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Overview

Sean’s practice focuses on real estate, development, land use, and complex business transactions. He represents landowners, investors, developers, and contractors in all aspects of real estate transactions, and also has significant experience as a lawyer and a former planning commission member working with local government boards, commissions, and entities on entitlements, rezoning, annexations, variances, and other land use matters. His business transactional practice includes entity choice and formation, contract drafting, business financing, asset and stock purchase and sale agreements, and mergers and acquisitions. He also has expertise in the formation and representation of owners’ associations in the formation and management of common-interest communities.

He focuses on understanding a client’s needs, forming common sense, strategic plans at the intersection of real estate and business to achieve them. As a native of Longmont and the Boulder County area, he enjoys working with local businesses and community organizations that help make the Front Range a wonderful place to live and work.

• Education & Past Positions

  Sean graduated with honors from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2009. He graduated from the University of California Berkeley School of Law in 2013, where he volunteered in the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project.

  Prior to joining Lyons Gaddis, Sean worked as a general practitioner for mid-size law firms in Boulder and Vail. During law school, Sean spent time as a law clerk for the Boulder County Attorney’s Office and Colorado Common Cause.

• Organizations And Community Involvement

  Sean is currently general counsel for the Boulder County Democratic Party, serving as the Legal Team Leader. He has been on the executive committee of the Boulder County Democratic Party in various roles since 2015.  He served on the Boulder County Planning Commission from 2017 – 2018. He helps coach the mock trial team at his alma mater, Niwot High School, and is active in the Longmont community.

  Sean lives in Longmont with his wife, Emily, and his son, Sawyer.