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Inside Colorado’s New Judicial District: A Profile of 23rd Judicial District Chief Judge Ryan Stuart

3 weeks ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Anyone who wants to visit with the 23rd Judicial District’s new chief judge is greeted with a partially completed Lego model of the Titanic. They can tinker away at the model while they wait in the sitting area outside of his courtroom office. The model currently sits in five different pieces. Chief Judge Ryan Stuart served as a district court judge in the 18th Judicial District.
A Frozen Dead Guy, Ghosts, Hollywood Artifacts: The Sale of the Stanley Hotel

3 weeks ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Inside the historic building and the inspiration behind Stephen King’s The Shining, the cryogenically frozen body of Bredo Morstøl now resides. The town of Estes Park got the Norwegian man and related Frozen Dead Guy Days festival in 2023. That’s the same year the legal team at Taft, then Sherman & Howard, started working on the acquisition of the famous Stanley Hotel.
A Deal Many Years in The Making: Nordstrom’s Sale Back to The Nordstrom Family

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Nordstrom went public in the 1980s. The Nordstrom family, who are the largest combined group of stockholders, founded the company 125 years ago. According to WilmerHale partner Keith Trammell, the family tried to buy the department store retailer back in 2017 and 2018, but they were turned down by the board, so they tried again in late 2023. Trammell has worked with the family since 2017.
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Boulder’s Tort-Based Climate Change Damages Lawsuit Can Proceed in State Court

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | JOhn Watson |John Watson

By John WatsonSPENCER FANEIn a recently released opinion, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Richard Gabriel, writing for the majority, denied motions from ExxonMobil and three Suncor entities, allowing Boulder County and the City of Boulder to proceed in state court with their climate accountability lawsuit seeking damages and other relief for climate change injuries.
Construction Law Super Lawyers Eye Market Fluctuations, Assess Risk for Colorado Construction Projects in 2025

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Construction law in the U.S. has been getting more complex over the years, but 2025 has seen significant market movement from tariffs while the industry continues to battle labor shortages. Compounding issues include increasing instances of bankruptcy and funding distress, according to this year’s Colorado Super Lawyers. Laurie Choi, a construction attorney and partner at Snell & Wilmer in Denver, said project viability is a real concern currently.
Family Law, Labor, Employment Super Lawyers Weigh in on LLPs, Social Media Evidence, Union Formation

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Law Week got announcements from local firms that approximately 60 individual attorneys were listed by Super Lawyers for family law practices and close to 35 individual attorneys were listed for labor and employment law. More generally this year, we received announcements from more than 30 firms that nearly 300 attorneys locally made the cut for Super Lawyers 2025. We analyzed some of the trends they’ve been tracking in their respective practice areas for the next year.
Big Deals Q1 2025

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Firms reported 12 big deals to Law Week in our Q1 2025 survey. The number of deals reported dipped slightly lower than reported for the last quarter, but showed a modest if tentative start to the year in comparison to 2024. J.P. Morgan estimates that U.S. economic growth has slowed in the first quarter with increasing uncertainty in sensitive markets. Morgan Stanley predicts market gains in 2025 but cautions they may be more muted than the past two years.
Colorado Legislature Passes More Than 210 Bills in Session Marked with Budget Shortfalls, Protests

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

More than 210 bills have been signed since the 2025 session started in January. In a session pockmarked with budget shortfalls and protests, Colorado lawmakers still managed to pass a few important bills this year. One bill reduces the state-paid portion of assistant district attorney salaries at each judicial district from 50% to 25%. Another bill passed this session seeks to address the delays in DNA evidence and sexual assault kit testing.
Remembering Jack Hanley: the Intersection of Idea Implementation, the Law

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Jack Hanley wasn’t an attorney, but that hardly mattered in the grand scheme of things. Those who knew him said he was often mistaken to be an attorney by other attorneys — such was the magnitude of his particular gift as a law firm administrator. He knew what made attorneys tick and deeply resonated with and understood the joy of the practice of law. Hanley died on March 27 at the age of 81.
Corporate Counsel Weigh in on Job Satisfaction, Salaries, Benefits in Law Week’s Latest Survey

1 month ago | lawweekcolorado.com | Jess Brovsky-Eaker

Earlier this year, Law Week Colorado partnered with Gibson Arnold & Associates and the Colorado Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel to collect and analyze information from more than 100 local in-house attorneys, including job satisfaction, bonuses, salary trends and representative industries. The survey ran from January to March 2025. A Note on DemographicsOut of 101 attorneys who took our survey, 49% identified as female and 46% as male while 5% declined to identify.