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Land-use attorneys

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti is a Denver law firm organised around seven practice areas, with real estate and land use at its centre. Its land use clients include developers and home builders, publicly traded REITs, large-format retailers, telecommunications companies, international real estate investors, and operating companies whose real estate supports their business.

Work spans the life of a project. The real estate transactions team handles leasing, acquisitions and dispositions; the business transactions and capital markets group advises on fund formation, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions; the eminent domain group represents land owners in condemnation cases in urban, rural and mountain communities across Colorado; and the bankruptcy and troubled loans group works on creditors' rights, loan modifications, workouts, distressed acquisitions and restructuring. Litigators handle disputes in state and federal court, mediation and arbitration.

The firm describes itself as mid-size, and says its work over the past 40 years has touched nearly every block of downtown Denver plus projects across Colorado and the country. It belongs to The Law Firm Alliance, a network of mid-size firms founded in 2000 whose members together field more than 2,500 attorneys. It publishes the Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog and a Rocky Mountain real estate law blog, and works from 950 17th Street in Denver.

No rates, attorney counts or industry-specific pages for manufactured housing, RV or self-storage appear on the site. Ask which of the seven practice teams would staff your matter and who handles hearings before the relevant Colorado municipality.

Best for

Owners, developers, REITs and lenders with Colorado zoning, entitlement, annexation, condemnation or development-agreement matters who want a mid-size Denver firm. Projects with no Colorado connection are outside its described footprint.

What they do

  • Land use, zoning and entitlements
  • Eminent domain and condemnation defence
  • Real estate transactions, leasing and dispositions
  • Business transactions, fund formation and joint ventures
  • Bankruptcy, workouts and troubled loans
  • Commercial litigation, mediation and arbitration

Details

AttributeValue
MembershipsThe Law Firm Alliance (LFA) member

What stands out

  • Says its work over the past 40 years has touched nearly every block of downtown Denver.
  • Member of The Law Firm Alliance, a network of mid-size firms fielding more than 2,500 attorneys.
  • Land use clients include developers, home builders, publicly traded REITs, large-format retailers and telecommunications companies.
  • Publishes the Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog and a Rocky Mountain real estate law blog.