REYNOLDS GILLETTE - Key Persons

Brian Reynolds is an experienced trial lawyer. For over twenty years he has litigated cases throughout Colorado, and he has served as lead trial counsel in dozens of high-stakes lawsuits. Gifted at telling his clients' stories, Brian has won jury verdicts, arbitration awards, and final administrative decisions for his clients. As a Denver probate litigation attorney, Brian guides beneficiaries, heirs, and fiduciaries through contested estate and trust proceedings. He assists his clients in the litigation and resolution of will contests, trust contests and reformation matters, inheritance disputes, and fiduciary removal and surcharge lawsuits. Brian is particularly experienced at handling contentious probate and trust disputes involving allegations of fraud or fiduciary misconduct. Brian also helps consumers, investors, and businesses who have suffered financial losses due to fraud. He has successfully brought lawsuits for violations of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, and he is especially adept at representing elderly clients who have been victimized by fraud or financial exploitation by a trusted advisor, family member, or other fiduciary. On behalf of judgment creditors, Brian locates and collects assets to satisfy court judgments, including assets held by trusts. Additionally, Brian represents law enforcement officers in select cases where the officer is exposed to significant personal liability or serious disciplinary action. He is approved legal counsel for members of the Denver Police Protective Association (DPPA), the Aurora Police Association (APA), the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC). Education Brian graduated with a BA from Miami University and with a JD from the University of Denver. While in law school, he was an editor on the Denver University Law Review and he was the winner of the 1997 Daniel S. Hoffman Trial Advocacy Competition. Brian is a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy trial skills program, and he has taught continuing legal education classes on the subjects of legal ethics and attorney professional responsibility. University of Denver College of Law, JD Miami University, BA

Patrick is an experienced advocate at both the trial and appellate levels. He has litigated cases across Colorado, in state and federal courts, and has secured millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients. Patrick's practice focuses on fraud and probate litigation. In his fraud practice, he represents victims of investment fraud, consumer fraud, and elder financial abuse, as well as creditors whose collection efforts have been hindered by debtors' fraudulent transfers. Patrick has an established track record collecting judgments and extensive knowledge of the Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, under which he has prosecuted numerous cases on behalf of creditors seeking to unwind fraudulent transfers and hold transferees liable. In his probate practice, Patrick represents clients in will contests, where claims of undue influence, coercion, duress, and lack of testamentary capacity often arise. He also counsels heirs, devisees, and beneficiaries in estate and trust actions against personal representatives and trustees for breach of fiduciary duties. Patrick earned his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Michigan, where he was an editor of The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Education Patrick earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan, where he was selected as an editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. University of Michigan, BA University of Michigan, JD Attorney Patrick Gillette is duly admitted to practice in Colorado's state and federal courts, where he has handled contract disputes, construction defect claims, and personal injury lawsuits, among a wide variety of other matters. He has also represented clients before state administrative boards and private arbitration panels, and has served as general counsel to Denver-area non-profit and for-profit organizations.