Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

Colorado, United States

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti P.C. is a leading commercial law firm in Colorado, highly regarded for its real estate and land use practices. We are ranked in Colorado by Chambers USA in Banking & Finance, Real Estate, and Zoning/Land Use. With deep Denver roots and strong relationships across Colorado, we are the firm people turn to for seasoned legal advice. Our firm provides clients the one-on-one attention they expect while maintaining a deep bench that can tackle any legal matter across diverse industries and practice areas.

Our diverse client base includes owners, developers, builders, investors, banks and financial institutions, commercial tenants, managers, and brokers across multifamily, residential master planned communities, office, retail, commercial, hotel and resort, mixed use, and industrial sectors.

We provide legal services related to real estate and business transactions, financing, land use and entitlement matters, urban renewal and other public/private partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, eminent domain, regulatory compliance, workouts, restructuring, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation.

A common-sense approach, coupled with our sense of urgency, keeps projects moving forward. It’s an approach that produces results; in the past 40 years, our work has touched nearly every block of downtown Denver plus a host of projects throughout Colorado and across the country. One thing is sure; if you work with us, things will move along with fewer surprises.

Practice Areas

• Bankruptcy & Troubled Loans
• Business Transactions & Capital Markets
• Eminent Domain
• Land Use
• Litigation
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Finance

Industries

• Agriculture
• Construction
• Education
• Energy-Alternative Energy, Oil and Gas
• Green Building
• Healthcare/Medical Office Buildings
• Homebuilding
• Hospitality and Resorts
• Lending and Finance/Investment Banking
• Local Government and Special Districts
• Manufactured Housing Communities
• Manufacturing
• Multifamily Housing
• Office and Industrial Buildings
• Publishing
• Railroads and Transportation
• Religious Organizations
• Retail
• Senior Living
• Software/Technology
• Telecommunications
• Transportation/Transit-Oriented Development
• Wholesale Distribution

Highlighted Practices

Bankruptcy & Troubled Loans
Our Bankruptcy & Troubled Loans group provides results-oriented counsel to lenders and borrowers with issues related to creditors’ rights, loan modifications, workouts, distressed acquisitions and dispositions, financial restructuring and bankruptcies.

Business Transactions & Capital Markets
Our Business Transactions & Capital Markets group regularly advises the firm’s clients in structuring and completing a wide range of transactions – from fund formation and joint ventures, to complex mergers and acquisitions.

Eminent Domain
Otten Johnson’s Eminent Domain practice group specializes in large, complex condemnation cases. We represent land owners whose properties are being acquired by the government in urban, rural and mountain communities across Colorado.

Land Use
Our Land Use clients include: developers and home builders, publicly traded REITs, large format retailers, telecommunications companies, international real estate investors, and non-real estate companies with real estate holdings that support their operations.

Litigation
Otten Johnson provides a broad range of business litigation and other dispute resolution services, and our Litigation attorneys have extensive trial experience in the state and federal courts, as well as mediation and arbitration venues.

Real Estate
Otten Johnson has unrivaled depth of experience and talent in real estate matters, having dealt with nearly every type of issue or transaction relating to real estate. The firm’s Real Estate practice group brings formidable resources to bear on each and every matter it handles.

Real Estate Finance
Our Real Estate Finance practice group enjoys a national reputation for business savvy and closing efficiency. We represent insurance companies, banks, pension funds and other financial institutions, as well as individuals and specialty lenders.