303-776-9900Three Ways to Empowerment When clients make appointments for “estate planning”, they tend to be focused on how they leave their property when they pass away. While this is, of course very important, we always stress that an estate plan is incomplete without properly drafted “powers of attorney.” A power of attorney is a legal […]
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Why Can’t I Have What the Landlord Gets? Submitted by Cameron A. Grant I recently spoke to a group of commercial real estate brokers about the legal aspects of the leasing business. One question that garnered significant attention related to indemnification provisions in lease agreements. These brokers represent both landlords and tenants in lease deals […]
Spouses, Partners, Children & Uncertainty The Colorado Civil Union Act’s Legislative Declaration states that its purpose is to provide eligible couples (typically same-sex couples) the opportunity to obtain the same benefits, protections and responsibilities that Colorado law provides to spouses of a legal marriage. It seems a simple enough idea – just replace “spouse” with “partner […]
Submitted by John Wade Gaddis In virtually every transaction, if there is a dispute and a party has to litigate to enforce the agreement, he wants to recover the attorney fees and costs that he had to pay. It seems self evident that the prevailing party should recover the fees that he paid. In most […]
Lyons Gaddis has a large and active real estate development practice, representing government entities, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders, borrowers and business users in projects throughout Colorado. Our attorneys have experience with multi-million dollar public infrastructure projects, public and private finance, real estate taxation, and industrial, office and retail sales and leases. As a full-service […]
