Coan, Payton & Payne, LLC announced Aug. 1 that Bob Choate and Julie Trent were promoted to partner.
Choate works primarily out of CP2’s Fort Collins office. His practice focuses on real estate development and associated business transactions. Before joining CP2, Choate spent many years as corporate counsel for local governmental entities in northern Colorado and has extensive experience navigating the permitting processes necessary to acquire and protect vested development rights in most jurisdictions on the north front range. He has a successful track record of obtaining development approvals.
Trent practices in all areas of general commercial litigation and employment law, assisting many types of businesses and financial institutions in a wide range of cases. She has experience in matters as diverse as overtime disputes under the Fair Labor Standards Act, trademark disputes under the Lanham Act, bankruptcy adversary proceedings and general contract disputes. Trent represents employers in the defense of age, race, national origin and sex discrimination, unemployment compensation and wage claims, and she helps clients draft and revise their employment policies and manuals to conform to rapidly changing state and federal laws.