William E. "Will" Smith

Trial lawyer Jersey Green has practiced in Colorado for more than three and a half decades and is also admitted to practice in Wyoming. He holds the distinction of being the first Colorado attorney to be board certified as a Family Law Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, an organization accredited by the American Bar Association.* He is a member of the Order of the Barristers, listed in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the West. He is a rec...

Leading real estate litigator. Shrewd transactional attorney skilled at risk mitigation. Deep grasp of legal and business issues impacting the real estate and construction industries. Jonathan Pray brings a powerful combination of expertise to his clients in the real estate and construction industries—deep experience as both a litigator and transactional attorney. One of the firm’s lead litigators, he has facilitated the resolution of disputes on some of Denver’s largest dev...

Kristen is an experienced trial lawyer who brings determination, skill, and success to individual and corporate clients facing a myriad of legal issues. She specializes in white collar and criminal antitrust matters and in general criminal defense in various jurisdictions. She has tried numerous complex cases as lead counsel in federal court, throughout Colorado and in Illinois and Virginia. Kristen passionately fights for the accused at all times, notwithstanding the nature of the accusation...

Garth Gersten is an attorney based out of Otteson Shapiro’s Denver office and a fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. He has decades of experience representing and advising policyholders on all types of insurance claims, and proactively assisting clients in managing their insurance programs by reviewing policies for gaps and overlaps, and negotiating insurance and indemnity provisions in contracts. Garth’s practice also includes litigating coverage and bad faith clai...

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...

Brian Leedy’s practice is devoted to defending individuals in both state and federal courts at all stages of the trial process, including pre-indictment grand jury targets, where he represents clients in a full range of criminal cases including mail and wire fraud, drug trafficking, firearm offenses, terrorism, environmental crimes, government procurement fraud, immigration, alien smuggling, bank robbery, sex offenses, tax offenses, offenses on Indian land. Brian’s practice is cli...

Dezarae Lacrue is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Dezarae, who practices law in Aurora, Colorado, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dezarae is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Andréa Horvath is committed to understanding the industry in which each client operates. As a shareholder in the Real Estate practice, clients rely on her to analyze and develop responses to transaction and development-related real estate matters. She helps to deliver a range of legal services during the life cycle of a real estate transaction, from letters of intent, through contraction negotiation, due diligence, financing and closing. Andréa also brings extensive experience a...

Tim Bounds is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates. Tim, 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 Tim is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

William “Bill” is the founding member of Kelly Law Partners, LLC whose commercial and employment litigation practice focuses on national and regional litigation for business clients. In response to a survey of Fortune 500 General Counsel, Bill has been named a “BTI Client Services All Star” for 4 consecutive years. He is also the sole Colorado recipient of the “Lexology Client Choice Award in Litigation” for 2017, a national survey of in-house counsel. Bill...