Partner
Adam F. Aldrich
Practice Areas
Real Estate
Litigation
Business Law
Before entering the legal profession, Adam worked in franchise compliance and development for a real estate franchise company and for a bank holding company. Adam’s real-world business experience and broad legal knowledge allows him to provide his clients with practical solutions to their legal issues. He believes in the value of building true partnerships built on transparency.
Education:
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University of Colorado – Boulder (2000)
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B.A. Political Science
University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2008)
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Law Review
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Scholastic Excellence Awards in Basic and Advanced Trial Practice, and Lawyering Process
Admissions:
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Colorado (2008)
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Texas (2018)
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United States District Court for the District of Colorado
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United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
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Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Litigation:
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Obtained defense verdict and award of attorney fees and costs for claims filed by property owner against property management company for breach of contract, civil theft, conversion, and conspiracy
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Counsel for multi-office medical practice in wage and overtime lawsuit. Obtained summary adjudication of federal claims and dismissal of supplemental state law claims
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Defended owner of shopping centers in lawsuit alleging extensive violations of the American’s With Disabilities Act. Obtained favorable settlement terms for client
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Represented regional air carrier in lawsuit against former pilots for breach of employment contracts. Settled with favorable outcome for client
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Counsel for national insurance brokerage firm in lawsuit alleging misappropriation of trade secrets by independent sales representative. Settled following favorable ruling for client on motion for injunctive relief
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Defended real estate foreclosure law firm through subpoena enforcement action and in a class action lawsuit challenging fees and costs charged in statewide foreclosure proceedings
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Obtained defense verdict and award of attorneys’ fees and costs for commercial tenant following a trial to the court on the landlord’s unlawful attempt to evict the tenant
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Defended hard money lender in arbitration by borrower alleging breach of contract and business torts. Obtained defense verdict, including award of attorney fees.
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Represented commercial lenders in foreclosure proceedings throughout Colorado.
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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE
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Represented seller of fast casual restaurants in transaction valued at $13,700,000
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Represented seller of shopping center valued at over $18,000,000
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Represented manufacturer in sale of business assets and real estate valued at $9,000,000
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Represented buyer in acquisition of hotel property valued at $6,500,000
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Represented buyer in acquisition of SBA loan portfolio valued at $26,000,000
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Represented buyer in acquisition of shopping center valued at $4,500,000
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Represented buyer in acquisition of child daycare centers valued at $7,500,000
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for trademark infringement against the plaintiff.
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Publications :
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Disclosure of Adverse Materials Facts and Latent Defects in Real Estate Transactions (Colorado Lawyer – July 2024)
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Commercial Lease Assignment and Sublet Provisions – A Balancing Act for Landlords and Tenants (Colorado Lawyer - July 2020)
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Navigating Commercial Leases and Real Estate Loans during COVID-19 (Colorado Lawyer - June 2020)
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Does Selective Waiver Exist for Materials Disclosed During a Government Investigation? 84 Denv. U.L. Rev. 809 (2007)
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Presentations:
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Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Symposium – Legislative Update (July 2023 and July 2024)
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Colorado Bar Association – Legislative Update (June 2023 and June 2024)
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Litigating Force Majeure and Impossibility of Performance Clauses (CBA Fall Real Estate Update – Nov. 2020)
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Super Lawyers – Business Litigation (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025)
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Martindale Hubbell – High Ethical Standing
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Adam Aldrich has a broad practice that includes acting as corporate and personal counsel, including extensive litigation and transactional experience in the areas of business, corporate, real estate, construction, and employment law.
Adam maintains an active and successful litigation practice in Colorado’s state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has extensive experience litigating complex commercial, real estate, construction, and employment cases. As lead counsel he has tried to verdict cases involving contract disputes, entity ownership disputes, antitrust claims, residential and commercial construction defect claims, employment claims, business torts, collection matters, and real estate leasing, disclosure, title and easement disputes.
In addition to his litigation practice, Adam acts as outside general counsel to several private corporations, and as personal counsel to high-net-worth individuals. As outside general counsel, Adam provides strategic and operational legal guidance on a variety of issues, including business partnerships, corporate structures and asset protection, business transactions and due diligence, contract review, drafting and negotiation, employment contracts, employment actions, protecting confidential business information, contract enforcement, and risk avoidance and mitigation strategies.
Adam has extensive experience involving real property transactions, including commercial and residential leasing, commercial real estate acquisition and divestiture, easements and rights-of-way, foreclosures and loan workouts, and financing and hard-money lending.
Adam is a Colorado native who grew up on the Western Slope. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Denver College of Law, where he was an editor and a published author in the Denver University Law Review. During law school, Adam was the recipient of Academic Excellence Awards for outstanding academic achievement in legal writing and trial advocacy.
Adam was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 2008 and in Texas in 2018. He has been recognized for several years by Super Lawyers as a top-rated business litigation attorney and by Martindale-Hubbell for his high ethical standing. Adam was an elected member and officer of the Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Executive Council for the period 2019-2024. During his time in practice, Adam has volunteered his time and legal experience to charitable organizations, including Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Mile High United Way, Metro Volunteer Lawyers, and the Faculty of Federal Advocates Pro Bono Program.
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