Lewis Roca

1601 19th Street, Suite 1000
Denver, CO 80202
United States

Phone: (303) 623-9000
Fax: (303) 623-9222

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Primary Contact
Michael D. Plachy
  • Office: (303) 628-9532
  • Cell: (303) 628-9532
  • Fax: (303) 623-9222
Alternate Contact 1
Ben M. Ochoa
  • Office: (303) 628-9574
  • Cell: (303) 919-0055
  • Fax: (303) 623-9222

About this Firm

Established and emerging companies, across key Colorado industries, consistently look to Lewis Roca for informed and experienced counsel on the issues that matter most to their businesses. Our attorneys serve a diverse base of local, regional, national and international clients, including some of the world’s largest corporations, with transactional and litigation guidance. And from a service perspective, we immerse ourselves in your industry, business, and matter to solve your problems and anticipate the ones that lie ahead. We believe that every client deserves an exceptional experience and we’ve made it our mission to continuously exceed expectations in order to help you meet the unique business challenges of a rapidly evolving global marketplace. What matters to you, matters to us.

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Antitrust
  • Appellate Law
  • Auto Liability
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, and Insolvency
  • Business Litigation and Class Actions
  • Business Transactions/Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Civil Rights
  • Construction Law
  • Data Privacy and Security
  • Education
  • Election and Campaign Finance Law
  • Energy/Oil & Gas
  • Entertainment
  • Environmental & Toxic/Mass Tort
  • Gaming Law
  • Government Relations
  • Healthcare Law
  • IP and Technology
  • Insurance Law
  • International Business and trade
  • Labor and Employment
  • Life, Health and Disability
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Public Utilities and Administrative
  • Real Estate
  • Religious Institutions
  • Retail and Hospitality Law
  • School Law
  • Securities Litigation
  • Sports
  • Tax Law
  • Trademark and Patent Law
  • White Collar Defense

Representative Clients

  • Ace Hardware Corp.
  • Archdiocese of Denver
  • Archdiocese of Philadelphiarn
  • Ball Corporation
  • Colorado State University System
  • DaVita
  • Dave & Buster’s
  • Everest National Insurance
  • Fed Ex Ground Package Systems
  • FirstBank Holding Company
  • First Horizon National Corporation
  • Geico
  • Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
  • Health Grades, Inc.
  • HealthMarkets
  • ING Advisors Network
  • Intrawest
  • JP Morgan Chase, dba Chase Bank
  • Junior Achievement, Inc.
  • Knights of Columbus
  • KONE, Inc.
  • La Quinta
  • Liberty Mutual Group
  • Live Nation Worldwide
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Corp.
  • National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
  • Pep Boys – Manny, Moe and Joe
  • Pharmacy Inc.
  • PNC Bank
  • Summit Window and Patio Door
  • Suncor The Gates Corporation
  • Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
  • U.S. Bank
  • United Healthcare
  • Wells Fargo Investments LLC

Additional Offices

90 South Cascade Avenue
Suite 1100
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
United States

Primary USLAW Practice Group Contacts

Appellate Law

Kenneth F. Rossman

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Banking and Financial Services

Trevor G. Bartel

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Business Transactions/Mergers and Acquisitions

Karen L. Witt

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Complex Tort and Product Liability

Michael D. Plachy

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Construction Law

Ben M. Ochoa

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Cross-Border Transactions

Kevin M. Kelly

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Data Privacy and Security

Hilary D. Wells

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
E-Discovery

Joy Woller

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Energy/Environmental

Thomas J. Dougherty, II

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Healthcare Law

Darren J. Lemieux

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
IP and Technology

Joy Woller

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Insurance Law

Brian J. Spano

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Labor and Employment

Susan S. Sperber

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Mediation and Arbitration

Ben M. Ochoa

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Professional Liability

Frederick J. Baumann

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Real Estate

Ben M. Ochoa

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Retail and Hospitality Law

Ben M. Ochoa

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
Trusts and Estates

James R. Walker

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States
White Collar Defense

Frederick J. Baumann

Lewis Roca
Denver, CO
United States

Resources & Articles

USLAW member firms participate in Mansfield certification

USLAW member firms participate in Mansfield certification

Posted February 15, 2023

When Diversity Lab first launched the Mansfield Rule pilot certification with 40+ large firms in 2017, the primary requirement was to consider at least 30 percent women lawyers and underrepresented racial and ethnic lawyers for leadership roles. Versions 2.0 through 6.0 were steadily broadened each year to include LGBTQ+ lawyers… Continue Reading

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