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Joseph D. Bower, Esq.

Mr. Bower focuses his practice on business and corporate law, estate planning, and real estate. He has represented clients in a wide variety of industries, including construction, food and beverage, healthcare, manufacturing, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas, and philanthropy. Mr. Bower has been a shareholder in the firm and its predecessor firm since 2001.

Representative Experience

  • Represents a 350 licensed bed hospital system with 3000 employees as outside General Counsel
  • Represents multiple critical access hospitals as outside General Counsel
  • Represents a large family construction company as outside General Counsel
  • Represented the sellers of a large healthcare practice management company as General Counsel and as Seller’s Transaction Attorney in an asset sale in excess of $450 million
  • Represented the sellers of a large healthcare practice management company as General Counsel and as Seller’s Transaction Attorney in recapitalization in excess of $70 million
  • Represented a hospital system in a $30 million bond offering
  • Represented a hospital system in a $74 million bond offering
  • Assisted community leaders in the formation of the following nonprofit entities: Friends of Football, Inc.; The Colorado State Fair Foundation; Pueblo City Center Partnership, Inc.
  • Represented a client in $6 million real estate acquisition
  • Represented a client in $4.5 million real estate acquisition

Community

  • Colorado Forum Member (present)
  • Southern Colorado Community Foundation Board Member (present)
  • Colorado State University Pueblo Pack Club Member (present)
  • Friends of Football Founding Member (present)
  • U.S. Bank Advisory Board Member (present)
  • Parkview Medical Center, Inc. Board Member/Secretary (2004-2011)
  • Parkview Foundation, Inc. Board Member/President (1998-2006)
  • Pueblo Country Club Board Member (2004-2010) Past President (2009)
  • Broadway Theater League of Pueblo, Board Member (past)
  • The McClelland School, Board Member (past)

Education

  • University of Oklahoma, College of Law, JD 1997
  • Southern Nazarene University, BSc Psychology 1992

Associations

  • Colorado Bar Association (Business Law and Healthcare Section)
  • Pueblo County Bar Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association