Press Release – 13 Otten Johnson Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers®, 5 as Ones to Watch® in America

Denver, Colorado – Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC (Otten Johnson) is pleased to announce that 13 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® and five lawyers have been included in the 2025 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.

Highlighting this year’s achievements, Thomas J. Ragonetti was recognized as the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Land Use and Zoning Law in Denver. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this a significant and coveted accolade.

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 2025 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
• Steven M. Cohen – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Real Estate Law
• Julie E. Gifford – Real Estate Law
• Amanda Smith Greenberg – Real Estate Law
• Emily A. Hippen – Real Estate Law
• Bill E. Kyriagis – Litigation – Real Estate
• J. Thomas Macdonald – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
• Kimberly A. Martin – Economic Development Law and Land Use and Zoning Law
• Heather Park Meek – Real Estate Law
• Thomas J. Ragonetti – Land Use and Zoning Law and 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 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:

• Matthew S. Bender – Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
• Chelsea C. Brune – Real Estate Law
• Andréa G. Horvath – Real Estate Law
• Andrew L.W. Peters – Land Use and Zoning Law
• Cory M. Rutz – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate 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.