Local Government Law

Boulder/Denver Municipal Law Attorneys

BHGR lawyers provide cost-effective legal solutions for local government clients, including city councils, county commissioners, water utilities, and special districts throughout Colorado.

Our law firm provides a full range of legal services for local government clients, whether we are serving as municipal attorney (as we do for Commerce City) or as special counsel for a specific legal matter. Those services include:

• Attending regular and special meetings of boards and commissions
• Land use and development
• Finance and taxation, including counsel on Colorado's TABOR (Taxpayers' Bill of Rights) law
• Constitutional law matters, including elections law
• Preparing contracts and other legal documents
• Advising board and council members on conflicts of interest and ethics rules
• Drafting or revising home rule charters
• Preparing ordinances and resolutions
• Real estate acquisition
• Takings Law, eminent domain and condemnation matters
• Annexation
• Liquor licensing
• Police department representation
• Employment discrimination and other employment law claims
• Civil litigation in state and federal courts and administrative agencies

Local governments face complex issues that may involve many areas of law. Through our group practice model, our firm can assemble a team of skilled attorneys with knowledge and experience from many different areas of law to create an efficient, integrated solution.

For more information, contact our municipal law attorneys at BHGR today:

Our Local Government Law Attorneys

• Josh A. Marks
• Thomas E. Merrigan
• Melanie B. Lewis