The Firm has experience in local government law, land development law, eminent domain, litigation and general business, including the following:

• General counsel to home rule and statutory towns and cities, and special districts;

• Litigation of land use and annexation matters, including the well-known Margolis and Eggert cases, and representation of municipal clients in several land use, governmental immunity and eminent domain cases of first impression, including Grynberg v. City of Northglenn, Town of Parker v. Colorado Division of Parks, and Town of Parker v. Norton, Colorado Department of Transportation v. First Place, and Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority v. The Cornerstone Group XXII, L.L.C.

• Eminent domain and land acquisition by local government;

• Employment law, including defense of wrongful discharge cases, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and other types of federal regulation, and development of policies, procedures, contracts and ordinances to help the public employer avoid liability;

• Election law, including TABOR compliance, representation of both petitioners and municipalities for initiative, referendum and recall elections, and TABOR implementation and litigation, including litigation of Stecher v. Northglenn and Cerveny v. Wheat Ridge;

• Drafting legislation, lobbying and testifying before legislative committees;

• Experience in negotiating and drafting development agreements;

• Experience protecting governmental intellectual property, including trademark prosecution, copyright matters, and technology licensing

We have been actively involved in newly adopted legislative enactments bearing upon tort law, governmental immunity, open meetings, open records, antitrust, land use and law enforcement. A major function of our position as City and Town Attorney for various municipalities and general counsel for special districts is to keep ourselves and our clients abreast of proposed and adopted legislation of this type.