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