift Taxation. Melissa studied overseas and attended the University of London while serving as an intern in the House of Commons in London, England i...

John H. Tatlock is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. John H., who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which John H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Kim represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters.

Preeminent natural resources attorney. Obtains and defends development approvals for energy, mining and recreation industries. Executive level experience in the ski industry. Andrew Spielman is a widely respected energy, public lands and natural resources lawyer assisting with policy and regulatory issues involved in developing new facilities, as well as in the public land use and environmental permitting process. Committed to client success, Andy helps navigate the cyclical nature of the ene...

Mr. Hobbs' diverse litigation practice spans many kinds of high-stakes disputes nationwide and focuses on trials and arbitration. He represents clients in complex business and tort disputes, including: breach of contract, product liability, unfair competition, consumer protection, intellectual property, fiduciary duty and trade secret matters. His experience also includes appeals, mass torts and class action proceedings. Mr. Hobbs represents corporate entities as both plaintiffs and defendant...

Strategic litigator with a collaborative approach oriented toward solving her clients’ most difficult problems. Expertise in resolving pre-litigation disputes, complex commercial litigation and government investigations. Helps clients resolve business disputes while minimizing financial impact. Carrie Johnson focuses on litigation related to complex contract, corporate governance, fiduciary duty, fraud and securities issues. In particular, she has extensive expertise in managing both in...

Paige has extensive experience in both business law and trusts and estates. She advises individuals, families, and business owners on all aspects of estate planning and business succession planning. She has represented clients in a variety of complex wealth and succession transactions, including developing and implementing asset protection strategies and complex gift and estate planning strategies. She assists clients with trust administration and probate proceedings, and also has extensive e...

Practiced in the area of employment law for approximately 42 years, litigating, arbitrating and mediating employment related issues. Lectured locally and nationally on innumerable occasions with regard to employment law issues. Served as lead counsel in the largest age discrimination case ever brought, and successfully resolved, in the State of Colorado. Secured one of the largest ERISA judgments ever entered in the State of Colorado and also secured the first race discrimination judgment for...