Bob has received numerous recognitions from "5280" and "Law and Politics" magazines as a Super Lawyer and from "5280" and "Colorado Biz" magazines as providing the Best Client Satisfaction in their Wealth Management Category.

Bob is currently active in: Marked Men for Christ; Highlands Lodge, # 86, A. F. & A. M.; Denver Consistory Scottish Rite, 33°; York Rite Bodies; EI Jebel Shrine and the Royal Order of Scotland.

Bob has served as a Scoutmaster (Wood badge), member for six years and President for three years of the Saint Thomas More Parish Finance and Administration Committee, and has created numerous fund raising activities supporting organizations including The Denver Symphony, St. Mary's Academy, Regis Jesuit High School, The Little Sisters of the Poor and the Universities of Colorado and Denver.

University of Denver J.D., 1968
University of Colorado at Boulder B.A.,1965

Bob is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Military Appeals, the United States Tax Court, the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado and the Colorado Supreme Court. He is a member of the American, Colorado, Denver, and Arapahoe Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Denver Estate Planning Council. He has been awarded the designation "Accredited Estate Planner" by the National Association of Estate Planning Councils. He served as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Marine Corps.

Matters representative of Bob's work are:

* Counseling clients in elder law, estate and business planning and administration, including the utilization of advance medical directives, powers of attorney, revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, life insurance, and family partnerships;
* Counseling clients in the selection of the form of business entity whether corporate, limited liability company, partnership or proprietorship form;
* Qualification in foreign jurisdictions and business continuity and employment agreements;
* Counseling clients in the maintenance and termination of their business entities, including buy-sell agreements, mergers, acquisitions, dissolutions, work-outs, governmental reporting, sales, purchase and loan agreements, software and equipment leases, employee relations, licenses, minutes, and real estate leases, purchases and sales.

Bob is a frequent public speaker. Some of the organizations before which he has spoken and his topics are:

* A. G. Edwards & Sons: "What's All the Fuss About Trusts?," "Trust Workshop (The Uses and Abuses of Living Trusts)" and "The Care and Feeding of Living Trusts"
* American College Faculty: "Estate and Gift Taxation"
* American National Life Insurance Co.: "Trusts and the Economic Recovery Tax Act"
* Centennial Association of Life Underwriters: "The Role of the Life Underwriter in Estate Planning"
* Centennial Estate Planning Council: "Estate Planning for Oil and Gas Interests"
* Denver Paralegal Institute: "Estate Administration"
* Independent Petroleum Association of the Mountain States: "Estate Planning"
* International Practicum Institute: "Representing the Purchaser in the Acquisition of a Business" and "The Basics of Wills and Trusts and Annual Up-Date"
* Manufacturers Financial Group: "Uses and Pitfalls of S Corporations in Estate Planning"
* New York Life: "The Tax Reform Act of 1986"
* Older Adult Service and Information System: "Coping with Legal Disability"
* Prudential Life: "Estate Planning Basics"
* Rocky Mountain Chapter of Chartered Life Underwriters: "Partnership Capital Freezes"
* Southern Methodist University Tax Symposium: "Estate Planning for Oil and Gas Interests"
* University of Denver Faculty Women's Club: "Estate Planning IS for You"

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"When I think of my father, my mind turns to the many kindnesses you showed to him over the years.  You were much more than a great lawyer for dad--you were a treasured friend." -- C. M.

"We wanted to thank you for helping us with our wills and special needs trust. You and your staff made the whole process easy and we appreciate all that you have done for us. We will highly recommend you to our friends." -- .E. G.

"Thank you for your fine services. You are a gentleman, fine lawyer and a credit to our profession." -- B. S., Esq.