People

Leonard M. Oates

Richard A. Knezevich

Leonard M. Oates, Shareholder

Expertise Real Estate; Banking; Commercial Transactions; Creditors' Rights; Foreclosures

University University of Colorado, B.S., 1962

Law School University of Colorado, J.D., 1966

Admitted 1966, Colorado; 1996, Utah

Member Pitkin County (President, 1967) and Colorado Bar Associations; Utah State Bar.

Born Methuen, Massachusetts, July 13, 1939

Biography Municipal Judge, Aspen, Colorado, 1968-1973. Pitkin County Attorney, 1970-1974. Vice-President, Colorado State Bar Association, 1981-1982.

Richard A. Knezevich, Shareholder
Expertise	Estate Planning; Real Estate Law; Real Estate Taxation; Commercial Transactions
University	University of Miami (B.B.A., 1968; M.B.A., 1970)
Law School	University of Miami and University of Southern California, J.D., 1974
Admitted	1974, California; 1978, Colorado
Member	State Bar of California; Colorado and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations.
Born	Warren, Ohio, December 15, 1946
Biography	Order of the Coif. Member, 1972-1973 and Note and Article Editor, 1973-1974, Southern California Law Review. Member, Colorado Limited Liability Company Revision Committee, 1992. Author: "Federal Legislation for Commodity Option Trading," 47 Southern California Law Review 1418, 1974; "Foreign Investments in United States Real Estate," Colorado Continuing Legal Education Publication, Annual Real Estate Symposium, 1983; "Tax Planning for The Deductibility of Expenditures Incurred During the Development Process," Colorado Continuing Legal Education, Annual Real Estate Symposium, 1984; "Nonsimultaneous Tax-Deferred Exchanges," 14 The Colorado Lawyer 975, 1985. Lecturer: Annual Real Estate Symposium, Colorado Continuing Legal Education, 1983-1988, 1993, 1998. Member, Colorado Corporation Code Revision Committee, 1979-1983 Chairman, Colorado Real Estate Law and Titles Section, 1989-1990. Member, Limited Liability Company Revisions Committee.

Ted D. Gardenswartz, Shareholder
Expertise	Litigation; Arbitration; Family Law; Mediation
University	Stanford University, B.A., 1980
Law School	University of Southern California, J.D., 1984
Admitted	1984, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Member	Denver, Pitkin County (President, 1991; Vice President, 1990; Treasurer, 1989), and Colorado Bar Associations.
Born	Denver, Colorado, July 18, 1958
Biography	Deputy Municipal Judge, Aspen, Colorado; Colorado Super Lawyer (based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement) 2008, 2009.

David B. Kelly, Shareholder
Expertise	Construction Law; Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Arbitration
University	University of Minnesota; University of Colorado, B.A., 1986
Law School	University of Denver, J.D., 1990
Admitted	1990, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Member	Pitkin County (President, 1999), Colorado and American Bar Associations.
Born	Denver, Colorado, August 12, 1962
Biography	Dean's Scholar. Alumni Scholar.

Maria T. Morrow, Shareholder
Expertise	Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Litigation; Civil Practice; General & Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Condominium & Homeowners Association Law
University	Northwestern University, B.A., 1988
Law School	DePaul University, J.D., 1994
Admitted	1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, Colorado and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Member	Pitkin County (Treasurer, 2004-2005; Vice President, 2006; President, 2007) and Colorado Bar Associations.
Born	Michigan City, Indiana, September 11, 1966
Biography	Dean's Scholar. Member, DePaul Law Review, 1993-1994. Law Clerk, Hon. Ann C. Williams, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1994-1997. Formerly with Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, 1997-2000.

John T. Kelly, Of Counsel
Expertise	Real Estate Law; Property Taxation Disputes; Land Use Law
University	University of Colorado, B.A., 1967
Law School	University of Denver, J.D., 1971
Admitted	1971, Colorado
Member	Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations.
Born	Topeka, Kansas, July 18, 1944
Biography	Deputy District Attorney, 9th Judicial District, 1971. Secretary, Garfield County Bar Association, 1972.

Stephen Connor, Of Counsel
Expertise	Banking Law; Business Law; Governmental Law; Land Use Law; Real Estate Law; Water Law
University	University of Vermont, B.A., 1971; University of Colorado
Law School	University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1975
Admitted	1977, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Member	Pitkin County and The Colorado Bar Associations.
Born	Rochester, New York, June 3, 1949
Biography	Research Assistant for Honorable Hez J. Bussey, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 1975. President, Basalt Sanitation District, 1986-1996. Town Attorney, Town of Snowmass, Colorado, 1987-2005.

Anne Marie McPhee, Associate
Expertise	Water Law; Property Law; General Practice
University	Middlebury College, B.A., cum laude, 1989
Law School	University of Colorado at Boulder, J.D., 2000
Admitted	2000, Colorado
Member	Pitkin County (Treasurer, 2008; Vice President, 2009) and Colorado Bar Associations.
Born	Aspen, Colorado, July 8, 1967
Biography	Dean's Scholar, Order of the Coif. Production Editor, University of Colorado Law Review, 1998-2000.

Wendy Fostvedt, Associate
Expertise	Civil Litigation; Construction Defects; Contracts; Entity Formation; Securities; Real Estate
University	University of Mississippi, B.A., 1991
Law School	University of Denver, J.D., 2002
Admitted	2002, Colorado
Member	Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations.
Born	Clearwater, Florida, 1969
Biography	Former in-house counsel with Vail Resorts, Inc; Former intern with Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sarah M. Oates, Associate
Expertise	Real Estate; Land Use; Family Law
University	Westminster College, B.A., 1994; University of Oklahoma, M.L.S., 2001
Law School	University of Wyoming, J.D., with honor 2009
Admitted	2009, Colorado
Member	Pitkin County and The Colorado Bar Associations.
Born	Aspen, Colorado, 1972
Biography	Order of the Coif.