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2024 Boulder Valley 40 Under Forty Honorees
BizWest has announced 80 honorees recognized in the 2024 Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado 40 Under Forty class. Among the 40 recognized in the Boulder Valley market are three of our own - Elizabeth Froehlke, DJ Goldfarb, and Larry Myers. 40 Under Forty honorees...
BHGR Welcomes Ian Carmen
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP is pleased to welcome Ian Carmen to the team. Ian joins the firm this month as BHGR's newest litigation associate. Prior to joining BHGR, Ian worked for an award-winning national law firm. Ian earned his Juris Doctor from the...
2024 Best Lawyers
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti congratulates the six attorneys named to the 2024 Best Lawyers in America List! Five Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP attorneys have been named “Best Lawyer,” an award presented to a single lawyer in each practice area and geographic...
BHGR Welcomes Molly LaForest
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP is pleased to welcome Molly LaForest to the team! Molly joined the firm in January of this year as BHGR's first marketing intern. Working under marketing director Ashley Cawthorn, Molly learned the ins and outs of the firm, met many of...
Cheers to 25 Years of Teamwork
Partner Jon Banashek and legal assistant Liz Ridenour began their journey together at Banashek & Strauss in 1998. Four years later, when Jon joined the team at Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, he brought Liz with him, where they have been working ever since. In a...
Ruscitti invited to join the College of Commercial Arbitrators
Over the past several months, the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA) Membership Committee has been reviewing a slate of applications from attorneys nationwide for consideration of CCA Membership. The CCA was established in 2001 and celebrates and advocates...
Merritt Named Co-Chair of the Firm’s Trusts, Estates, Probate, and Tax Practice
Shelly Merritt, a partner at Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, has been named the co-chair of the Firm's Trust, Estates, Probate, and Tax Practice. Merritt has over thirty years of experience representing individuals, families, closely-held businesses, executives, and...
BHGR Introduces the Women’s Leadership Committee
Just in time for Women's History Month, Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP formed and formally introduced the BHGR Women's Leadership Committee. The Women's Leadership Committee is comprised of sixteen female attorneys and was established to recognize and cultivate a...
BHGR Partnership Expands with 2023 Elections
The Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti partnership gathered at our Boulder office on January 31, 2023. In that meeting, attorneys Geoff Williamson and Benjamin Wilson were elected Equity Partners, and Elizabeth Froehlke and DJ Goldfarb were elected Non-Equity Partners,...
Nichols Named Top Environmental Lawyer by 5280 Magazine
Hitting stands around Colorado is the latest issue of 5280 Magazine. Included in this issue is the announcement of 5280's ninth annual Denver's Top Lawyers list. To compile this list, the team at 5280 invites lawyers to vote for their peers. Once the votes are in,...
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2025 Insurance Law Update
The Colorado General Assembly enacted several new insurance laws during the 2025 Legislative Session. These laws concern risk model use in homeowner property insurance policies, requests for certified copies of insurance policies, and fair access to insurance...
The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Civil Litigation
AI has taken the legal industry by storm, promising to transform civil litigation for both clients and attorneys by lowering costs, increasing efficiency, identifying helpful factual and legal patterns, and even predicting case outcomes. There are, however, cautionary...
BHGR Appellate Practice Group Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
On Monday, March 10, 2025, BHGR’s appellate practice group filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (“CTLA”) and the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (“CDLA”) in the pending Colorado Supreme Court case Jonah Energy LLC v. Riggs Oil...