Colorado Springs Startup Attorneys & Lawyers
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Jake Siciliano
Alisha Bond
Stacy Dees
Jon Bourne
Jeff Carson
Ira Bornstein
Adam Aldrich
Catherine Jones
Richard Harris
Kirk Anderson
Colorado Springs Startup Lawyers
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From primarily dealing with things like business formation, contracts, leases, equity financing, securities, and intellectual property protection, the Colorado Springs startup lawyers on UpCounsel can help you with a variety of specialized and general startup law related legal matters. No matter what type of startup law needs you have, you can easily hire an experienced Colorado Springs startup lawyer on UpCounsel to help you today.
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This is the most recent 17 reviews for Business Operations attorneys in Colorado
Outside General Counsel
"Michael has amazing attention to detail! He did a fantastic job of analyzing my situation and provided extremely valuable assistance."
Aaron B
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Salida,
CO,
over 1 year ago
Assist with Outside General Counsel
"Thank you Stacy for your ounsel and professionalism!"
Sarah S
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Nederland,
CO,
over 2 years ago
Outside Corporate Counsel
"Mary is fantastic, great counsel and quick turnarounds whenever we need her."
Justin K
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Colorado Springs,
CO,
almost 5 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Mr. Ira Bornstein knows what he is doing."
Maurice D
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Englewood,
CO,
almost 6 years ago
Outside General Counsel
"Mary does great work and makes everything easy!"
Justin K
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Colorado Springs,
CO,
over 6 years ago
Assist with Outside General Counsel
"Really enjoyed working with Stacy on my Confidentiality Agreement and Release and Separation Agreement. I appreciated her time explainging the documents, walking me through my options, and her honesty."
Megan S
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Denver,
CO,
over 6 years ago
New LLC Member
"Great communication, once again. Very knowledgeable, gave me good options to choose from."
Ruben H
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Parker,
CO,
about 7 years ago
Corporate Clean Up/Convertible Note
"Continually receive an excellent experience with Kristin. Always goes the extra mile to ensure you are happy!!"
Ryan T
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Boulder,
CO,
over 8 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"We've done a lot of work with Kristin on several needs, from IP to Operation Agreement to Financing agreements, and she's a delight to work with at an unprecedented VALUE. Seriously, don't look anywhere else if you want quality work at an incredibly fair price."
Jeff K
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Denver,
CO,
over 8 years ago
Salesperson Contract
"Very thorough and goes above and beyond"
Anthony F
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Littleton,
CO,
almost 9 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Kristin is knowledgeable and very helpful. She understood our unique situation and formed the legal structure with respect to our specific business model. Her services are affordable and fair. Thank you Kristin for offering your help an advice everything we needed!"
Abeve T
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Denver,
CO,
almost 9 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Jeff did a great job, not only is he quick to respond but he also got everything done within the deadline. A true professional."
Carlos C
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Denver,
CO,
about 9 years ago
"Jeff was very knowedgeabel and quick to respond. he was respectful of our finincial limiations which made it easy to work with him."
Justice K K
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Littleton,
CO,
about 9 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"She has been great,,,"
Charles S
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Denver,
CO,
over 9 years ago
Outside GC for Tools Website
"Response time and communication was superb. Jeff is also detail-oriented, knowledgeable, and responded with direct, clear answers to my questions."
Jonathan R
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Boulder,
CO,
over 9 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Quickly became an integral part of our company around key decisions and structuring (vendor and customer) relationships."
Chris G
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Denver,
CO,
over 9 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Jeff and OGC Services continue to provide our company with responsive, quality services for our high-growth needs."
Chris G
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Denver,
CO,
almost 10 years ago
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