HRO Welcomes Michael Bland
08/11/2008
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO) is pleased to announce that Michael J. Bland has joined the firm’s Denver office as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. Mr. Bland concentrates his practice in all areas of trusts and estates law. Specifically, he counsels business owners, executives, professionals, and high net worth families on tax and estate planning strategies, wealth transfer and preservation tactics, business succession planning, and charitable giving methods, while integrating those techniques with each client’s business, tax, and personal goals, and values. Mr. Bland also represents trustees, personal representatives, and beneficiaries in the administration of trusts and estates. In this area, he advises on matters including the appointment and discharge of fiduciaries, tax and valuation issues, the filing of necessary tax returns, the distribution of property to beneficiaries, trust compliance requirements, the reformation of trusts and estates, and controversies involving fiduciaries and beneficiaries.
Mr. Bland received his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, cum laude, in 1993 and his B.S. from Illinois State University in 1990, and is licensed to practice in Colorado and Illinois. Prior to joining HRO, Michael Bland was a shareholder at Minor & Brown, P.C.
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is an international law firm that was established in 1898 and has approximately 265 lawyers practicing in key business hubs in the Western Region, including Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. HRO also has offices in London and Munich. The firm's lawyers provide a broad spectrum of legal services in virtually every area of the law, including corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, commercial litigation, real estate, health, employment, tax, environmental, and intellectual property.