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G.W.
MERRICK & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Showcasing our
Lawyers' Talents
I.
Corporate and Commercial Engagements
A. Formed
corporate client and represented it in the successful acquisition and
operation of national security alarm
business;
B.
Represented client in the successful acquisition and operation of a Rocky
Mountain dealership for a national engine
manufacturing concern;
C.
Represented clients in the formation/financing of new
retail establishment in Vail, Colorado;
D. Formed
and represented a Boulder-based software development firm using innovative
programming techniques
targeting the national travel industry;
E.
Represented Denver-based physicians in the formation and establishment of
specialty medical group;
F. Represent
California-based multi-specialty medical board as it establishes and
acquires national specialty board
certification status;
G.
Represented settlor in the drafting and establishment of an inter vivos
trust and transfer into it of a valuable
Hawaiian real estate asset;
H.
Represented Canadian clients in the documentation of a multi-million dollar
loan to American corporate borrowers;
I.
Engineered workout for national information technology consulting client
facing acute financial distress;
J.
Represented California institutional lender in the foreclosure sale of
intellectual property collateral;
K.
Counseled members of the board of directors of a publicly held internet
provider in respect of their fiduciary duties
arising from cessation of operations;
L.
Restructured loans by Southern Colorado agricultural lenders to borrowers
engaged in farm and ranch operations;
and
M.
Counseled client engaged in metropolitan real estate acquisition and
development in corporate restructuring to
minimize adverse tax and liability consequences.
II.
Real Estate Engagements
A. Represented
clients in the real estate acquisition for an over-the-road truck sales and
leasing operation in
Henderson, Colorado;
B.
Represented client in acquisition and development of real estate tracts for
townhouse/condominium projects around
metropolitan Denver;
C.
Represented client in the acquisition of mountain property for proposed
casino development in Blackhawk, Colorado;
D.
Represented foreign born client in acquisition of hotel property in Texas;
E.
Represented client in acquisition of $10MM residential property in Cherry
Hills Village, Colorado;
F.
Represented corporate client in the negotiation and drafting of commercial
lease for substantial business involved in
national InterNet sales from premises in Jefferson County, Colorado;
G.
Represented landowner in application for zoning change or variance to
permit non-conforming use;
H.
Represented affiliated borrowers/guarantors in negotiating terms of
acquisition and construction loans for mountain
resort property;
I.
Represented subcontractor in asserting and enforcing mechanics lien and
contractual rights in respect of
construction of plant in Arizona;
J. Represented
partnership in connection with the acquisition from foreclosure sales,
renovation and resale of
residential properties throughout Colorado; and
K.
Represented tavern owner in Westminster, Colorado in resisting tax lien
sale and exercise of subsequent
redemption rights.
III.
Expert Witness Engagements
A. Engaged to
express opinion in high dollar domestic relations case about validity of
offshore transfers under
applicable fraudulent transfer legislation;
B. Engaged
to express opinion in pending litigation respecting the consistency with
the Rules of Professional Conduct
of lawyer’s business dealings with one of the lawyer’s clients;
C. Engaged
to express opinion respecting the reasonableness of attorneys’ fees claimed
by counsel in large real
estate litigation; and
D. Engaged
to express opinion as to applicability of Bankruptcy Code provisions to
corporate transaction under judicial
scrutiny.
IV.
Administrative Proceedings and Arbitration Engagements
A.
Represented Denver-based restaurant chain in wage and hour investigation by
Colorado Department of Labor;
B.
Represented Western Slope client engaged in precious metals recovery
through chemical leaching operation in
investigation by EPA and Colorado Attorney General’s Office;
C.
Successfully defended motor vehicle dealer in license revocation
proceedings involving accusations of massive
fraud before Colorado Motor Vehicle Board;
D.
Represent individual whistleblower in proceedings before the Merit Systems
Review Board;
E.
Represented medical student in successful proceedings to be reinstated to
the University of Colorado Medical School
following unlawful dismissal;
F. Obtained
large monetary award for medical practice management firm in arbitration
proceedings against specialty
medical group;
G.
Represented customers in successful NASD arbitration proceedings against
New York brokerage house resulting in
very substantial confidential settlement; and
H.
Represent high profile Colorado investors in AAA arbitration proceedings
against powerful investment banking/retail
securities firms alleging securities fraud and other misconduct.
V.
Litigation Engagements
A. Represented
Plaintiff in trial in Denver District Court that resulted in $28MM judgment
against Houston-based
accounting firm;
B.
Represented Plaintiffs in trial in Arapahoe County District Court that
resulted in $16MM judgment against former CFO
of computer reseller;
C.
Represented Plaintiff in trial in federal district court in Denver that
resulted in $10+MM judgment against Florida
Savings Bank;
D.
Represented Defendant lawyer in malpractice trial in Denver District Court
alleging tens of million in liability where jury
returned verdict exonerating client;
E.
Represented Plaintiff in trial in Boulder District Court that resulted in large
jury verdict for breach of consulting
agreement;
F.
Represented Plaintiff in trial in Denver District Court that resulted in
sizeable jury verdict for patient injured by medical
malpractice;
G.
Represent Defendants in multi-million dollar breach of contract/lender
liability suit pending in Orange County,
California;
H.
Represent corporate Defendant in fraud, breach of contract and breach of
fiduciary duty litigation pending in Los
Angeles, California;
I.
Represented client in high dollar dissolution of long term marriage filed
in Denver that resulted in division of assets
that was highly advantageous to client; and
J.
Represent client in high dollar dissolution of marriage filed in Eagle
County, Colorado that resulted in judicial
determination that pre-nuptual agreement is valid and enforceable.
VI.
Appeal Engagements
A. Represent
corporate client in appeal to the United States Court of Appeals in respect
of large trade secret jury
verdict returned in federal district court in Denver;
B. Represent
corporate client in appeal to Colorado Court of Appeals of jury verdict
returned in Denver District Court on
breach of real estate contract;
C. Represent
corporate client in appeal to Colorado Court of Appeals of jury verdict
returned in Boulder District Court on
breach of consulting contract; and
D.
Represent individual clients in appeal to the Colorado Court of Appeals
from adverse $7 million judgment entered by
Jefferson County District Court in fraud, breach of fiduciary duty,
conversion and civil theft case tried by other
counsel.
VII.
Bankruptcy and Reorganization Engagements
A.
Successfully reorganized client engaged in the acquisition and development
of natural gas leaseholds in the Powder
River Basin in Wyoming;
B.
Successfully reorganized holding company client with subsidiary engaged in
the national securities brokerage
business;
C.
Successfully reorganized minority owned/operated radio station in Denver;
D.
Represented Canadian in $100MM purchase of Canadian natural resource
interests out of Chapter 11 proceedings
pending in Delaware;
E.
Represented national broker-dealer in the filing of a statutory Assignment
for the Benefit of Creditors proceeding in
the Denver District Court;
F.
Represented institutional lenders holding in excess of $60MM in secured
loans in Chapter 11 proceedings of coal
mining and steel manufacturing operations;
G.
Represented institutional lenders holding in excess of $100MM in secured
loans in Chapter 11 proceedings of high
tech information storage company and its subsidiaries;
H.
Represented equity ownership in Chapter 11 proceedings of Denver adult
entertainment club; and
I.
Represent reorganized Debtor in pursuit of multi-million dollar breach of
contract adversary proceeding against New
York Defendants.
PROFESSSIONALS
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