Associate
Sam D.
Posnick
Legal Assistant
Sam represents both public and private companies in acquisitions and dispositions and general corporate matters. His expertise in mergers and acquisitions and business transactions is offered to strategic and financial buyers and sellers operating in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, entertainment, construction and information technology.
Prior to joining Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, Sam practiced at the international law firm of Hogan Lovells US LLP in Denver, Colorado. Sam is a native to Boulder County, Colorado and returned to the state following his graduation from the University of Minnesota Law School. In law school, Sam served as the Articles Submission Editor for the Minnesota Law Review and as a judicial extern for the late Honorable Diana E. Murphy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Outside of the office, Sam enjoys playing and watching sports, particularly soccer, football, skiing and golf, and spending time with his yellow Labrador Retriever.
EDUCATION & ADMISSIONS
JURIS DOCTOR
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL, 2016
LL.M
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, 2016
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER, 2012
Colorado
2016
Professional Associations
American Bar Associations
Sam’s Blog
Client Alert: Summary of New Coronavirus Relief Bill
Authors: Kathleen Alt and Aisha I. May In March 2020, the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law in order to provide both individuals and businesses with relief. On December 21, 2020, Congress approved the second...
Client Alert: Energize Colorado Gap Fund
As of August 31, 2020, Colorado small businesses and non-profit with fewer than 25 full time employees can apply for grants and low interest loans from the state. The Colorado General Assembly designated certain funds the state received from the CARES Act to go...
Do’s and Don’ts: Operating Agreements
Limited liability companies have many appealing qualities. Not least among them is flexibility regarding how governance, economic returns, allocations of profits and losses, and distributions can be structured. Subject to certain well-established rules,...
In the News
Founding Partner, George V. Berg Jr., to receive the Richard Schaden Adopted Alumnus Award in 2022.Â
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
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: Â 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...
Client Alert: Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
In order to aid President Biden’s plan in containing the COVID-19 pandemic, two Executive Orders were released on September 9, 2021, mandating COVID-19 vaccines for federal government employees and employees of federal government contractors. It should be noted that...