2020 Annual Ethics Update Alec Rothrock and Herrick Lidstone, Jr. will discuss current issues under the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, including proposed and recently adopted Rules, and recent Colorado cases and ethics opinions. Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Via Zoom Registration is required in order to […]
COVID-19 Business Survival Guide by Amy K. Fliam, Kylie R. Santos and Theresa M. Mehringer. SMDCC Presentation Powerpoint – BFW
Shareholders Kemper Will and Scott Clark have been recognized in the 2019 Chambers USA listing of leading environmental attorneys. Chambers is a highly respected research organization that bases its rankings through assessment of a firm’s work and opinions from external market sources, with an emphasis on client feedback. Firms and lawyers need to demonstrate sustained […]
Accepting Cryptocurrency as Payment for Legal Fees Ethical and Practical Considerations BY HERRICK K. LIDSTONE, JR. AND ERIK K. SCHUESSLER In the early 1970s, the legal community grappled with whether to allow payment of legal fees by then-innovative means: the credit card.1 Now, attorneys are faced with another cutting-edge method of paying legal fees: virtual […]
Mr. and Ms. Litigator, Your Help Is Needed By Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr. Burns, Figa & Will, P.C. April 10, 2019 Too many times our judicial officers issue opinions in cases that do not accurately reflect the law of business entities. For example, in Stockdale v. Ellsworth, the Colorado Supreme Court decided a case involving […]
Amy Fliam focuses her practice on a variety of transactional matters. Amy advises clients at all stages of growth, helping them from initial entity selection and formation, to raising capital, and ultimate exit through sale, merger or acquisition. She has worked with companies in a variety of industries – technology, oil and gas, medical device […]
UNSOLICITED AND UNEXPECTED COMMUNICATIONS AND THE TROUBLE THEY CAN CREATE 2018 ETHICS UPDATE1 PRESENTATION TO THE TAX, BUSINESS LAW, REAL ESTATE AND TRUST AND ESTATE SECTIONS DECEMBER 12, 2018 BY HERRICK K. LIDSTONE, JR. BURNS, FIGA &WILL, P.C. GREENWOOD VILLAGE,CO How many times have we received emails from unknown parties starting off: “Can your firm […]
Protecting Personal Identifying Information In Colorado – The Rules Have Changed By Lauren M. Collins, Esq., Burns, Figa & Will, P.C. & Jeremy Schupbach, Director, Legislative Relations, Colorado Bar Association On September 1, 2018, Colorado House Bill 18-1128 (“HB 1128”) went into effect. HB 1128 essentially heightens Colorado covered entities’ obligations to implement plans to […]
The Business Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association recognizes that many of its members and other lawyers actively participate in the process of improving the business laws of the State of Colorado by working together to draft business legislation, help other lawyers understand and practice business law, and promote high standards of professionalism for […]
Amendments to Mandatory Continuing Education Rules The ‘65’ Exemption Becomes the ‘72’ Exemption1 By Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr. Burns, Figa & Will, P.C. Greenwood Village, Colorado Under existing (soon to be repealed) Rule 260.5 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, “[a]ny attorney shall be exempt from the minimum educational requirements set forth in [Rules […]
