Paul R. Franke III

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 ...

Monica L.C. Lester is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Insurance Law. Monica L.C. practices law in Denver, Colorado Best Lawyers has recognized Monica L.C. Lester since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Monica L.C. Lester is held by other lawyers.

Margaret Parnell Hogan is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Employment Law - Management. Margaret Parnell practices law in Denver, Colorado Best Lawyers has recognized Margaret Parnell Hogan since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Margaret Parnell Hogan is held by other lawyers.

Chris Toll is a trusted advisor for his clients in the leasing, purchase and sale of real estate properties. For more than two decades, he has partnered with clients on a wide range of real estate needs across the country, including private equity investors, commercial and mixed-use real estate developers, and family-owned real estate investment companies. Chris has extensive experience with leasing retail, office, industrial, medical and mixed-use properties. Chris also handles build-to-suit...

Steve Suneson is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law and Tax Law. Steve practices law in Denver, Colorado Best Lawyers has recognized Steve Suneson since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Steve Suneson is held by other lawyers.

David D. Powell, Jr. focuses his practice on employment and commercial litigation. Before co-founding Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes with his colleagues in 2023, David served as a Deputy Attorney General in the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, managing the eight separate legal units comprising the State Services Section. In this role, he oversaw those responsible for representing the state’s key elected officials and providing legal services in the areas of health c...

Expertise spans land use and zoning, general real estate matters and urban renewal and public finance. Over a decade of real estate experience. Brings strong local ties to Colorado-focused projects. With an emphasis on land use and entitlements, Caitlin’s practice spans all areas of real estate development including acquisitions and dispositions, zoning and development as well as serving as special and general counsel to various governmental and quasi-governmental entities. Working prim...

Lisa Shimel is a partner based out of Otteson Shapiro’s Denver office. She brings more than 30 years of experience in commercial, real estate, and lending transactions and litigation. She represents bank and non-bank financial institutions in loan documentation, defaults, workouts, foreclosure matters, secured creditor bankruptcy, and operational and regulatory issues. Lisa also advises individuals and businesses on real estate purchases and sales, leasing, lending transactions and gene...

Nick Fogel is the practice group leader of Burg Simpson’s workers’ compensation department, which has achieved Tier 1 status by US News and World Report (the highest-ranking available). His practice is devoted to those who have been injured while working on the job and in the line of duty. In this capacity, Nick has extensive courtroom experience handling a wide variety of matters. Nick’s practice focuses on the representation of law enforcement, firefighters, and first resp...

For forty years, Hubert has handled the Front Range’s most complicated infrastructure issues and disputes, and it would be hard to name a large infrastructure project in the region where Hubert did not play a role. He draws on his lengthy experience to provide shrewd counsel to clients on construction, regulatory, and natural resource regulatory matters that are pre-suit and in litigation, so that clients can focus on what is paramount—seeing their projects through to timely compl...