Christopher Mills has assumed the Chair position of the Colorado Bar Association (COBAR) Litigation Section Executive Council for 2024-2025. The Litigation Section focuses on the interests of, and challenges facing, trial lawyers and litigation practitioners. The Section has active programs to promote advocacy training, law reform, and professional development. The section’s governing board, Litigation Section… Read more »
Howard Kenison is recognized as a leading environmental law and litigation attorney in Colorado in Chambers USA 2024, a directory of top lawyers and law firms. According to Chambers, Howard is admired for his handling of environmental litigation, including matters concerning air quality, water quality and hazardous waste. Howard is a former Colorado Deputy Attorney General and… Read more »
Lawrence Lee is recognized as a leading labor and employment attorney in Colorado in Chambers USA 2024, a directory of top lawyers and law firms. According to Chambers, Larry is an esteemed employment lawyer with expertise handling pre-claims and claims concerning wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, executive agreements, and workplace safety. This is Larry’s third year of… Read more »
Jones & Keller is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers, a highly respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Reid A. Godbolt as the Denver Best Lawyers Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” for 2024. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in Best Lawyers’ surveys by earning… Read more »
Decision in SEC enforcement action against Coinbase suggests that transactions involving crypto are securities. By Paul Vorndran and Javier Heres. A recent decision in an SEC enforcement action against Coinbase, the largest crypto-asset trading platform in the U.S., provides some long-awaited guidance on a topic that has been the subject of considerable debate in the… Read more »
Please join us in congratulating this year’s selections to the 2024 Colorado Super Lawyers list. Jones & Keller is pleased to announce the selection of nine of their attorneys for inclusion on the 2024 Colorado Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters legal directory and rating service, lists attorneys who exhibit excellence in the… Read more »
Similar to the prior five years, 2023 brought unprecedented changes in labor and employment laws that have already gone into effect or are now in effect for 2024 in Colorado, across the country in other states, by the National Labor Relations Board, and by the U.S. Supreme Court. Employers should be aware of the many… Read more »
Dylan Metzner has joined the Bailey Program for Family Enterprise at the University of Denver as a founding Advisor Member. As an advisor, Dylan will help families, their businesses and family offices thrive across generations and excel in these areas of best practice: estate planning, governance, leadership and continuity planning and social impact. As a founding… Read more »
Jones & Keller advises Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSE: REI) in an acquisition of the Central Basin Platform assets of Founders Oil & Gas IV, LLC for approximately $75 million. Jones & Keller, P.C. acted as corporate, securities and tax counsel to Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSE: REI) as it completed an acquisition of Central Basin Platform… Read more »
The federal Corporate Transparency Act will apply to all domestic entities, including corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnership effective January 1, 2024. ‒ By Reid A. Godbolt, Esq. Effective January 1, 2024, the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will apply to all U.S. domestic entities, including corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships. This… Read more »