Troy R. Rackham

Lisa Shimel is a partner with the firm and has more than 30 years of experience in transactions and litigation in commercial, real estate, and lending matters. Her practice areas include banking, lending, and financial institutions, real estate, business operations and transactions, bankruptcy and creditor’s rights, and litigation. Ms. Shimel’s practice focuses on representation of bank and non-bank financial institutions including: Loan documentation for commercial and real estat...

Former United States attorney and Colorado deputy attorney general. Seasoned counselor and litigator for clients facing federal and state government investigations and internal investigations. Recognized political law advisor to corporations and nonprofits on campaign finance, election and ballot initiative law. Throughout his time as United States attorney, deputy attorney general of Colorado and years of private practice, Jason Dunn has handled some of the highest-profile cases in Colorado....

More than 20 years working in real estate law. Experience managing transactions with as many as 276 properties in a single portfolio. Expertise handling $1.5 billion deals. These are just some of the many credentials that Nicole Ament brings to her role as Brownstein’s Real Estate Department chair—and to her clients’ projects, every day. Focusing on land use, development, financing and disposition, she spearheads transactions featuring complex portfolios and large single ass...

Kevin P. Hein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Franchise Law. Kevin P., who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kevin P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Nate Ford is a partner in the firm's Private Equity group. His practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors, senior management and public and private companies in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations and other complex corporate transactions, including a high volume of leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations in healthcare, technology, consumer products, energy, agriculture and a broad range of other industries. In additio...

David Zwisler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management. David, who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Over sixteen years of real estate law experience. Deep expertise in transactions in a wide range of industries. Guides national clients through deals from initial phases to acquisition and disposition. Whether her clients are leasing retail space, investing in a multifamily project, moving corporate headquarters, finishing construction on a distressed project or transforming run-down malls into vibrant lifestyle centers, Ashley Wingfield’s expertise guides them through every step. From ...

Christopher J. Neumann is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental and Real Estate Law. Christopher J., who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christopher J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mike Westover represents landowners, developers, lenders, investors and holders of other real estate interests in a wide variety of transactions throughout the United States. For more than four decades, clients have come to rely on Mike’s extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of real estate finance and transactional law. From representing national banks and institutional lenders in sophisticated financing transactions to working with agents and participants in syndicated credi...

Jeffrey A. Beuche is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law. Jeffrey A., who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jeffrey A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.