Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  Avoid conservatorship and guardianship. A revocable living trust allows you to name your spouse, partner, child, or other trusted person to manage your money and property, that has been properly transferred to the trust, should you become unable to manage your own affairs. A will only becomes effective when you die, so a will is useless in avoiding conservatorship and guardianship proceedings during your life.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Bailey & Peterson, P. C. specializes in helping business grow and prosper by providing counsel for legal matters relating to the formation, operation, and sale of businesses. We offer counsel in day-to-day legal advice, business life cycle, and mergers and acquisitions. We take pride in supporting our clients in corporate endeavors and successes. Our services include...
• Business Formation
  Our corporate attorneys have significant experience providing legal services for a wide range of hotels, restaurants and other businesses. We have helped businesses grow and prosper by providing counsel relating to business formation, operation, and sale of business. We offer counsel in day-to-day legal advice, business life cycle, and mergers and acquisitions. Our services include business formation, annual corporate maintenance, contracts, transactions, financing, collections, dispute resolution, employment agreements, and tax matters.
• Business Disputes
  If one of the parties fails to follow the terms of the contract, a business law attorney will need to review the contract and advise their client of the best recourse. To prove a successful case, the attorney will need to find that...
• Business Transactions
  Bailey & Peterson, PC offers customized, individually-tailored representation to assist clients achieve their transaction goals and objectives in commercial or business settings. Confident, responsible growth requires efficient and insightful counsel. Our approach creates transparency that can help make your business objectives a reality. Our lawyers can provide representation for a range of business and commercial transactions, including the following...
• Limited Liability Companies
  The choice of business organization can advance achieving business goals. The firm provides advice in selecting business entities. The types of entities considered, by way of example, include sole proprietorships, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, C corporations, and S corporations. To determine the appropriate choice of entity, clients must consider factors including the nature of the business they plan to transact, the property the organization will own, the short and long term prospects for profits and losses, the short and long term financing needs, the objectives of the business investors, the management needs for the organization, the projected number and type of employees and agents, and the number, nature and type of liability the owners and investors are willing to assume. In addition, the firm will prepare all of the documents necessary to form the entity and to document the relationship among the owners and investors. These documents may include articles of incorporation or organization, bylaws, partnership agreements, operating agreements, and subscription agreements, as well as ancillary documents such as shareholder's agreements and loan documents.
• Construction Contracts
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  The firm's experience in negotiating and drafting employment contracts used in the hiring of executive personnel makes it familiar with the various terms that are commonly included in this type of agreement. Its attorneys have expertise in drafting appropriate terms in executing employment agreements to address severance provisions, bonus agreements, non-qualified profit sharing arrangements, and covenants not to compete. The firm has experience in determining the status of these various provisions when the employer has been forced to seek the protection of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. From this experience, the firm's attorneys can assist both the executive who is being offered a contract and the employer that is recruiting an executive. We will assist in creating an employment contract that will enable the company to secure quality executive personnel.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Matthew Taylor joined Bailey & Peterson, P.C. in 2022. He has been practicing law since 2012. He has experience with real estate law, business law, entertainment law, HOA's, estate planning, and civil litigation. Matthew has a special interest in liquor licensing and restaurant & hospitality representation. He is an avid mountain biker.
• Premises Liability
• Construction Litigation
  The firm regularly assists builders, developers, and individuals who are building residential or commercial structures in negotiating and drafting appropriate contracts to permit their projects to go forward in a timely and successful manner. The firm is familiar with the contracts recommended by the American Institute of Architects and can advise clients on the considerations that should be addressed when accepting or modifying an AlA contract.
• Real Estate Transactions
  For decades Bailey & Peterson, P.C. has been involved with some of the larger and more sophisticated real estate transactions in Colorado. Our clients choose us because they know that we understand their objectives and offer them clear advice and expertise in a wide variety of real estate transactions. Our attorneys represent clients on a broad spectrum of real estate issues, including the following...
• Eminent Domain
• Land Use and Zoning
  The real estate practice has broad experience in the development and the application of local land use regulations. Through the experience of representing developers in major Colorado resort areas, including Vail, Aspen, Steamboat and Crested Butte, and through the experience of providing legal service to governments of counties, towns and special district as described in the Municipal and Government section, the firm's lawyers can provide advice on a wide range of planning and zoning issues. The real estate practice has a broad range of experience representing clients before planning and zoning commissions, boards of adjustment, design review boards, and town councils and boards of county commissioners on matters relating to land use, including planned unit developments, zoning, urban renewal, and minerals extraction.
• Condominium Law
  Jay Peterson joined Bailey & Peterson, P.C. as a partner in 1994 and practiced law in Colorado since 1973. Jay passed away unexpectedly in May, 2018. His practice focused on real estate, land use, planning and zoning, and condominium law. He resided in Eagle County and focused on representing clients in the mountain communities. He represented individuals, small businesses, large corporations, quasi-municipal corporations, and international resorts.

Health Law

• Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  In light of the current pandemic, many Americans are becoming aware of the importance of creating or updating their estate planning documents. With the extension of some states’ stay in place orders, it may be tempting to create your own documents all on your own. Whether you are considering writing your own will or using an online “do it yourself” (DIY) document creator, there are many reasons why this is one project you shouldn’t undertake without the help of a professional.
• Wills
  Name beneficiaries. Both a will and trust are vehicles which allow you to name who you want to receive your accounts and property.
• Trusts
  Depending on the circumstances, a probate can be formal or informal. We are experienced in both testate and intestate probate. In addition to probate administration, we handle estate and trust administration.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
• Tax Law
  Tax issues permeate nearly all business issues and transactions. The lawyers of the firm are sensitive to the tax implications of the transactions of the businesses they advise. The lawyers of the firm are skilled in working with special tax advisers, whether accountants or lawyers, engaged by its clients in appropriate circumstances.
• Debt Collection
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