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Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC
USA 2026
Rankings
Leading firm in USA 2026
Ranked Departments
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Top figures
43
Lawyers
26
Partners
1985
Established Year
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Overview
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Otten Johnson is a commercial real estate and business law firm in Colorado with more than 40 years of experience, representing developers, owners, investors, and lenders from land use entitlement and eminent domain through acquisition, financing, and disputes. Clients benefit from attorneys who handle the full arc of a project without being handed off, who are deeply embedded in Colorado and the Mountain West with strong relationships across development, lending, and government.
Industry sectors (15)
- Commercial real estate development
- Multifamily housing
- Industrial
- Office
- Retail
- Hotel and hospitality
- Mixed-use and master planned communities
- Energy
- Senior living
- Healthcare
- Financial institutions and banking
- Private equity and funds
- Technology
- Urban renewal and public/private partnerships
- Telecommunications
Capabilities (15)
- Commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions
- Real estate finance and loan structuring
- Land use, zoning, and entitlement
- Development and construction contracts
- Commercial leasing
- Condominium and master planned community development
- Resort, mountain, and ranch real estate
- Condemnation and eminent domain
- Business transactions and M&A
- Entity formation and capital structuring
- Urban renewal and public/private partnerships
- Commercial real estate litigation
- Land use and regulatory takings litigation
- Construction disputes
- Opportunity Zone investing
Key people
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Kimberly A. Martin
Managing Director
Dimitri Adloff
Practice Team Chair, Business Transactions and Capital Markets
Julie E. Gifford
Co-Practice Team Chair, Real Estate Transactions and Finance
Jay W. Philp
Co-Practice Team Chair, Real Estate Transactions and Finance
Bill E. Kyriagis
Practice Team Chair, Litigation
Cory M. Rutz
Practice Team Chair, Land Use and Real Estate Development
Work & experience
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Otten Johnson attorneys are known for navigating Colorado's most complex entitlement, condemnation, and development matters, including large-scale public/private partnerships, contested land use approvals, and high-stakes eminent domain proceedings. The firm has deep roots in the state's development and lending communities, with relationships built over four decades across local governments, planning agencies, and financial institutions that few Colorado firms can match.
Notable work
Provided by Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC
Real Estate Transactions
Representation across acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development, and construction from contract through closing.
Land Use
Entitlement, zoning, annexation, and development approvals for complex and politically challenging Colorado projects.
Real Estate Finance
Lender and borrower representation across commercial real estate loans, construction financing, and loan workouts.
Ranked Offices at Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC
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Ranked Departments at Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC (3)
Ranked Individuals at Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC (8)
Colorado
Michael Westover
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Real Estate
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Thomas J Ragonetti
Real Estate
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Steven Cohen
Real Estate
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Laura Salter
Real Estate
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Cory Rutz
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
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Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
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Kimberly A. Martin
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
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Top figures
43
Lawyers
26
Partners
1985
Established Year
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