Boulder/Denver Full Service Law Firm
At BHGR, our lawyers are organized into functional practice groups to provide depth of experience in many different areas of law. For more information about a practice area, click on a heading.
The use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques such as mediation, arbitration, mini trials, and dispute review boards has enabled our attorneys to reduce legal expense and time, enabling us to resolve matters quickly and efficiently. The members of our ADR practice group are not only experienced in ADR, but they bring that experience to the other members of the firm to allow us to candidly evaluate cases and achieve the best result for our clients in a cost effective manner.
BHGR has significant expertise in appellate cases in front of the Colorado Court of Appeals, The Colorado Supreme Court, and at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
BHGR has significant experience representing and negotiating for state and national banks and other federally regulated lending institutions. Such experience encompasses regulatory response, litigation, debt collection, lending documentation including business and real estate lending, and creditors' rights including bankruptcy.
We attorneys have a wide variety of experience in complex Chapter 11 reorganization cases. We help our clients analyze their businesses and create a reorganization plan that will satisfy lenders and other creditors. BHGR attorneys also represent secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders, bankruptcy trustees, and creditors' committees in Colorado and throughout the nation.
We understand and counsel our clients with business organizations, whether it be a partnership, limited liability company, or traditional corporation. To help our clients make an informed choice, we explore the businesses' anticipated activities, potential liability, desired tax treatment, and long-term goals. We also provide legal representation regarding mergers and acquisitions.
The firm regularly provides representation on a wide variety of legal issues that arise in day-to-day business operations, whether in the capacity of "general counsel" or as a regional, local, or special counsel in connection with a particular matter.
The trial lawyers at BHGR have litigated numerous civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts, government tribunals, and arbitrations, as well as handling appeals.
The knowledge and experience of our construction law section attracts clients from the entire spectrum of the construction industry including contractors, subcontractors, construction managers, owners, sureties, architects, engineers, suppliers, and developers. Our experience extends to all phases of construction law, including contract drafting and negotiation, project delivery systems bonds, insurance and surety law, claim resolution and avoidance, construction defect claims, mechanic's liens, bidding and award disputes, environmental issues, and architectural errors and omissions.
BHGR represents criminal defendants in a wide variety of matters including federal and state white-collar crimes such as fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, IRS tax violations, and environmental crime.
Both large and small companies deal with employment discrimination issues such as age discrimination, sex discrimination, race discrimination, and reasonable accommodation issues arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). BHGR attorneys provide practical training and advice to employers on compliance with employment laws. We are experienced in assisting clients with a full range of employment law matters.
BHGR advises manufacturers, mining companies, oil and gas exploration and production companies, governmental entities, universities, individuals, water treatment facilities, real estate developers, ranchers, banks, and other commercial companies with regard to a wide range of environmental and natural resource matters.
One of the finest gifts any of us can leave to our loved ones is an orderly arrangement for the transfer of our assets at death, one which minimizes the risk of discord among the children or other heirs, and cuts the awful burden of the federal estate tax. We have several lawyers who specialize in the complex areas of the federal estate tax, the federal gift tax, and the generation-skipping transfer tax (GST).
BHGR's employee benefits attorneys design and draft stock-based incentive compensation plans, executive compensation arrangements, and employment agreements. We advise our clients on ERISA, tax, and securities law matters related to employee benefits and executive compensation, including complex equity-based deferred compensation programs, and counsel our clients on the employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
BHGR intellectual property lawyers assist clients in obtaining, protecting, and enforcing all types of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Our clients include multinational consumer products companies, sophisticated technology firms, traditional manufacturing firms, and others in a wide range of industries.
BHGR attorneys represent local governments and real estate development professionals in the areas of land use and zoning. We regularly work with city and county planning staffs, and have appeared before, as well as represented, planning commissions, boards of adjustment, city councils, and other decision-makers in the land use process.
BHGR attorneys provide cost-effective legal solutions for local government clients, including city councils, county commissioners, water utilities, and special districts throughout Colorado.
Our attorneys have significant experience in structuring the purchase and sale of businesses, sometimes called "Mergers and Acquisitions." We are experienced, for example, in structuring earnouts, seller warranties, installment payments, seller non-competes, and intellectual property licensing and transfers.
Our personal injury attorneys represent plaintiffs and defendants in serious injury and wrongful death cases involving auto accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, auto defects, product liability, and other types of negligence claims.
We often advise people who are named as executors of a will. As your legal representative, we will efficiently file all necessary court documents and move the probate process along to the swiftest possible conclusion. Our sound legal guidance can ensure the probate process goes as smoothly as possible and help protect the executor from being sued.
The firm provides a full range of services for builders and developers, including services related to acquisitions, financing of acquisitions, subdivisions, and guiding the project through land use and zoning boards. Whether the project is residential, agricultural, commercial, or industrial, we have experience in structuring and completing successful development projects. We assist developers regarding their organizational structure, development agreements, construction agreements, and issues relating to Colorado's Common Interest Ownership Act.
Our attorneys advise clients on matters pertaining to corporate, partnership, and individual tax planning. We also advise individual and corporate clients on the tax implications of business relationships, including commercial contracts, shareholder relationships, partnerships, employment agreements, and independent contractor agreements.
In Colorado, the prior appropriation doctrine governs the right to take water for use in cities, on farms, and in industry. Complex statutes and case law govern water rights. The quality of our water, in particular the regulation of discharges, is governed by Colorado statutes and administrative procedures. Our water law attorneys have substantial experience concerning the prior appropriation doctrine, the appraisal of water rights, transfer and change of water rights, water quality standards, and the discharge permit process.
For more information, contact a Boulder/Denver attorney at BHGR.
