People

Our success in real estate matters has enabled Garfield & Hecht to expand our services and to recruit premier legal talent from some of the most prestigious law schools and firms in the United States.

 

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Christopher D. Bryan

Chris is the Chair of Garfield & Hecht’s Litigation Department. He has handled hundreds of cases in state and federal courts throughout Colorado, including frequent appearances before trial courts throughout the state and on the appellate level in the Colorado Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. 

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Kursten Canada

Kursten’s commercial real estate practice focuses on development and redevelopment of mixed-use resort and ski resort communities, including land acquisitions and sales, construction financing, construction and design contracts, hotel and property management, common interest community documents and compliance, and commercial and retail leasing transactions.

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Jason Buckley

Jason’s practice centers on a wide variety of litigation matters throughout Colorado state and federal courts. He represents clients in real estate cases, business disputes, construction litigation, mechanics’ lien actions, and landlord/tenant disputes. 

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Ronald Garfield

Ron, along with Andy Hecht, is a founding partner of Garfield & Hecht, which first opened its doors in 1975 and has maintained an unwavering commitment to helping clients traverse the complicated legal landscape.

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Haley Carmer

Haley Carmer focuses her practice in land use, real estate, affordable estate planning, business transactions and municipal law. 

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Andrew V. Hecht

Andy, along with Ron Garfield, is a founding partner of Garfield & Hecht, which first opened its doors in 1975. Andy is a shareholder of G&H, which has six locations on the western slope and employs 22 attorneys.

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Christopher J. LaCroix

Chris specializes in real estate law with an emphasis in residential and commercial real estate sales and acquisitions, development, leasing and financing. 

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Dave Lenyo

Dave has been an active trial lawyer since graduating from law school in 1984. Prior to joining Garfield & Hecht, in 1994, Dave was a trial attorney at the Denver office of Ballard Spahr, LLP, a Philadelphia-based national law firm with over 400 attorneys. 

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David H. McConaughy

David has practiced law in Colorado for over 25 years and has been in the Roaring Fork Valley since 1998. He began his career as a litigator in Denver representing insurance companies, employers, and individuals in personal injury and employment matters.

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Eric D. Musselman

Eric D. Musselman is a shareholder of Garfield & Hecht, resident in the G&H Aspen office. He joined G&H on June 1, 2004. Eric specializes in litigation. 

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Kelcey Nichols

Kelcey’s practice focuses on real estate acquisitions and sales, small business transactions, and estate planning for business owners. Her clients include private land-owners, small businesses, and start-up companies. Her transactional work is informed by a strong background in litigation and business. 

 

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Chad J. Schmit

Chad focuses on commercial, real estate, construction and employment transactions in state and federal courts.

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Andrew Atkins

Andrew is a member of Garfield & Hecht’s Vail Valley office, advising and representing clients in Eagle County and across Colorado with real estate and community association matters, business formation, domestic relations and family law, contract drafting, municipal resolutions and ordinances, land use planning, and other transactional and litigation areas. 

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William K. Guest

The primary focus of Bill’s practice is the area of taxation and, in particular, income, gift, estate and generation skipping taxes. Most of his work is spent on the planning and implementation of transactional strategies to minimize taxation.

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Robert E. Kendig

Bob was admitted to practice before the State and Federal Courts of Colorado in 1976 and has handled hundreds of matters from start to finish in both the State and Federal Courts since that time. Bob has regularly handled high net worth divorce cases and general commercial litigation matters.

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Tracy Kinsella

At Garfield & Hecht, Tracy is a transactional attorney with more than 25 years of experience advising clients in the areas of contracts, construction, development, dispute resolution, estate planning, financing,  community associations, leasing and real estate.

Senior Counsel ▼

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Andrea Bryan

Andrea began her career at a boutique civil litigation firm in Denver. Upon moving to the mountains, Andrea joined the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, first as a Deputy District Attorney in Garfield County and eventually rising to serve as the Chief Deputy District Attorney for Pitkin County.

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Nicole Garrimone-Campagna

Nicole is a native of Colorado and has practiced law in Glenwood Springs since 2000. Her practice focuses on water rights matters and local government representation, and she serves as general or associate counsel for several special districts and municipalities.

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Mary Elizabeth Geiger

Since 2000, Mary Elizabeth has practiced on the Western Slope. Her practice includes most civil matters – from real estate transactions and disputes, land use applications, water law, civil litigation, municipal law, business formation and acquisition and community associations.

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Piper Turner

Piper has been practicing law in Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma for more than two decades.  She primarily focuses her practice on litigation and financial services matters. 

Associates ▼

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Leah Gallant

Leah is an associate attorney in Garfield & Hecht’s Aspen office. She graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2014, where she served as articles editor in the Natural Resources Journal.

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Christine Gazda

Christine is an Associate Attorney in Garfield & Hecht’s Glenwood Springs office, where she focuses her practice on civil litigation, contracts, and land use as a member of the Municipal Law Practice Group.

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Macklin Henderson

Mack is an associate attorney with a practice that focuses on real estate, land use, construction, and other civil litigation. After graduating from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law in 2019, Mack moved to the Roaring Fork Valley to join Garfield & Hecht.

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Trevor C. Lambirth

Trevor takes pride in partnering with his clients to secure ideal outcomes in their cases and transactions. His practice focuses on representing clients in real estate, corporate, business, homeowners’ association, and municipal litigation and transactions.

Trent Lauridson

Raised on a farm in northern Colorado, Trent focuses his practice on banking, real estate, and natural resources matters. Before joining Garfield & Hecht, Trent worked as in-house counsel for commercial banks in Colorado and Oklahoma, and he continues to help both banks and borrowers on a wide variety of transactional and regulatory issues.

Hunter Ross

Hunter is an associate attorney with a practice that focuses on civil litigation. Hunter spent
two summers during law school interning for Garfield & Hecht.

Professionals ▼

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Jackie Beardall

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Janet Haas

Rebecca Jones

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Marissa Charles

Hailey Long

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Viviana Nevarez

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Rebekah Ortell

Rachael Pudlo

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Sasha Semple

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Stacy Stanek

Erika Watkins

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Diane Williams Perry

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