Counsel to the American Petroleum Institute (“API”) and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (“COGA”) as intervenors in a suit filed by Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee (“Wildgrass”) against the State of Colorado and the Colorado Oil and Gas Committee in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado attempting to prevent Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. from engaging in hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in their residential neighborhood. Our team filed motions to dismiss both the original complaint and an amended complaint on multiple grounds, including that the federal court should abstain from deciding the case of utmost importance to Colorado and that the complaint failed to state valid claims for relief. The court agreed with API and COGA and dismissed the amended complaint in its entirety.

Counsel to former Republican Gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton in an action against Kennedy Enterprises, a firm with which he had contracted to obtain sufficient signatures to qualify for the 2018 Gubernatorial primary. The Denver District Court found that Kennedy Enterprises breached its contract with Stapleton by failing to adequately investigate claims that one of the people gathering the signatures had done so unlawfully, and ordered the company to return $235,000 in consulting fees to Stapleton.

Counsel to Kystella Watts in a pro bono matter, winning her complete custody of her child in Montrose County District Court in trial. Our client, a single mother, had two separate families, trying to convert temporary custody of her 7 year old son to permanent custody after she completed a prison sentence. The case was resolved after day long evidentiary hearing and extensive motions practice.

Secured early dismissal of individual defendant Chad Keck for lack of personal jurisdiction in multi-defendant complex litigation matter regarding United States rugby leagues in Boulder County District Court (Case No. 18CV30533).