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Law firm updates
Fox Rothschild announced March 10 that Henry Baskerville has joined the firm’s Denver office as a partner in its litigation department. Baskerville is a trial attorney who represents corporate clients in a variety of commercial disputes in state and federal court and in arbitration. He also serves as an outside general counsel or in an advisory capacity for small businesses in a variety of industries, including banking, e-commerce, hospitality and health care. Baskerville earned his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Boston College. Before joining Fox, he was a managing partner at Fortis Law Partners.
The judiciary
On March 12, four participants were recognized for completing the 23rd Judicial District recovery court program, according to an announcement from the judicial branch. The 23rd Judicial District recovery court was initiated in January 2025 as the latest problem-solving court in Colorado. Participants were transferred from the 18th Judicial District, and their cases originated in Douglas, Elbert or Lincoln counties. The recovery court is a problem-solving treatment court designed for individuals who have encountered the criminal justice system as a result of substance use. Since the program’s start in 2025, the 23rd Judicial District recovery court has been modeled after evidence-based problem-solving drug courts, which have proven effective in handling criminal cases. The substantive goal is to divert nonviolent, substance-abusing felony offenders into a comprehensive, judicially supervised program of urinalysis monitoring and case management, to include referral and follow-up with employment, educational and other self-improvement goals.
Movers & shakers
Holland & Hart LLP announced on March 11 the opening of its Phoenix office and the addition of environmental partners Christopher Thomas and Andrea Driggs, who join from Perkins Coie. The firm noted several additional environmental lawyers are expected to join in the coming weeks. Holland & Hart expects other existing partners to join the Phoenix office as well.
Kudos
Quarles & Brady LLP announced March 10 that Dan Young has been named Denver office managing partner and office chair of the intellectual property practice group. In both roles, he succeeds Ian Saffer, who will continue his practice with the firm. Young joined Adsero IP in 2014. The intellectual property boutique firm became part of Quarles in 2023. A U.S. Army veteran, Young has advised clients on IP protection for a wide range of technologies for more than 20 years and his practice focuses on all aspects of IP law. His recognitions include being named Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” (Litigation – Patent) in 2024 and selected to IAM Patent 1000 Colorado (Litigation) in 2024. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
The Taft (formerly Sherman & Howard) Mountain West Public Finance group earned top honors in the Bond Buyer rankings for 2024 published by the London Stock Exchange Group. The firm was ranked first in Nevada for bond and disclosure counsel, first in New Mexico for disclosure counsel, among the top five in Colorado and New Mexico for bond counsel and various aspects of municipal publicly offered bond sales, first in Wisconsin and sixth in Utah for underwriter counsel and 19th nationally as disclosure counsel.