Special Counsel

Overview

Wallace (Wally) began his law practice in Colorado in 1967, continuing the tradition started by his father who practiced in Longmont until 1965. He opened his first law firm, Grant & McCarren, in 1968 with his law school classmate, William J. McCarren. Since its founding, that firm has been a mainstay in the Longmont and Northern Colorado legal arena.

In 1995, Wally and his son, Cameron, formed Grant & Grant, changing the name to Grant Grant & Goiran in 2003, and merging into Donelson Ciancio & Grant, P.C. in 2012. Wally, Cameron, Suzan Fritchel and long-time paralegal, Maureen Simpson, returned to Lyons Gaddis in 2013.

• Education & Past Positions

  Wally earned his B.A. from Yale University in 1963. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1967 with a JD degree and received his M.B.A. from the University of Denver in 1975.

• Representative Matters

  Wally advises clients in a wide range of transactional matters, in the areas of real estate, land use, oil and gas, estate planning, estate administration, and business law.

  Wally’s current and past clients include:

  • Kurtz Cattle Company
  • Double Dove Ranches LLC
  • AHI Longmont, Inc.
  • Diamond G Enterprises, LLC
  • Golden Farms Ltd.
  • Golden Land Company LLC
  • Loukonen G-4 LLC
  • University of Colorado Health
  • Zweck & Turner Ditch Owners
  • Zweck LLC
  • Longmont National Bank

• Organizations & Community Involvement

  Wally is a member of the Boulder County and Colorado Bar Associations and is also licensed to practice in the State of California. Additional community involvement includes:

  • Member, Boulder County Business Hall of Fame
  • St. Vrain Sanitation District (Chairman)
  • Longmont Downtown Development Authority (Chairman)
  • Longmont United Hospital
  • Economic Development Association of Longmont (Chairman)
  • Boulder County Mental Health Foundation
  • District 6 Water Users Association
  • Triple G Livestock Company
  • Longmont Foundation
  • OUR Center
  • Longmont Council for the Arts
  • Longmont Meals on Wheels
  • Tiny Tim Center
  • Longmont National Bank
  • Colorado National Bank - Longmont

  In addition to founding and leading two successful law firms, Wally was and is actively involved in a number of outside business ventures, including family farming and ranching operations, Ivancie Wines, and various real estate projects in Northern Colorado.