Associate
Kevin
Falvo
Legal Assistant
Kevin Falvo’s legal practice encompasses a broad array of real estate and corporate-related transactional work. Working with a diverse set of clients, Mr. Falvo has assisted for profit and non-profit developers, financial institutions, industrial manufacturers, private equity companies, real estate investors and firms, and individual tradesmen through a variety of transactional concerns, including complex real estate acquisition and development, real estate financing, commercial leasing land-use, transaction closings, membership interest purchase and sale, contract drafting and negotiation, restructuring, and related legislative drafting. He also provides insight guiding clients through the initial stages of commercial disputes, small claims, and lien filings.
As an integral part of the transaction process, he has significant exposure to corporate formation and governance, the drafting of complex partnership and operating agreements, master development agreements, partnership interest purchase and sale contracts, developer fee assignments, financing documents, ground leases and amendments, easement agreements, Payment in-lieu of Taxes (“PILOTs”) and commercial leases. In addition, Mr. Falvo assists clients with preliminary commercial disputes through a multitude of demands, letters, official communications with government agencies, and pre-trial motions.
Mr. Falvo graduated as a Distinguished Military Student with a Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University in 2004, and earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center in 2015, and is admitted in Texas and Colorado. Before becoming an attorney, Kevin spent several years as a Cavalry Officer in the United States Army. Following his military career, Mr. Falvo served several years as the Chief Operating Officer of a start-up energy brokerage firm.
Mr. Falvo is an active member of both the Colorado and Texas Bar, and is a lifetime member in the 3d Armored Cavalry Association.
When Mr. Falvo is not working hard for his clients, he enjoys skiing the Colorado backcountry, backpacking to remote alpine lakes, and cycling along the Front Range.
Experience
Real Estate Law
Mr. Falvo’s real estate work encompasses a multitude of projects from small single-family dwelling units to large regional shopping centers. He regularly assists his clients with commercial and residential lease drafting and negotiation, traditional title review and title defect resolution, land acquisition and disposition activities, boundary line and easement dispute resolution, special district work, and land entitlement. Mr. Falvo also has substantial experience supporting financial institutions through commercial real estate development lending and closing assistance.
Additionally, Kevin has garnered specialized experience assisting Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) developers (for-profit and nonprofit), syndicators, investors, and housing authorities through developer and investor-focused transactions, credit and portfolio acquisitions, LIHTC application assistance, and compliance-related matters. In addition, Mr. Falvo has assisted with LIHTC projects utilizing private activity tax-exempt bonds and mixed financing.
Corporate Law
Mr. Falvo’s corporate clients are both small-business owners and multi-member LLCs who benefit from his experience drafting complex corporate agreements, supporting corporate formation, acquisition, and sale activities, including individual membership interests, and corporate restructuring and oversight. Kevin further assists clients with early dispute resolution support, working diligently to resolve OSHA and Colorado Department of Labor disputes prior to litigation, and guiding small business holders from corporate formation and start-up, to small-claims court and other economical judicial remedies when disputes arise.
EDUCATION & ADMISSIONS
JURIS DOCTOR
University of Houston Law Center, 2015
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Villanova, 2004
Texas
2015
Colorado
2017
Kevin’s Blog
Updated Client Alert: Current State of Colorado Eviction Procedure and Other Changes to Landlord-Tenant Law Effective October 4, 2021.
As of October 4, 2021, the 30-day notice requirement for filing a residential eviction suit for failure to pay rent has expired and Governor Polis has stated that he does not intend to renew that protection. Governor Polis had previously extended Executive Orders D...
“Workouts & Workarounds” in Commercial Real Estate
On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, managing partner, Giovanni Ruscitti, moderated a panel on "Workouts and Workarounds" within the Boulder Valley commercial real estate industry. This session was part of BizWest's annual Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference. Joining him...
Updated Client Alert: State of Colorado Evictions Procedure During COVID Regulation
On June 13, 2020, Governor Polis issued an executive order temporarily curtailing eviction proceedings to provide relief to Coloradans affected by COVID-19. Since then, the Governor has issued a series of extensions and added requirements on how evictions may proceed....
In the News
Founding Partner, George V. Berg Jr., to receive the Richard Schaden Adopted Alumnus Award in 2022.
Founding Partner, George V. Berg Jr. Honorees for the 2022 Colorado Law Alumni Awards were announced today, October 6, 2021. Among the six honorees is George V. Berg Jr., a founding partner at Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP. This University of Houston Bates College...
Kathleen Alt Talks Business Security
Our Boulder community was hit with a senseless act of violence on March 22, 2021. And while time seemed to stop for hours, the night came, we woke, and for many, it was business as "usual." Employers have already been met with the extensive and ever-changing...
#BoulderStrong
Boulder is our home. Boulder is our community. The senseless acts of violence at the King Soopers in South Boulder on March 22, 2021, leave us deeply saddened and horrified. On behalf of the firm, our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to the families affected by...
Firm Happenings
OSHA COVID Emergency Temporary Standard for Employers
In early September, the White House directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop and issue an emergency temporary standard (ETS) mandating that employers with 100 or more employees require employees to be fully vaccinated or submit to...
Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Issues Vaccine Mandate Guidance for Federal Contractors
As a follow up to President Biden’s Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, (Order) the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (TASK Force) has issued its guidance (Guidance) in an effort to implement a science-based plan...
Updated Client Alert: Current State of Colorado Eviction Procedure and Other Changes to Landlord-Tenant Law Effective October 4, 2021.
As of October 4, 2021, the 30-day notice requirement for filing a residential eviction suit for failure to pay rent has expired and Governor Polis has stated that he does not intend to renew that protection. Governor Polis had previously extended Executive Orders D...