Family Law

• Premarital Agreement
  Colorado: Premarital Agreement Law in Colorado, in Drafting Prenuptial Agreements, pp. XIII 12.13-12.29 (Gary N. Skoloff, Richard H. Singer, Jr., and Ronald L. Brown, ed., 2016)

Criminal Law

• Restraining Order

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Transactions

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Stephen M. Thompson practices in the areas of natural resources, tax, trusts and estates, and corporate law. He specializes in business transactions and tax law, with an emphasis on the oil and gas industry. He serves as counsel to business enterprises, primarily in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Thompson has extensive experience in structuring oil and gas ventures, including entity formation, exploration agreements and operating agreements. Mr. Thompson is a former adjunct professor of law in the University of Denver Graduate Tax Program. Mr. Thompson is a 1971 graduate of Princeton University, where he graduated cum laude with an A.B. degree in Economics. He received his J.D. degree in 1974, and his L.L.M. degree in Taxation in 1978, from the University of Denver College of Law. Mr. Thompson is admitted to practice law in Colorado, Wyoming and before the United States Tax Court. A former Chairman of the Mineral Section of the Colorado Bar Association, he is a member of the Denver, Colorado, Wyoming and American Bar Associations and the Natural Resources & Energy Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association.
• Trusts

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Nick A. Swartzendruber handles a variety of com­­plex oil and gas litigation and regulatory matters. He specializes in title and joint operations disputes, having significant experience both as a litigator and as an expert witness. Mr. Swartzendruber’s practice also includes the representation of operators and non-operators in contested oil and gas commission matters, access disputes, oil and gas mechanic’s lien foreclosures, royalty payment actions, and the development of public lands. In addition, he assists his clients in transactions relating to mineral development, including purchase and sale agreements, surface use agreements, farmout agreements, joint operating agreements and pooling agreements.
• Tax Law