Messner Reeves LLP

Key Statistics

• Managing Partners: Caleb Meyer, Michelle Harden
• Total U.S. based partners: 72
• Total U.S. based non-partners: 49
• Total U.S. Locations: 10

(numbers updated 12/31/2024)

Messner Reeves LLP, a firm with a 30-year legacy, was founded in Colorado and has expanded its operations into Las Vegas, Phoenix, California, Utah, Washington, DC, and New York. We have earned our reputation for excellence in corporate, intellectual property, and litigation services. Whether you need outsourced support for your in-house team, contract review, employment law counseling, patent and trademark representation, guidance in commercial litigation, or protection of your real estate interests, Messner Reeves can help. Our private client services offer bespoke representation in trusts and estates, criminal defense (general and white-collar), and family law.

Corporate Law

The corporate law and transactional team at Messner Reeves guides clients in various industries throughout all stages of business. This includes entity formation, commercial contracts, mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and investment exits. Our attorneys are well-versed in the critical business challenges clients face and are committed to delivering results quickly and efficiently. We represent diverse clients, including individual entrepreneurs, privately held businesses, private equity and venture funds, and publicly traded companies. Our attorneys manage stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, business disputes, management and leveraged buyouts, and other business combinations for strategic and financial buyers, sellers, lenders, and management groups.

Recognizing that business operates in a broader context, it is essential to consider related legal issues while advising our clients. We offer real estate, litigation, labor and employment, and tax law counseling and representation, providing the comprehensive service our clients expect and deserve. Additionally, we collaborate with a network of domestic and international outside counsel to effectively manage our clients’ legal needs.

Litigation

The firm, known for its top litigation team, has a track record of successfully litigating high-stakes cases where alleged damages reach tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars. Our attorneys, through early assessment and aggressive defense, work to find effective solutions from initial claims through discovery and into trial and appeal. This is true for first and third-party claims and insurance coverage issues. Our lawyers are additionally experienced in coverage matters involving policies for directors' and officers' liability, commercial general liability, professional liability, and automobile liability insurance, among others.

Messner Reeves provides our clients comprehensive business and commercial litigation representation, including in intellectual property, employment, and large-scale litigation management cases. For instance, our firm's IP litigation team secured an $18.3 million jury award in a hotly contested federal design patent and trademark infringement case in 2024. Similarly, our employment litigators have a track record of successful defense representation in wage and hour claims, wrongful termination, harassment, and class actions. The firm provides crisis management representation to corporate clients, including detection, containment, response, and risk assessment. Additionally, we have been trusted to handle complex and national commercial litigation for large corporations, such as FedEx and Chipotle. Messner Reeves LLP is a great choice for sophisticated in-house teams looking to work with seasoned attorneys to provide coordinated and effective litigation strategies.

Commercial Real Estate

The commercial real estate team at Messner Reeves brings expertise and knowledge to provide our clients with comprehensive commercial real estate services. Our clientele includes local and national businesses, from small entrepreneurs to large corporations. We represent property investors, property owners, developers, private equity funds, banks and financial institutions, real estate investment trusts, commercial landlords, and retail tenants. We focus on ensuring that all aspects of a transaction, such as the choice of entity and tax considerations, are structured effectively to meet our clients' needs. We pride ourselves on delivering superior service and creativity at exceptional value.

Intellectual Property

The Messner Reeves Intellectual Property attorneys are a go-to team for businesses seeking advanced services such as IP strategy, product protection, and brand protection. The firm's and trademark lawyers possess extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property, from initial procurement and maintenance to developing global protection strategies.

Our intellectual property attorneys leverage their technical backgrounds in litigation to assist clients in enforcing their intellectual property rights before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in courts across the nation. As leading patent litigators, the Messner Reeves team collaborates with plaintiffs and defendants to safeguard their ideas and intellectual property across various jurisdictions.

Locations

Orange County

Silicon Valley

Las Vegas

Phoenix

Salt Lake City

Denver

Greenwood Village

Colorado Springs

New York City

Washington DC