For more than thirty years, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP has provided legal representation to real estate brokerage licensees. Our attorneys advise small and large brokerage companies concerning many of the legal and regulatory issues they confront. We have experience advising every type of real estate brokerage licensee including commercial, residential, investment, raw land, shopping centers, office, property managers, leasing, industrial, and farm and ranch.
Our attorneys have drafted legislation affecting the real estate brokerage industry for consideration by legislators in the Rocky Mountain Region. We have appeared before real estate commissions and other regulators throughout the Rocky Mountains as well as in several other states. As brokerage firms have expanded relationships with real estate lenders, title companies, appraisal services, and mortgage brokers, our attorneys advise on affiliated business arrangements, franchise law, and RESPA and HUD compliance, as well as litigate those issues.
Since 1991, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP has served as legal counsel to the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. We have also served as legal counsel to the Wyoming Association of REALTORS® and to the National Association of REALTORS® on selected matters.
In achieving our goal of assisting real estate brokers in navigating the complicated regulatory rules and laws imposed upon them, we have assisted clients in a wide-range of real estate brokerage matters including:
- Affiliated business arrangements
- Appraisals
- Brokerage ownership and operation
- Broker training
- Buyer broker agreements
- Dispute resolution and arbitrations
- Electronic real estate transactions
- Environmental challenges
- Employment and independent contractors
- Leases
- Licensing questions and complaints
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- Franchises
- Listing and commission agreements
- Litigation and appeals
- Non-compete agreements
- Office policies and manuals
- Property auctions
- Property exchanges
- Property management
- Real estate contracts
- Surveys and square footage disclosures
- Tax matters
- Tenants-in-common interests
- Title insurance and title irregularities
- Water resources
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ARTICLES AND ALERTS
Colorado's New Broker Lien Law: Some Key Implications (08/19/2010 )
Sale by Auction (06/16/2010 )
2010 Colorado Legislation Overview: Update on Laws Affecting Real Estate Brokers (06/16/2010 )
Truth in Advertising: What is a Broker's Duty to Ensure that Marketing Materials are Acccurate? (06/16/2010 )
No More Free Lunch: Insurance Division Limits Handouts of Title Companies' Products and Services (06/16/2010 )
Revisions to Colorado's Standard Forms (06/16/2010 )
Colorado Adopts Broker Lien Law (06/16/2010 )
Governor Signs Broker Lien Law (05/03/2010 )
Brokering Transactions In a Challenging Economy: New Statutes and Procedures (04/09/2010 )
Successfully Serving Consumers In The Global Real Estate Market (09/22/2009 )
Existing Federal CRE Guidance Placing New Pressures On Financial Institutions (09/22/2009 )
Forming Groups To Invest In Real Estate: Don't Run Afoul of Securities Laws (09/22/2009 )
Broker Compliance With Carbon Monoxide Safety Act (09/22/2009 )
Creating Websites: Certain Key Legal Issues You Need to Address (07/01/2009 )
What You Need to Know About HB 09-1091 (07/01/2009 )
House Bill 09-1254 Provides Much-Needed Protection to Consumers Engaging in 1031 Exchanges (07/01/2009 )
No More Junk Fees: HUD Intends to Reduce Real Estate Closing Costs by Eliminating Unearned Fees (07/01/2009 )
Appraisers, REALTORS® And Appraisal Management Companies: Coexisting In The New Marketplace (07/01/2009 )
RESPA Update: HUD Withdraws Revisions to the "Required Use" Definition (06/22/2009 )
Avoiding the Perils of a Short Sale (03/30/2009 )
RESPA Reform: The Final Rule's Impact on the Real Estate Industry (03/30/2009 )
Leases in Changing Markets (03/30/2009 )
Real Estate and Securities Law: A Trap For the Unwary (03/30/2009 )
Update on the Colorado Division of Real Estate (03/30/2009 )
Good News for Licensed Brokers (03/30/2009 )
Dual Status Disclosure Form: Real Estate Brokers Also Acting As Mortgage Brokers (03/30/2009 )
Preserve Your Privilege (03/01/2009 )
RESPA Reform: Final Rule (01/15/2009 )
Employing Brokers: The Fundamentals (10/01/2008 )
2008 Colorado Legislation Overview: Change for Real Estate Brokers (10/01/2008 )
The Federal Range War: IRS Attack on Colorado Conservation Easements (10/01/2008 )
When the Hammer Falls (07/01/2008 )
Colorado Real Estate Commission to Begin Auditing Property Management Firms Again (07/01/2008 )
Non-Agent Brokerage Relationships: The Courts Speak (07/01/2008 )
Clean Energy Project Can Benefit Landowners (04/01/2008 )
Referral Fees (04/01/2008 )
Seller-Paid Concessions: Is a New Corrupt Practice Unfolding in the Real Estate Industry? (04/01/2008 )
New Short Sale Addendum Provides Broker Protection (04/01/2008 )
Cover Your AfBA with RESPA (04/01/2008 )
Disclaimers and Releases (11/01/2007 )
Protect Your AfBA (07/01/2007 )
Developers: Get on the FasTrack (03/01/2007 )
Commercial Leasing Update: Don't let Abandoned Cabling Trip You Up (03/01/2007 )
Avoid Pitfalls in Retail Eviction (06/21/2006 )
Jazzing Up Real Estate Projects With Common Amenities Can Have Tax Benefits (05/01/2005 )
Tenant-in-Common Investments: Another Way to Stave Off the Taxman (03/01/2004 )
NEWS
Kristin M. Bronson Re-Appointed To Colorado Real Estate Commission (04/29/2010)
RJ&L Partner Kristin Bronson Comments on CREW Network (09/28/2007)
NEWSLETTERS
Real Estate, Construction & Land Update, Fall 2010 (08/19/2010 )
Real Estate Construction & Land: Broker Bulletin, Summer 2010 (06/16/2010 )
Real Estate, Construction & Land Update, Spring 2010 (04/09/2010 )
Broker Bulletin, Fall 2009 (09/22/2009 )
Broker Bulletin, Summer 2009 (07/01/2009 )
Broker Bulletin Spring 2009 (03/30/2009 )
Broker Bulletin Fall 2008 (10/01/2008 )
Broker Bulletin Summer 2008 (07/01/2008 )
Broker Bulletin Spring 2008 (03/17/2008 )
Real Estate & Land Use Update, Spring 2007 (03/01/2007 )