WILLIAMS WEESE PEPPLE & FERGUSON - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Co - Managing Director
"Bronwyn balances pragmatic guidance and strong advocacy. We are confident in her ability to help guide us through difficult situations in a way that balances risk and business needs." Client to Chambers USA
Bronwyn is co-managing director of Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson. She is also an experienced and practical employment attorney. Bronwyn represents national and regional employers in a wide variety of employment matters, including defending companies against employment-related claims, providing practical advice and counseling on a range of employment issues and training on best practices.
Bronwyn has defended clients in cases involving claims of gender, age, race, disability and national origin discrimination, sexual harassment, constructive discharge, breach of employment contract, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, unfair competition, retaliation, violation of public policy and related issues. She has extensive experience advising clients on wage and hour compliance and representing clients in large nationwide wage and hour class action litigation. Bronwyn has also represented companies in unfair labor practice charges, various NLRB proceedings, and in collective bargaining. She helps clients navigate, employment issues that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions and she regularly works with clients to draft and review employment and executive agreements as well as employee handbooks and employment policies. Bronwyn works with clients to find practical approaches to complex employment issues.
Due to Bronwyn's extensive litigation and in-house experience, she is uniquely situated to provide clients effective and reasonable advice to avoid litigation and where litigation cannot be avoided, she takes a respectful approach and obtains excellent results.
Education
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (Formerly the John Marshall Law School) 2004
Carlos Romo is nationally recognized in energy, environmental, and natural resources law. He helps clients in a variety of industries navigate complex regulatory requirements, and has particular expertise in oil and gas disputes, state and federal permitting, environmental due diligence in M&A transactions, agency enforcement, and state and federal litigation and class action matters. His clients include construction companies, developers, utilities, water authorities, oil and gas companies, renewable energy developers, trade associations, mining companies, refineries and chemical companies, landowners, and resort operators.
Carlos previously worked for 10 years in the energy and natural resources practice at Baker Botts in Austin, Texas. Prior to that he clerked for Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson on the Texas Supreme Court. Carlos is an Adjunct Professor of Law at The University of Colorado School of Law where he teaches Public Lands and Resources Law. Carlos has been recognized by Chambers U.S.A., 5280 Magazine, Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers as a top natural resources and environmental lawyer.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Trial Law Institute
For over 30 years, Chuck has defended national and regional employers on a broad range of employment and labor issues, and has represented employers before virtually every federal and state agency. Prior to joining Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson, Chuck was the leader of the Employment Law group in the Denver office of a national full service firm, and was also head of litigation for the Denver office of a national employment law boutique. Chuck has in-house experience as Senior Counsel for U S West / Qwest where he supervised outside attorneys handling employment litigation across a 14 state region.
Chuck has defended clients in cases involving claims of gender, age, race, disability and national origin discrimination, sexual harassment, constructive discharge, breach of employment contract, retaliation, violation of public policy and related issues. Chuck has represented numerous companies in labor arbitrations, NLRB proceedings, and issues relating to union activities during employee strikes. He also has significant experience in non-compete disputes and wage/hour audits and litigation. Chuck and the firm's employment law team have handled numerous class and collective actions.
While Chuck has tried numerous employment law cases in court and in arbitration, he provides great value to his clients in the area of litigation avoidance. Though some firms prefer to litigate for months or years on behalf of their clients before suggesting settlement discussions, Chuck will always assist his clients with efforts to review all options, risks and costs before embarking on costly litigation. He also provides his clients with general advice and counseling on a broad range of employment and labor issues, prepares and presents training seminars to clients, and has prepared materials for and presented lectures at multiple employment law seminars and workshops.
Chuck is a member of the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute. He is a Senior Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, and has been recognized as a leading employment lawyer by Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Colorado SuperLawyers, Martindale-Hubbell and 5280 Magazine.
Education
Boston University School of Law - 1991
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson 's Environment
Clay Taylor is a member of Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson's Environment and Natural Resources Practice. Clay has extensive experience as an in-house attorney advising on environmental and general oil and gas matters. Clay has overseen and implemented environmental, health, and safety audits and environmental compliance and inspection programs. Clay has particular experience settling enforcement actions with state and federal agencies, including the EPA, and responding to Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act information requests. He also has experience in various Colorado air quality and oil and gas rulemakings. In 2015, Clay was awarded the Colorado Petroleum Association's President's award for his efforts in guiding implementation of Colorado's 2014 oil and gas air rules, and in 2019, he was awarded EPA's Clean Air Excellence award, together with Colorado's Storage Tank Workgroup, for development of guidance for control of Colorado storage tank emissions. In addition, Clay has experience drafting and negotiating oil and gas midstream gathering and marketing agreements, as well as asset purchase and sale agreements. He began his career as an Attorney for Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation in Denver, Colorado.
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2009
University of Denver Water Law Review, Staff Editor, 2007-2008
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- President
Job Titles:
- Trust Account Foundation, Board Member - 2016
Dale Ratliff provides clients with full-cycle legal guidance on public lands, environmental, and natural resource issues. Dale's practice focuses on environmental and administrative law, with an emphasis on supporting natural resource projects and recreation and tourism businesses on public lands. Dale's clients include ski areas, renewable energy developers, lodging and resort owners, rafting companies, outfitters and guides, water supply developers, helium developers, oil and gas companies, and other project proponents.
Dale helps his clients obtain and implement special use permits, special recreation permits, rights of way, easements, outfitter and guide permits, leases, and other authorizations from the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Army Corps of Engineers, and other federal and state agencies. He regularly assists clients with forest plans, resource management plans, environmental impact statements, and environmental assessments.
Dale has substantial experience working under a broad cross-section of environmental and public lands laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Bald and Gold Eagle Protection Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and the Clean Air Act.
Dale also represents helium developers and oil and gas companies in matters before the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Dale was an active participant on behalf of his clients in the Commission's 2019 Mission Change Rulemaking that fundamentally changed the Commission's regulations and permitting process. He has since helped clients receive approval for multiple Oil and Gas Development Plans under the new rules.
Dale is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where he finished first in his class and focused his scholarship on environmental, natural resource, and water issues. Prior to law school Dale worked as a ski patroller on Aspen Mountain and as a professional fly-fishing guide in Basalt, Colorado, southwestern Alaska, and Chilean Patagonia.
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, first in class, 2016
B.A., The University of Puget Sound, 2004
Zeke Williams solves problems and disputes involving natural resources, oil and gas, energy, the environment, and federal public lands. Zeke also helps clients obtain permits and authorizations for ski area, energy, resort, and other development projects. Zeke combines extensive substantive knowledge of federal lands, energy, environmental, and administrative laws with expertise in a number of industries. His clients include oil and gas companies, ski areas, solar energy developers, pipeline companies, mining companies, trade associations, resort owners, and individuals.
Energy Litigation. Zeke has extensive energy and oil and gas litigation experience in state and federal courts, and in arbitration proceedings. Zeke has litigated disputes involving energy contracts, mineral leases, development agreements, joint venture accounting, gas purchase and processing agreements, dedication claims, gathering agreements, AMI provisions, operating agreements, mineral royalties, capital expenditure audits, gas processing audits, coal purchase agreements, surface use agreements, unit agreements, asset purchase agreements, and net profits contracts. He is deeply familiar with upstream and midstream industry contracts, and has litigated scores of disputes for public and private companies, operators, non-operators, and others.
Government Agency Litigation. Zeke represents clients in federal court litigation and appeals against or in defense of government agencies of the United States. He has obtained nationwide injunctions against the United States government in federal court, and obtained rulings invalidating illegal federal regulations, arbitrary agency policies, and erroneous government decisions. Zeke has successfully obtained court rulings upholding federal and state government decisions that authorized clients to undertake energy, resort, and federal lands development projects.
Federal Lands. Zeke is a national expert on federal lands managed by the United States Forest Service and the United States Bureau of Land Management. Zeke helps his clients obtain, operate, develop, finance, and defend ski area, energy, pipeline, resort, and other projects on federal lands. Zeke has deep experience with Forest Service special use permits, ski area permits, resort permits, BLM decisions, Forest Service and BLM land use plans, federal oil and gas leases, federal rights-of-way, land exchanges, and renewable energy development authorizations. Zeke routinely helps clients obtain government approvals that will authorize future actions, including environmental impact statements, federal land use plans, leases, special use permits, rulemakings, and environmental permits.
Strategic Counseling. Zeke acts as a strategic counselor for clients in complex natural resource matters. Zeke has helped clients restructure energy development ventures, resolve disagreements over billions of dollars of accounting practices, renegotiate oil and gas service contracts, divide jointly owned assets, and terminate failed contracts.
Gavin Jacobs is an attorney with William Weese Pepple & Ferguson's employment litigation team. Gavin defends companies against employment claims, provides advice and counseling on a range of employment issues and training on best practices.
Gavin brings a depth of litigation experience to the team, having practiced as a deputy district attorney in Denver and Arapahoe Counties for five years, where he tried over 40 jury trials. In his role as a deputy district attorney, Gavin garnered a reputation for his ethical, professional, and vigorous representation of the state.
Gavin is a Denver native and a Denver East High School alumnus. After attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his undergraduate education, Gavin returned to Denver to attend the University of Denver-Sturm College of Law. At DU, Gavin focused on gathering as much hands-on litigation experience as possible both by competing on DU's national mock trial team and by working in the appeals unit of the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office. Gavin graduated from DU Law School in the top 5% of his class.
Education
- B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, magna cum laude, 2013
- J.D., University of Denver-Sturm College of Law, Order of the Coif, 2017
Gregory R. Tan's practice focuses on litigation and counseling for clients in a variety of industries on complex environmental enforcement and regulatory matters. Greg represents clients in environmental enforcement actions brought by federal, state, and local agencies and helps clients navigate regulatory requirements, manage environmental risk, and obtain permits and approvals necessary to move forward with development projects, real estate transactions, and day-to-day business operations. His clients include energy companies, developers, railroads, retailers, and trade associations.
Greg has over 25 years of experience handling environmental enforcement matters both as a former agency enforcement attorney and on behalf of his clients in private practice. Greg has litigated and settled a wide variety of civil, criminal, and administrative enforcement actions and private party actions under the Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), and other federal, state, and local laws.
Greg counsels clients on regulatory compliance arising under state and federal environmental statutes and rules, and local zoning and development codes. Greg also advises developers, investors, and lenders on the environmental aspects of real estate transactions, including environmental due diligence and negotiating environmental terms in deal documents.
Education
J.D., Vermont Law School, 1998
Jacqueline Hyatt is a litigation, regulatory and natural resources attorney. Jacqueline represents clients in litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters involving energy, oil and gas, water, federal lands, mining, and environmental issues.
Jacqueline routinely advises clients on complex oil and gas and natural resource matters, both as a counselor and a litigator. She has litigated complex natural resource matters in state and federal agencies, and in trial and appellate courts. She has experience with: surface use agreements, mineral trespass allegations, mining agreements, mineral leases, operating agreements, pooling issues, surface development matters, lease termination disputes, oil and gas royalties, multiple mineral development conflicts, surface ownership payments, mineral title, eminent domain, exploration agreements, and other upstream and midstream issues. Jacqueline handles all stages of natural resources litigation, including discovery, motions practice, hearings, trials, and appeals in state, tribal, and federal courts.
Jacqueline has handled transactional matters, including drafting oil and gas lease assignments, purchase and sale agreements, master service agreements, solar leases, participation agreements, and due diligence memoranda for asset and equity transactions. Jacqueline also managed general corporate maintenance matters that include formation, conversion, foreign authorization, bylaws, consents, employment agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.
Prior to joining the firm, Jacqueline served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Bobby R. Baldock of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2017-2019). She is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, where her scholarship focused on water sourcing and disposal regulations in hydraulic fracturing operations. Jacqueline has particular facility with oil and gas, land, and energy industry practices given her work prior to law school as an oil and gas landman in New Mexico.
Education
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2017
Janette is an experienced litigator with over 25 years of experience handling complex commercial disputes. She has experience with breach of contract claims, fraud and misrepresentation cases, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, Consumer Protection Act claims, employment disputes, class action litigation, construction defect claims, product liability cases, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, and state and federal bid protests. Janette also has experience challenging Federal natural resource agency decisions, NEPA compliance and litigation, consulting on the Endangered Species Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and the Oil Pollution Control Act. Janette is resolution focused. She works closely with her clients to determine their ultimate business goals and objectives and tailors her dispute resolution approach to efficiently and effectively meet those goals and objectives.
Before joining Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson, Janette was a long-time partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP, a large Colorado based firm. Prior to that Janette was a long-time partner in the San Francisco, California office of the national firm Robins Kaplan, LLP.
Jeff Lippa is an experienced trial lawyer focusing his practice on complex commercial litigation and appeals. He has a diverse practice and experience in a broad range of litigation matters, including business, financial services, employment, real estate, construction, and oil and gas. Jeff represents local and national companies in cases involving breach of contract, unfair competition, construction defects, fraud and misrepresentation, trespass, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and consumer protection act claims.
Jeff appears regularly in state and federal courts across the country and represents clients in all stages of litigation. He has first-chaired arbitrations, bench trials and jury trials through verdict, and has handled appeals in the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court, as well as the Eighth and Tenth Circuits. Jeff also counsels clients on day-to-day legal issues and strategic considerations that are designed to avoid the time and expense of additional litigation.
Education
University of Colorado Law School, J.D., 2005
Jennifer is a Director at Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson and practices at the forefront of environmental, permitting and other regulatory issues affecting energy and natural resource companies. Jennifer assists companies with respect to all aspects of state and federal regulatory regimes, including due diligence during transactions; rule and guidance development; permitting; implementation of compliance programs, self-evaluation of compliance; and enforcement. Jennifer has robust experience handling the permitting of significant and comprehensive natural resource projects (including those on federal lands) and representing clients in the litigation that can arise in connection with such projects - particularly on projects implicating the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. Jennifer is one of the leading legal experts on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, having led industry's efforts in Colorado's recent methane rulemakings and having represented several companies in enforcement from state and federal agencies with respect to emissions from oil and gas storage tank facilities. Jennifer has represented a range of companies in the energy and natural resources space from oil and gas operators, pipeline companies, ski areas, mining companies, and industry trade associations.
Education
Duke University, A.B, 1998
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2004
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, M.S., 2004
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of William Weese Pepple & Ferguson 's Commercial Litigation
Jessica Marsh is a member of William Weese Pepple & Ferguson's Commercial Litigation and Employment Litigation practices. Jessica's experience includes commercial business disputes, including breach of contract claims, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, qui tam actions, and non-compete disputes. Jessica also has a depth of experience in employment law defending companies against employment-related claims in both state and federal court.
Prior to entering private practice, Jessica served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Ulyssess Gene Thibodeaux at the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal. Jessica is a graduate of Tulane University Law School where she served as a managing editor of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal.
Education
J.D., Tulane University Law School, 2016
B.A., University of Southern California, 2011
John Bernetich is an environmental, energy and commercial litigation attorney. He represents clients in a broad range of complex litigation and regulatory matters, with a focus on energy, public lands, ski areas, air pollution, environmental assessments, and commercial contract disputes. He specializes in advising and representing companies that are regulated by federal environmental and land management agencies.
John has represented clients in all levels of federal court, including the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as state courts and federal agencies. He advises clients on matters under federal environmental and natural resources statutes, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Endangered Species Act, Mineral Leasing Act, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Atomic Energy Act, and others, as well as compliance with complex regulations issued under those statutes. John also regularly advises clients regarding general commercial and employment disputes.
John is an adjunct professor of public lands law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and has deep knowledge of the laws governing use of federal and state lands. He specializes in advising and representing ski areas, rafting companies, and other holders of permits and authorizations to use public lands, including U.S. Forest Service special use permits, U.S. Bureau of Land Management special recreation permits, and authorizations issued by Colorado Department of Natural Resources and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. John has obtained court rulings overturning illegal regulations and government decisions and has extensive experience with U.S. Forest Service land and resource management plans (forest plans) and U.S. Bureau of Land Management resource management plans (RMPs).
Following law school, John was a law clerk to Judge Peter W. Hall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. John co-authors a quarterly newsletter on Congress and federal agencies for the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation). For years, he was the Vice Chair of the Constitutional Law Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Vermont Law School
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Certified EDiscovery Specialist
- Member of Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson 's Employment Litigation
Kelly is a member of Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson's Employment Litigation practice. Kelly is a Certified eDiscovery Specialist (CEDS) and has experience in employment law, health law, and military law.
Prior to joining Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson, Kelly worked in the legal department at Intermountain Health for over 10 years, most recently as Associate Counsel - Employment & Payor Litigation. Kelly is a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army Reserve, currently serving in the 87 th Legal Operations Detachment.
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2023
M.A., University of Kansas, 2006
B.A., Florida State University, 2004
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson 's Litigation
Liz Austin is a member of Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson's Litigation and Labor and Employment Practices. She handles a variety of corporate litigation and employment matters, including trade secret and non-compete disputes. She also has experience defending against class and collective action lawsuits, and representing clients before state and federal agencies.
Liz brings a unique background to her employment law practice to better assist corporate clients with decision-making. Prior to entering private practice, she worked in the corporate office of a large retail company based in San Francisco. In this role, she handled training, onboarding, and employee-to-supervisor mediation. Liz leverages this experience to provide current corporate clients with up-to-date training, advice, and counsel.
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2017
B.A., Colorado State University, 2012
Mairead is a litigation attorney focusing on complex civil litigation in state and federal court. Mairead's practice spans a wide range of industries including oil and gas, healthcare, financial services, hospitality, and non-profits. Mairead has experience with class action litigation, breach of contract claims, business torts, trademark infringement actions, and consumer protection actions. Mairead also advises clients on issues related to compliance with government regulations, including analyzing proposed and enacted laws.
Before joining Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson, Mairead served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Regina Rodriguez at the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and to the Honorable Allison Eid at the Colorado Supreme Court. Mairead has been identified by Best Lawyers in America as "One to Watch," and was a finalist for the Colorado Bar Association's 2020 Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year award. Mairead is a graduate of UCLA School of Law.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2016
University of California, Davis 2011
Maribeth has more than two decades of experience in complex tax and estate planning and business and corporate advising. Working together with clients, Maribeth designs successful legal strategies for private wealth planning, trust design, business succession, tax-efficient ownership structures, sophisticated tax-exempt structures, and trust and estate administration. Her planning addresses complex family issues including multi-generational wealth transfer strategies, closely-held business entity formation and governance, and premarital, and marital agreements. She also advises clients on charitable giving techniques including the creation, operation, and dissolution of private foundations and charitable trusts.
Maribeth began her career as a corporate transactions attorney in Silicon Valley representing entrepreneurs and emerging growth and technology companies in general corporate, venture capital, private equity, and public financing transactions.
Education
Harvard Law School (J.D.)-Executive Editor, Journal of Law and Public Policy; Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
University of Leeds (UK) (M.A., International Studies)-with first distinction
Miami University (OH) (B.A., Economics, Political Science)-summa cum laude, phi beta kappa, Thatcher Prize in Economics
Noelle represents a wide range of clients on real estate transactional matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and real estate finance. Her practice spans all types of clients, from large corporations to closely held companies and individual owners, with experience across all asset types, including residential, retail, office, industrial and multi-family properties. During the course of her career, she has assisted clients with managing their retail, office and industrial portfolios, represented a world-class ski resort with various real estate needs and assisted a real estate fund focused on acquisition of properties with natural resource assets. Noelle brings particular expertise to representing real property owners with respect to secured financing, including construction loans, CMBS loans and life insurance company loans. Noelle also has extensive experience with real estate development projects, including city infill and redevelopment projects and large-scale ground up developments.
Noelle brings a positive approach and a practical business perspective to all matters, identifying the client's key strategic goals and using creative problem solving, skilled negotiations and real-world solutions to navigate the resolution of difficult issues and achieve desired results.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Colorado School of Law, 2001
B.S., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1996
Rena Meisler is a litigation attorney focusing on environmental and natural resources. Rena represents clients in litigation and regulatory matters involving energy, oil and gas, water, federal lands, and environmental issues. Rena is a graduate of University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she focused on environmental, natural resource, and water issues. She served as the Sources Editor of the Water Law Review. Rena brings unique prior experience working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of General Counsel on a wide range of environmental and public land issues.
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2023
B.S., University of Vermont, 2017
Job Titles:
- Director
- Employment Lawyer
Sarah Benjes is an employment lawyer with 15 years of experience representing employers nationally on workplace matters. Sarah focuses her practice on employment counseling, compliance, transactions, and litigation. Sarah partners with employers to navigate difficult employee issues, assess potential risks, and identify practical solutions.
Counseling, Compliance: Sarah advises national employers of all sizes on complex workplace issues, including employee hiring, discipline and discharge; disability, religious, and pregnancy accommodations; preventing harassment and discrimination in the workplace; and complying with wage and hour, equal pay, and leave laws. She assists clients in drafting employment contracts, consulting agreements, non-compete agreements, employee policies, employee handbooks, and separation agreements. Sarah conducts internal investigations, employment policy and practice internal audits, and pay equity audits. She also trains management teams, and employees on harassment and discrimination prevention, reducing the risk of employment claims, best practices for hiring, managing, and terminating employees, and compliance with employee leave and disability laws.
Transactions: Sarah assists clients on employment matters in connection with complex transactions, including reviewing employment policies and practices, and drafting employment and contractor agreements related to such transactions.
Litigation: Sarah represents clients in employment disputes involving alleged violations of federal and state employment statutes and common law claims. She has experience representing employers in federal and state courts and at federal and state administrative agencies.
Education
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Sarah McLoughlin is a Private Client attorney at Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson. She advises clients on the development of their estate plans, including drafting wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, advanced health care directives, and related documents. Her practice also focuses on business succession planning, estate administration, and estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Sarah is a graduate of Tulane University Law School, where she served as managing editor of Tulane Law Review and worked as an extern for an immigration legal services non-profit and an in-house legal department for a Federally Qualified Health Center.
Before attending law school, Sarah worked in the corporate buying offices of two large retail companies based in New York City. In these roles, she created and managed product assortment and financial plans to maximize her department's sales, turn, and margin objectives. She also developed strategic vendor relationships to design profitable, sales-driving products.
Education
J.D., Tulane University Law School, magna cum laude
Taylor advises individuals and families regarding the creation, structure, and operation of wealth transfer vehicles, including trusts, family-owned and closely-held business entities (LLCs, LLLPs, etc.), family offices, and charitable entities (including private foundations, private operating foundation, donor-advised funds, etc.).