Ronda Sandquist, a well known environmental and natural resources attorney, has joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a shareholder and will bolster its nationally recognized Natural Resources Department.

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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Trygve Kjellsen has joined the Corporate Group in the Firm’s Denver office as a Partner. Mr. Kjellsen’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures. He counsels public company clients on corporate governance, securities — including Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and stock exchange listing requirements — and general corporate matters. Mr. Kjellsen advises foreign clients in connection with their private equity investments in, or acquisitions of, companies in the United States. Previously, Mr. Kjellsen was a partner with Faegre Baker Daniels. He received a B.S. from Truman State University and a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law.

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Lathrop & Gage LLP announced today that Todd R. Seelman has joined the firm as a partner. He will concentrate his practice on labor and employment and antitrust, and will be located in the firm’s Denver office. Seelman will co-chair Lathrop & Gage’s antitrust practice group.

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The State of Michigan began borrowing money from the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund Account for its unemployed workforce in 2006, earlier than any other state in the nation. For the first few years Michigan was able to keep up with the loan payments, but when the economic recession hit, its repayments and interest increased too quickly for the state to pay them.

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Using a master trust structure for real estate transactions pioneered by Kutak Rock LLP in 2005, a team of Denver attorneys recently acted as issuer’s counsel to STORE Capital Corporation, a private REIT, in connection with the issuance by its subsidiary, STORE Master Funding I LLC, of $229.5 million net lease mortgage notes. The STORE subsidiary is a bankruptcy remote, special purpose financing entity. The notes were rated A (sf) and BBB (sf) by Standard & Poor’s and purchased by institutional investors. The collateral for these notes consisted of 132 commercial real estate properties across various industry sectors, including related rents due under triple-net leases with the properties’ tenants. The master trust structure permits additional collateral to be added to the pool at a later date and also the issuance of additional notes in the future secured by the larger collateral pool.

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Expanding its recently opened office in Denver, Fox Rothschild welcomes Matthew J. Rita as a partner in its Litigation Department.

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Diamond McCarthy LLP is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Denver, Colorado as of October 1, 2012.

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Bryan Cave HRO announced today that an additional litigation partner will join the Denver office from the firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber and Schreck. Zhonette Brown will practice in the Litigation client service group, and is the fifth lateral partner to join Bryan Cave HRO in Denver in the last two months.

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The Denver office of Baker Hostetler recently announced the expansion of its Denver office with the recruitment of Michael J. Stiff. Joining the firm from Stiff, Zisman & Ingraham, P.C., Mr. Stiff will join the firm’s tax practice. With extensive experience in estate planning, probate, trust administration and business law, Mr. Stiff will surely be a great addition to Baker Hostetler.

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Baker Hostetler announced that Michael R. Stiff joined the firm’s Tax Group as Partner in its Denver office. He comes to Baker Hostetler from Stiff, Zisman & Ingraham, P.C.

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