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Starting a company takes more than picking a name and opening a bank account. Running one for decades takes more than a handshake with a vendor or a partner. You need a legal team that knows your business when a deal falls apart, not one that vanishes after the closing dinner.
As a Denver business law attorney, founding partner James V. Pearson has advised Colorado business owners since 1978, and Pearson & Myers, P.C. carries the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating. Pearson has guided some of the same companies through formation, growth, buyouts, and disputes for more than three decades, including one client relationship now in its fortieth year.
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Whether you are facing an immediate challenge or simply planning for your next phase of growth, let’s talk about where your business is today and where you want to take it next.
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Business owners across the Denver metro area come to us at very different points. Some have not signed a lease yet. Others have run a company for twenty years and finally need a real contract instead of a handshake. We handle:
Whichever of these brought you here, you work directly with the attorney handling your file, not a rotating cast of associates.
Colorado requires every corporation, LLC, and partnership to file its formation documents with the Secretary of State, and the details matter. Miss a required filing element, list the wrong registered agent, or skip a required renewal, and a business can lose the liability protection it was formed to create, exposing an owner’s personal assets to a lawsuit meant for the company (C.R.S. § 7-90-301). Colorado also requires an accurate, continuously updated registered agent on file, and a company that lets this lapse can miss the notice of a lawsuit entirely, losing the chance to respond before a default judgment is entered.
A missed deadline can be just as costly on the other side of a dispute. Colorado gives a business only three years from the date a contract is broken to file a lawsuit over it, whether the other side owes $5,000 or $500,000, if the claim is a straightforward broken promise (C.R.S. § 13-80-101(1)(a)). But if you are owed a specific, calculable amount, such as an unpaid invoice or a note, Colorado gives you six years instead, under a separate law (C.R.S. § 13-80-103.5(1)(a)).
Once that window closes, a company loses the right to collect on a debt or a breach no matter how clear the paperwork looks. Both problems are avoidable with the right paperwork filed early and the right deadline tracked before it arrives.
This reflects Colorado law as of September 2026.
Founding partner James V. Pearson has practiced business law since 1978 and holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating. Several of the firm’s business clients, including a shipping company and an outdoor recreation outfitter, have stayed with the firm for more than three decades.
It depends on your liability exposure, your tax picture, and how many owners you have. We review your specific situation before recommending an entity type, since the wrong choice can be expensive to unwind later.
An incomplete or inaccurate filing can leave your liability shield incomplete, which means a court could reach your personal assets in a lawsuit meant for the company. We review formation documents line by line before they go out.
Most contract lawsuits have to be filed within three years of the breach. But if you are chasing a specific, calculable amount owed to you, like an unpaid invoice, the window is actually six years, under C.R.S. § 13-80-103.5(1)(a).
Waiting too long to talk to an attorney can cost you the right to collect either way.
Business disputes for Jefferson County companies are heard at the Jefferson Combined Court in Golden. We appear there regularly and know how the civil docket moves.
Yes. We prepare and file formation documents with the Secretary of State’s Business Division in Denver, and we make sure your registered agent, entity name, and internal documents match what gets filed.
It depends on whether you need a single contract reviewed or ongoing counsel as your business grows. We discuss fee structure upfront during your first conversation, before any work begins.
Both. We draft the agreements meant to prevent a dispute, and we represent Colorado business owners when a dispute happens anyway.
If your situation does not fit neatly into one of these questions, contact us and walk us through it directly.
Most business legal problems are far cheaper to prevent than to fix. Whether you are launching a new enterprise or updating long-standing contracts, contact our firm to protect your assets and keep your business running smoothly.
Pearson & Paris, P.C. is here to help you solve whatever legal challenge you are facing.
Call today for an appointment or complete the brief online form. We serve all of Colorado.
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