Kevin M. Bemis

Personal Experience

Kevin Bemis provides legal counsel to clients in a wide range of business, estate planning, and employment matters. He has a diverse background in commercial and employment law, both in-house and with a leading litigation firm. Prior to joining Leventhal Swan Taylor Temming PC in the firm’s Denver office, he was General Counsel and Director of Operations for an established Colorado construction firm where he gained extensive experience with contract drafting and negotiations, regulatory compliance, independent contractor and operations management, and employee policy development. Kevin also worked for over eight years with a large litigation firm in Denver.

Kevin is known by his peers as a creative advocate who supports his legal advice with practical business acumen. Clients, from individuals to growing businesses, find him to be approachable and always willing to help them understand complex legal issues and their rights. Kevin is adept at providing a legal perspective for executive and multi-disciplinary business teams; helping them identify issues and balancing risk alongside business factors. He was selected as a “Top 40 Under 40” by the National Trial Lawyers and was twice selected as a Super Lawyers® “Rising Star.”

Kevin enjoys helping clients in commercial transaction matters, including contract drafting and negotiations, entity formation and corporate governance, estate planning and business succession planning, leasing, employee policies and standard contract forms, employment discrimination, joint ventures, fraud, independent contractor relationships, and construction disputes. In addition to working as outside general counsel for clients, Kevin serves clients in a variety of industries, including the construction, information technology (IT), hospitality, manufacturing, legal cannabis, property management and leasing, consumer retail, consumer services, and automotive industries.

A Colorado native, Kevin divides his time between Denver and Summit County so that he can enjoy the outdoors with his family as often as possible. Kevin is an avid skier, cyclist, and yoga student. Kevin is currently accepting clients in the Denver metro area, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Castle Rock, Summit and Eagle Counties (Frisco, Silverthorne, Breckenridge, Dillon, and Vail), and nearby Colorado areas. Kevin, who has lived throughout Europe, is fluent in French and is pleased to serve French-speaking clients.

Achievements

• Top 40 Under 40
•  National Trial Lawyers and was
• Twice selected as a Super Lawyers® “Rising Star.”

Education

• University of Denver Sturm College of Law
  • JD - Juris Doctor, 2008
• Colorado State University
  • BA – Political Science, 2004