Business Law
Our Business Law Group provides expert legal counsel to small, middle-market, and privately held companies. Our attorneys have significant industry experience in many diverse fields, and we cover a variety of legal challenges during a business’s life cycle, including entity formation, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. Our goal is to help you focus on running your business and out of the courtroom through legal counsel and negotiations. However, should a dispute arise following negotiations, CCRJ delivers a legal team that aggressively represents your interests in mediation, arbitration, or trial.
At Coombe Curry Rich & Jarvis, we advise business clients on a wide range of commercial litigation claims. Our Colorado Business Law group works with small and middle market privately held companies throughout the entire business cycle, from formation to contact negotiation, expansion, dispute resolution and winding up. Our experienced attorneys work hard keep clients out of court to allow them to concentrate on running their business. However, when circumstances make it necessary, we are equipped and willing to represent our clients in mediation, arbitration, or at trial.
Areas of Expertise: Business Law
Commercial Litigation
Our experienced attorneys have handled nearly every type of commercial litigation, including disputes in the following areas:
- Breach of contract in mergers, acquisitions, purchases and sales
- Third party interference with contract performance
- Fraud and deceptive trade practices
- Breach of trust by fiduciary officers
- Employer and employee disputes in overtime pay, health and pension benefits, retaliation and discrimination claims
- Debt collection including promissory notes, mortgages and guaranty agreements
- Indemnity claims – drafting, interpretation and defense, including insurance
- Implied and express warranties on goods and services
- Noncompetition, non solicitation, and nondisclosure agreement disputes
- Intellectual property infringement or misuse
- Antitrust violations, group boycotts, price discrimination, or price fixing
Corporate Transactional
In our business law practice, we stress protecting our clients’ interests and finding ways to assist them to achieve what they desire. This ranges from formation of business entities, selecting the best form of organization, drafting and reviewing contracts, concerning employment practices, and regulatory requirements. We have experience handling both the sales and acquisitions of privately held companies. Our goal is to be an active partner with our business clients, and provide our expertise for legal matters, letting them concentrate on growing their business.
Directors and Officers Liability
The attorneys at CCRJ have significant experience handling cases involving directors and officers liability insurance. We have handled antitrust and unfair trade practice claims brought by shareholders, regulators, employees and competitors brought against for profit companies and not-for profit organizations. The types of cases we have dealt with include:
- Violation of fiduciary duties
- Acts outside of authority granted in by-laws
- Breach of certain state and federal laws
- Misconduct of operations or company assets
- Falsification during sale of the company
- Misrepresentation in a private placement prospectus
- Self-dealing and conflicts of interest
Employment Claims Defense
These days, virtually every American can claim membership in at least one protected class. As a result, the potential for employment discrimination claims is higher than almost any other time in history. The attorneys at CCRJ have extensive experience in defending employers against questionable employment discrimination or other claims, and can help you develop a rigorous defense.
Franchise Law
Our attorneys have extensive experience in representing franchise clients, including the most common business question they have: “How do I get things done without exposing the company?” Our depth of experience enables us to quickly answer your questions and represent your interests, especially in litigation:
- Dismissals from landlord, product liability and breach of contract claims
- Permanent injunctions against former franchisees improperly using franchise resources
- Shut down more than 50 non-compliant franchisees
- Enforcement of forum selection and venue clauses in franchise agreements
- Enforcement of choice of law provisions in franchise agreement
- Represented applicants and opposers before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
- Trade secret and intellectual property defense
Contact CCRJ today to speak with a Denver business attorney about your business related legal concerns.
The CCRJ Difference
In today’s business world, if you are successful, you need legal services. CCRJ aims to provide expertise and guidance to navigate this landscape, and we’re confident in our ability to enhance your continued success.

Client Focused
Our team has been cultivated to collaboratively pursue the best outcomes on your behalf. We have served our community for 35 years, and look forward to serving you.

Trust
The client-attorney relationship is the perfect opportunity to provide indispensable guidance, while forecasting the legal landscape to provide proactive strategic counsel.

Lasting Value
We pride our team on providing the ultimate value for each client, and building lasting relationships to continually serve our clients with industry-leading legal representation.

Transparency
Reliable communication to help you understand critical milestones, and the factors leading to our key decisions on your behalf.
Client Testimonials
Learn what our clients have to say about our firm. Our relationships are built on trust, and we trust you’ll learn more about us from their words.

"When our family faced issues of parenting time distribution and child support allocation, Jill Curry stepped in to help. Not only did she provide excellent legal counsel, she also brought real life wisdom in helping us embrace realistic expectations. And then, she fought for our child, advocating that his needs be heard and addressed - and won a judgment on his behalf. We are abundantly grateful."
E.M.
"Jill has won three court issues against the father of my children. She has given me peace of mind during incredible difficult times, because she clearly understands the law and uses it to make a strong defense. While court can be emotional, she keeps to the facts. She has provided me with good advice, informing me of all my options. I appreciate having her on my side."
Jennifer H.
"Jill has won three court issues against the father of my children. She has given me peace of mind during incredible difficult times, because she clearly understands the law and uses it to make a strong defense. While court can be emotional, she keeps to the facts. She has provided me with good advice, informing me of all my options. I appreciate having her on my side."
Katherine G.
"Our construction firm has been working with Dan Coombe since 2015. We’ve retained him on helping us resolve numerous consumer disputes and helping us run our day to day operations. He helped us implement our new employment contract which has probably saved us thousands of dollars already. Dan and his team always go above and beyond what you would expect any other lawyer to do. Whether it’s just sending out a letter on our behalf or taking something to trial, he puts forth 100% on everything we’ve ever asked of him. It’s been refreshing to work with an attorney of Dan’s caliber and we look forward to working with him for years to come."
T. Brown
"Dan is a most cordial and knowledgeable attorney whose skills and talents exceed the highest of expectations. His drive to do it right and in a timely manner offers results much beyond what clients seek, a rare find among attorneys."
Brenda H. About Us
Coombe Curry Rich & Jarvis has a fundamental commitment to providing first-rate legal services to our clients. We provide compassionate legal counsel to vulnerable leaders in a zealous environment. Helping them feel certain, strong, and confident by providing strategies to overcome fear of the unknown.

Meet Our Team
The CCRJ Philosophy
Our attorneys’ backgrounds are diverse, with many firm members maintaining an active trial practice in multiple jurisdictions. Our attorneys work in teams, allowing senior partners to mentor associates and offer effective, disciplined training while giving associates the opportunity to hone their skills in critical case work in a cost-efficient manner.

Daniel R. Coombe
Daniel’s civil litigation practice is focused on the defense of construction defect, product defect, personal injury, and commercial litigations. He has achieved successful results representing store owners, businesses, general contractors, subcontractors, owner/developers, product manufacturers, and property owners. Daniel is also a Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP) and he takes tremendous pride in forming successful business relationships. These relationships are based on open communication, timely reporting, litigation efficiency and the molding of expectations and goals into realistic litigation plans.
Daniel R. Coombe
Partner

Jill A. Curry
Jill’s practice is focused on civil litigation, family law, corporate work with an emphasis on small businesses, probate and estate planning. Jill defends a wide variety of insureds from construction professionals, small businesses, large corporations, and individuals in complex civil litigation matters. Her civil litigation practice is focused on the defense of construction defect cases for general contractors, developers, design professionals and subcontractors. She also handles product defect, personal injury, and commercial litigation matters. She has been on successful trial teams securing favorable defense verdicts, and has an impressive track record of bringing complex matters to quick and economically efficient resolutions for the clients and their insurers.
Jill A. Curry
Partner

Anne K. McMichael
Anne’s practice focuses on estate planning/probate and civil litigation, concentrated in the areas of insurance defense, premises liability, and construction defect. Anne believes that in order to achieve the best outcome for a case, it’s necessary to work closely with your clients and put their best interests first. Anne prides herself on being pro-active, organized, and driven to obtain the best possible outcome for her clients.
Anne K. McMichael
Partner

Gregg S. Rich
Gregg’s civil litigation practice is focused on construction defect and payment disputes, personal injury, premises liability, and commercial litigation matters. He has a special emphasis on the defense of general contractors and subcontractors and coverage issues stemming from those matters.
Gregg has tried multiple bench and jury trials and arbitrations. He has also argued several times before the Colorado Court of Appeals.
Gregg S. Rich
Partner

Jessica Stieber
Jessica handles a variety of complex civil litigation cases throughout Colorado and Wyoming including construction defect, general liability, professional liability, product liability, mold, fire, subrogation, and general commercial litigation matters.