Goodman and Wallace, P.C. is one of the premier mountain law firms in the Vail Valley, Summit County, and Aspen areas, with 30 years of experience practicing Colorado law. At Goodman and Wallace, P.C.
Our domestic relations practice includes experience in drafting marital agreements; legal separation; dissolution of marriage; spousal maintenance (alimony); valuation and division of marital property and debt; allocation of parental responsibility (custody); developing parenting plans; decision making; relinquishment; relocation; adoption and child support matters. We have extensive experience working with mental health professionals, tax and state advisers, mediators and financial planners to assist in all family law matters.
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PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Family Practice; Contracts; Homeowners Associations; Commercial and Real Estate Transactions; Construction Litigation and Issues; Purchase and Sale of Business; Corporate Law.
Business Disputes
Goodman and Wallace, P.C. handles the multiple facets of business law involving entity formation, finance, operation, reorganization, and dissolution of all types of business entities. The legal services provided include assistance in selection and formation of the most appropriate form of business organization; advising individual officers, directors, partners, and shareholders concerning their legal rights and responsibilities; and assistance in all aspects of purchase, sale, finance, merger, consolidation, reorganization, or dissolution of business entities. We are also able to assist in the negotiation, drafting, and review of all types of commercial contracts, leases, and agreements needed in the on-going operation of businesses, as well as provide consultation with respect to legal issues which may arise, including litigation, mediation and arbitration of business and employment matters.
Business Transactions
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Trials and Appeals; Family Law; Real Estate; Land Use; Contracts; Construction Law; Entity Formation; Commercial Transactions; Residential and Commercial Owners Associations and Metropolitan Districts (drafting, interpreting and enforcing covenants).
Construction Contracts
Goodman and Wallace, P.C. has 30 years of experience representing clients in residential and commercial real estate transactions. Our attorneys work with clients in purchases and sales from the drafting and review of purchase agreements, review of title documents, and closing transactions. We also handle review of design and construction contracts, landlord / tenant disputes, mechanics liens, filing and defending foreclosures, drafting party-wall agreements, various land use and development issues from government entitlements to planning, zoning, and land use, as well as drafting and interpreting easements and condominium declarations and governance documents. Our attorneys can also assist you in filing or defending a civil action in the event a real estate dispute arises from boundary disputes to construction defect litigation. We also handle real estate valuation tax appeals at all levels from protest through trial.
The attorneys at Goodman and Wallace, P.C handle employment matters for employers and employees alike. We have experience in drafting, interpreting and enforcing employment guidelines; progressive discipline; matters concerning employee duties and breach; wage and compensation disputes; workplace discrimination; hostile work environment complaints; employment contracts; buy-sell agreements; non-compete, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements; and independent contractor agreements.
Kerry has served on the Eagle County Planning and Zoning Commission which makes recommendations directly to the Eagle County Board of County Commissioners from 2003 through 2007 in order to utilize her legal background in the areas of planning, zoning and real estate matters to assist in shaping the growth and future of Eagle County. During Kerry’s tenure on the Eagle County Planning and Zoning Commission, she assisted with the redrafting and adoption of the Eagle County Master Plan.
Construction Litigation
Possesses the knowledge and experience to offer expert opinion review and testimony on the topic of reasonableness of attorney fees and costs in contractual and statutory attorney fee awards in cases including family law, real estate, construction law, and civil litigation; as well as, claims in cases involving disputes between owners and homeowner associations board of directors. Please give us a call to discuss your particular matter.
Real Estate Transactions
Kerry has been actively involved in the formation and representation of homeowners associations in Eagle, Summit and Lake Creek Counties. This representation includes drafting and modifying governing documents, advising Boards of Directors on various legal issues, and prosecution and defending homeowners associations in litigation including construction defect matters. In addition to homeowners associations, Kerry’s practice extends to formation and interpretation of contracts, real estate transactions, both commercial and residential, corporate entity formation, purchase and sale of businesses, employment matters and family law.
Easement
Land Use and Zoning
MEMBER: Continental Divide, Colorado and American Bar Associations; Colorado Women’s Bar Association; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; Eagle County Planning and Zoning Commission (2003 – 2007); Notre Dame Club of Vail, General Counsel.
Goodman and Wallace, P.C. specializes in matters concerning homeowner associations and common interest communities. Every day, we handle matters from the boardroom to the courtroom concerning residential and commercial owner associations including drafting, interpretation, modification and enforcement of association governing documents; collection and foreclosure of assessments and liens in the event of nonpayment; construction defect cases involving common areas; as well as maintenance, insurance, repair and replacement obligations in common interest communities. We are experienced with representation of boards of directors and management companies as well as individuals seeking representation involving conflicts with their association or management company. We also handle litigation and appeals involving the sometimes complicated legal issues which arise in these matters.