HBC attorney, Thomas Scott, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Boulder Ballet. The Boulder Ballet provides world-premiere performances to an ever growing and eager audience.
Seven HBC Attorneys Named Best Lawyers for 2016
Seven HBC lawyers, Bill Meyer, Jim Carpenter, Baine Kerr, Brad Peterson, Kimberly Hult, Chris Ford and Connie Eyster, have been named "Best Lawyers in America" for 2016. Bill, Baine, Brad and Connie have been named "Best Lawyers" in their practice area for at least the last seven years. The practice areas for which the selections were made are: Bill Meyer - Commercial Litigation; Jim Carpenter - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions; Baine Kerr - Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice; Brad Peterson - Construction Litigation; Kimberly Hult - Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice; Chris Ford - Plaintiff's Personal Injury, and Connie Eyster - Trusts and Estates.
Chris Ford Elected Chairperson of Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado
HBC partner Chris Ford was elected Chairperson of the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado at the Foundation's May 2015 meeting. The Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado promotes equal access to justice by raising funds to provide civil legal services for low-income people in the state of Colorado. The Foundation, which was founded in 1981 as a nonprofit organization, is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees comprised primarily of lawyers from around the state. Chris has been involved with the statewide Foundation and has co-chaired the local Boulder Campaign for the Foundation for the past eight years.
HBC's John Clune and Baine Kerr Featured in Washington Post Article
The national Title IX practice of HBC lawyers John Clune and Baine Kerr is featured in a July 9, 2015 article in the Washington Post, "Lawyers for rape accusers of Kobe Bryant, Jameis Winston altered U.S. campus culture."
Chris Ford Raises More Than $6,000 For American Institute for Cancer Research
HBC partner Chris Ford ran the Virgin London Marathon on April 26, 2015, as a fundraiser for the American Institute for Cancer Research. Chris raised over $6,000 and ran in honor of a good friend who passed away from melanoma seven years ago. The American Institute for Cancer Research highlighted his run in its May 2015 newsletter. You can read more about it here.
Susan Boothby Speaks on Estate Planning During Divorce
HBC attorney Susan Boothby was a co-presenter for a recent CLE on Estate Planning During Divorce. The CLE was hosted by the Trust and Estates Section of the Colorado Bar Association.
HBC Welcomes Susan Boothby as New Of Counsel Attorney
Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC is pleased to welcome Susan L. Boothby, J.D., LL.M, of counsel to the firm as of April 1, 2015. Susan brings to HBC over 30 years of experience in complex federal gift and estate tax planning for individuals and closely-held businesses as well as trust and estate administration. She is a frequent presenter and the author of numerous articles on trust and estate topics. Susan also serves as a member of the Executive Council of the Trust and Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
Bill Meyer, Baine Kerr, Brad Peterson and Chris Ford Voted Colorado Super Lawyers® for 2015
Four HBC lawyers, Bill Meyer (Business Litigation), Baine Kerr (Plaintiff Medical Malpractice), Brad Peterson (Construction Litigation) and Chris Ford (Personal Injury-Plaintiff) have again been voted 2015 Colorado Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters after a state-wide survey and independent review of the lawyers' credentials. This year is the 10th year that both Bill and Baine have been selected as Super Lawyers. HBC is very proud to have its lawyers recognized by their peers and to be named Colorado Super Lawyers.
Carla Sledge and Thomas Scott Represent Oilfield Services company in Acquisition
Hutchinson Black and Cook partner Carla Sledge and associate Thomas Scott closed the acquisition by an oilfield services company of the assets of a trucking company in Ohio. HBC's client provides oilfield services and supplies to large oil and gas companies in Colorado and six other states.
Carla Sledge Attends LEGUS Meeting in Austin
Carla Sledge attended the Fall meeting of LEGUS, an international network of law firms, in Austin, Texas. HBC has been the exclusive Colorado member of LEGUS for over 15 years. Carla also serves on LEGUS' Advisory Board. LEGUS has 78 member firms across the globe, allowing HBC to offer its clients seamless representation in any member state or country. For more information on LEGUS, click on the LEGUS logo / link on the HBC home page.
HBC Attorneys Obtain $300,000 Judgment In Toys 'R' Us Trademark Litigation
HBC attorneys Bill Meyer, Chris Ford and Justin Konrad recently obtained a $300,000 judgment for a client in a trademark case against Toys “R” Us in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. They represented Katherine Dines, an award-winning children’s songwriter, recording and teaching artist who, since the early 1990s, has performed and sold children’s music throughout the world under the Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta® brand. In 2012, Ms. Dines learned that Toys “R” Us was advertising children’s products under the brand “Hunk Ta Bunk Ta.” After more than a year of intense litigation based on copyright infringement and related state law claims, Toys “R” Us agreed to the entry of a judgment against it for $300,000.
Seven HBC Lawyers Named as “Best Lawyers in America" for 2015
Seven HBC lawyers, Bill Meyer, Jim Carpenter, Baine Kerr, Brad Peterson, Kimberly Hult, Chris Ford and Connie Eyster, have been named in the 2015 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America." Notably, Bill, Baine, Brad and Connie have been named Best Lawyersin their practice area for at least the last five years. The selection process is based on an exhaustive peer review survey of nearly 50,000 attorneys. HBC is very proud to have its lawyers recognized as Best Lawyers. The practice areas for which the selections were made are:
Bill Meyer - Commercial Litigation; Jim Carpenter - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acqusitions Law; Baine Kerr - Plaintiffs' Medical Malpractice; Brad Peterson - Construction Litigation; Kimberly Hult - Plaintiffs' Medical Malpractice; Chris Ford - Plaintiffs' Personal Injury and Connie Eyster - Trusts and Estates.
Brendan Chatham's Little League Team Wraps Up Incredible Season
The North Boulder Little League All-Stars (aka the Wildcats) coached by HBC Partner Brendan Chatham recently battled to win the Colorado District 2 Majors Division (11/12 year olds) Championship and the Colorado State Majors Division Championship earning a trip to the Little League World Series Southwest Regional tournament in Waco, Texas broadcast by ESPN. The Wildcats played well in the Texas heat and humidity and did the Boulder baseball community proud. Watch the Wildcats' video here.
Carla Sledge Presents at LEGUS Conference in Rome, Italy
Carla Sledge was a speaker at the annual meeting of LEGUS, an international organization of leading law firms, in Rome, Italy, in June. HBC has been the exclusive Colorado member of LEGUS for over 15 years and Carla has been the firm's representative to LEGUS since 2002. Carla also serves on LEGUS' Advisory Board. LEGUS has member firms across the U.S. and on 5 continents, allowing HBC to offer its clients seamless, trusted representation in any member state or country. More information on LEGUS is available at www.leguslaw.com
Carla Sledge Leads HBC Team Representing Oil and Gas Services Companies in Acquisition
In April, 2014, a team of Hutchinson Black and Cook lawyers led by Carla Sledge assisted in the acquisition of Advanced Oilfield Services, Inc. and Raptor Industries, Inc. in a transaction valued in excess of $30M. Advanced Oilfield Services, Inc. and Raptor Industries, Inc. are leading providers of oilfield production facility services and supplies in Colorado and six other states. With an eye on future growth, the companies attracted the interest of a successful New York-based private equity firm with significant experience in the energy industry. The buyer entity will continue to offer the same excellent services to the companies' customers.
HBC to Sponsor Reception and Justin Konrad to Speak at World IP Day Event
HBC is proud to be a principal sponsor of the reception following the World IP Day 2014 event in Boulder, Colorado. World IP Day is a celebration intended to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property (IP) in encouraging innovation and creativity, created and promoted in the United States as a joint effort of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
For 2014, the World IP Day theme is "Movies - A Global Passion." The Colorado Bar Association will host an event at the Cinemark Theater in Boulder from 2-6 PM on Wednesday, April 23, which will feature HBC entertainment and IP attorney Justin C. Konradspeaking about IP in the movies. Other speakers at the event will include Donald Zuckerman (Colorado Film Commissioner), Gary Sharp (Chief Technology Officer at RealD), and a panel of award-winning filmmakers and producers. A reception will follow at Cantina Laredo, sponsored by HBC. The event is free and open to the public, and 4 CLE credits have been applied for. More information is available on the event poster and at the Colorado Bar Association website.
HBC Welcomes Tom Scott As Associate Attorney
HBC is pleased to welcome Tom Scott as an associate attorney with the firm. Tom is a graduate of the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, graduating in the top 4% of his class, and was an editor of the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy. Tom obtained a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College where he was also an all-conference baseball player. Before law school, Tom worked in business consulting in New York and New Jersey. Tom's practice will focus on business transactions and general civil litigation.
Justin Konrad Speaking at CU's Silicon Flatirons Conference on the Future of Video Programming
HBC entertainment, intellectual property and business attorney Justin C. Konrad will speak today at the SIlicon Flatirons Center's conference titled The Challenge of Monetizing Content in a Changing Era. Justin's panel will focus on the lessons that the video programming industry might learn from the upheavals in distribution models in the music industry over the last fifteen years.
The video programming industries remain an exception to the dynamic of the Internet's disruption of established distribution channels for content. For the music, newspaper, and, increasingly, the publishing industry, the Internet has presented a major challenge to their business model and the ability to monetize content. For the video programming industries, however, movies and TV offerings continue to enjoy popularity—and traditional providers continue to enjoy healthy revenues—even as the Internet expands its reach and impact.
The question for established video programming providers—and would-be disruptive upstarts like YouTube, iTunes, and Hulu—is whether they can successfully add value (e.g., personalized advertisements), raise quality, and/or cut costs to attract consumer interest. For the owners of high quality content, moreover, there is a high stakes question as to whether such upstarts are friend or foe. After all, once consumers start receiving high quality content for free, it is difficult to later monetize those offerings.
In this conference, we will frame the challenges and opportunities facing the established and upstart video programing distribution providers. After so doing, we will focus on the strategic issues facing the content owners, who are seeking to maintain the best of the legacy distribution arrangements and leverage opportunities based on the networked digital environment. Finally, we will take a look at the video programming industry from the perspective of the music industry to evaluate what lessons can be learned.
For more information on this conference or the Silicon Flatirons Center, visit the SFC website.
Seven HBC Attorneys Named as Best Lawyers In America for 2014
HBC would like to congratulate its seven attorneys who have been named as 2014 Best Lawyers in America by the Best Lawyers® peer-review publication. The HBC attorneys receiving this honor for 2014 are Jim Carpenter (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law); Connie Eyster (Trusts and Estates); Chris Ford (Personal Injury Litigation); Kim Hult (Medical Malpractice Law); Baine Kerr (Medical Malpractice Law); Bill Meyer (Commercial Litigation); and Brad Peterson (Construction Law).
Best Lawyers® is a venerable and well-respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers® is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers® lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as a reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.
Best Lawyers'® lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for inclusion in Best Lawyers, that attorney must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain on the list for each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on Best Lawyers® lists.
For more information, visit Best Lawyers'® website at www.bestlawyers.com.
Green Cards Available for Spouses in Same-Sex Marriages
In the past, a foreign national in a same-sex relationship with a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident was not eligible for a green card or any other immigration benefits as a result of such relationship. The recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor has changed this dramatically. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office has begun to accept applications for green cards for foreign nationals in a same-sex marriage from those who are lawfully married under applicable state or national law. Currently California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and Washington have or will soon recognize same-sex marriages . Additionally, same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa and Sweden. The U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse in a same-sex marriage occurring under the laws of one of these states or countries is now eligible to apply for a green card for his or her spouse. Currently, applications are not being accepted from those couples in a civil union only.
If you are interested in discussing a green card application, please contact HBC immigration attorney Maureen Eldredge at 303-442-6514 or eldredge@hbcboulder.com for more information.