Established in 1993, our Denver office encompasses one of the largest legal practices in the Rocky Mountain region, providing access to a unique combination of local, national, and global knowledge. Approximately 60 lawyers practice in our Denver office.
The Denver office is located in the heart of downtown.
Interesting notes
- Our Denver office has the largest international footprint of any legal practice in Colorado.
- We are consistently ranked among the top Colorado firms by Chambers USA for corporate/M&A, environmental and natural resources, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, and energy law.
- Our Sports and Recreational Facilities practice is based in Denver, where our lawyers represent more than 20 ski resorts.
Contact
For further information about our Denver office, please contact:
Karen D. Farrell
Hogan Lovells US LLP
One Tabor Center, Suite 1500
1200 Seventeenth Street
Denver, CO 80202
Our work
Practice areas
- Corporate
- Energy
- Environmental and natural resources
- Finance
- Intellectual property
- Legislative
- Litigation
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Public finance
- Sports and recreational facilities
- Telecommunications, media, and entertainment
Significant clients
- Apple, Inc.
- The Anschutz Corporation
- Charter Communications, Inc.
- City and County of Denver
- Coldwater Creek Inc.
- Colorado Oil and Gas Association
- Denver Urban Renewal Authority
- Intrepid Potash, Inc.
- KRG Capital Partners, L.L.C.
- Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, LLC
- Oracle
- PacifiCorp Energy
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
- Regal Entertainment Group
- Regents of the University of Colorado
- Royal Gold, Inc.
- Suncor Energy Inc.
- UBS Financial Services, Inc.
- UnitedHealthcare
- Vail Resorts, Inc.
- ViaWest Internet Services, Inc.
- Wolf Creek Ski Area
- Xcel Energy, Inc.
Summer program
Size
We expect to have three summer associates in 2012.
Summer program
- We hire top candidates from local and national schools to participate in our summer clerkship program.
- Each summer associate is assigned a partner mentor and an associate mentor to assist with the integration into life at Hogan Lovells.
- Partners and associates are encouraged to provide timely and constructive feedback.
- A member of Hogan Lovells’ Recruitment Committee conducts interim and exit evaluation meetings.
- A variety of activities, both educational and social, are hosted to enhance the summer clerkship experience.
Samples of summer associates’ projects
- Prepare for oral arguments to be used before the court of appeals
- Draft interrogatory and discovery requests
- Conduct research for projects and observe how the research is used during meetings with opposing counsel or clients
- Work one-on-one with lawyers drafting letters in response to issues that relate to clients and write a creative analysis
- Write memos, based on issues that directly affect pro bono clients, and meet with them to discuss in further detail
- Participate in conference calls and meetings to provide summarization of research found for the client issue
- Research and due diligence
Recruitment
We look for candidates with the intellect, creativity, skills, and commitment needed to provide our clients with the high quality and effective service they have come to expect from Hogan Lovells. Lawyers from the Denver office conduct interviews at several area law schools. Please contact your law school's career services or placement office to sign up for an on-campus interview.
Billable hours
Associates can chose between 1800 and 1950 billable hours. Credit is given for up to 100 pro bono hours.
Pro bono commitment
Law Week Colorado named a group of our Denver lawyers Pro Bono Leaders of the Year in 2010 for working extensively since 2004 to help bring the Clyfford Still Museum to Denver. The work of Clyfford Still, a leading abstract expressionist, remained largely in his possession at his death and unavailable for public and scholarly view. With our help, the City of Denver won a bidding competition to establish a museum to house his work. Our team also assisted with land acquisition and development as well as tax, financing, and environmental work. The new museum is scheduled to open in late 2011.
In addition to the Clyfford Still Museum, our lawyers have provided pro bono legal representation on a number of significant local projects, including assisting Denver 2008, the civic host committee for the Democratic National Convention held in Denver in August 2008; helping the National Parks Conservation Association and several other conservation groups reach an important settlement to enhance and protect the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado; and providing legal work for numerous nonprofits such as Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, The Park People, The Children’s Museum, The Nature Conservancy, and the University of Colorado Entrepreneur Clinic.
Community outreach
We adopted Cheltenham Elementary, a Denver Public School, in 2004 and have provided mentoring, special programming, and financial support. Our work at Cheltenham now serves as a model for the School Partners Program implemented by the Denver Public Schools system.
In addition to our work with Cheltenham, our lawyers are actively involved in the community, serving on a number of civic and charitable boards which include Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Denver, Inc., Auraria Higher Education Center, Children’s Hospital Foundation, Metro Denver Sports Commission, Women’s Bean Project, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Children’s Museum of Denver, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
The firm also sponsors and supports the participation of lawyers and staff in charitable activities and community events. These range from providing holiday gifts to families in need to participating in facility improvement projects for local organizations.