20 Otten Johnson Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers®, 3 as Ones to Watch® in America

Denver, Colorado – Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC (Otten Johnson) is pleased to announce that 20 lawyers have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® and three lawyers have been included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

The following Otten Johnson attorneys have been recognized in the 2026 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• Dimitri Adloff – Real Estate Law
• Munsey L. Ayers Jr. – Land Use and Zoning Law and Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
• Bryce Beecher – Real Estate Law
• Steven M. Cohen – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Real Estate Law
• Kristin A. Decker – Land Use and Zoning Law
• Julie E. Gifford – Real Estate Law
• Amanda Smith Greenberg – Real Estate Law
• Emily A. Hippen – Real Estate Law
• Andréa G. Horvath – Real Estate Law
• Bill E. Kyriagis – Litigation – Real Estate
• J. Thomas Macdonald – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
• Kimberly A. Martin – Economic Development Law
• Jay Philp – Real Estate Law
• Howard J. Pollack – Real Estate Law
• Tasha Power – Real Estate Law
• Thomas J. Ragonetti – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
• Cory M. Rutz – Real Estate Law
• Andrew J. Schwartz – Real Estate Law
• Christopher T. Toll – Real Estate Law
• Michael Westover – Real Estate Law

In addition, Best Lawyers also recognizes up and coming lawyers with Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, who are also divided by geographic region and practice areas and all hopeful candidates must be nominated, vetted by their peers and undergo an authentication process before they are recognized by Best Lawyers.

The following Otten Johnson attorneys have been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:

• Matthew S. Bender – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law
• Lindsay K. Lyda – Land Use and Zoning Law
• Andrew L.W. Peters – Land Use and Zoning Law

ABOUT OTTEN JOHNSON:

Otten Johnson is a leading commercial law firm in Colorado, highly regarded for its real estate and land use practices. Our attorneys work with clients in a wide array of industries, with a particular emphasis on finding real world, business-minded solutions. In the real estate industry, Otten Johnson’s clients include owners, developers, builders, investors, banks and financial institutions, commercial tenants, managers and brokers, whether in the multifamily, residential master planned communities, office, retail, commercial, hotel and resort, mixed use, or industrial sectors. The firm provides legal services related to real estate and business transactions, financing, land use and entitlement matters, urban renewal and other public/private partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, eminent domain, regulatory compliance, workouts, restructuring, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation. For more information about Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC, please contact us at [email protected] or visit our website: www.ottenjohnson.com.