Rudy Verner Joins Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti

BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - Oct 7, 2011) - Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP (BHGR), Boulder County's largest local law firm, has announced that attorney Rudy Verner has joined the firm as an Associate.

Mr. Verner provides his experience in litigation and appeals to BHGR's commercial litigation and appellate practice groups. He represents clients in a broad range of commercial cases, including matters involving contractual and business relationships, insurance coverage, oil and gas, and other natural resource issues.

In addition, Mr. Verner is one of a handful of attorneys in Colorado who practice in the area of Media and First Amendment law, counseling television stations and other media outlets on issues pertaining to court access, open records requests, and libel and defamation.

"During our first interview I realized that Rudy attended Kenyon College with my daughter," says Managing and Founding Partner George Berg, Jr. "She told me later he was one of the smartest people she'd ever met. I've come to know she was correct."

Prior to joining BHGR, Mr. Verner was with the Denver law firm of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP where he handled litigation and appeals. Before entering private practice, he served as a law clerk to Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He also served as a law clerk for Judge Sandra I. Rothenberg on the Colorado Court of Appeals.

In 2007, Mr. Verner was appointed to the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Mr. Verner earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law, where he was an associate editor on the University of Colorado Law Review and Managing Editor of the Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law. He is admitted to practice in Colorado before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Mr. Verner was recently elected to the Board of Directors of Bicycle Colorado, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and promoting cycling in the State of Colorado.

Boulder-based BHGR was founded in 2001 and has grown to be the city's largest local law firm. With 28 attorneys representing clients throughout North America and beyond, BHGR's breadth of expertise includes practices related to business, construction, criminal defense, the environment and water, complex commercial litigation, public entity representation, real estate, trusts, and estates. In June, the firm announced the opening of a new office in historic Lower Downtown Denver to serve its growing Rocky Mountain region client base.

About Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP
BHGR is a Boulder/Denver local law firm providing high quality and cost-effective representation for individual and business clients in the Rocky Mountain region and around the world. Combining the expertise and sophistication of a national organization with the service and responsiveness of a boutique practice, BHGR lawyers are committed to creating long-standing personal relationships and providing pragmatic solutions to difficult problems. BHGR clients receive hands-on attention and the practical expertise of experienced lawyers who place a premium on delivering the highest quality legal advice in the most efficient and cost-effective manner as possible, an approach that has enabled the firm to stand out among contemporary law firms. For more information, visit www.bhgrlaw.com.