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Coan, Payton & Payne
Coan, Payton & Payne LLC launched in 2013 and maintains its principal office in Denver, with additional locations in Fort Collins and Greeley.
Coan, Payton & Payne
Coan, Payton & Payne LLC launched in 2013 and maintains its principal office in Denver, with additional locations in Fort Collins and Greeley. The firm organizes its work around the legal demands of closely held enterprises and their owners, covering business formation, M&A, commercial litigation, and creditors' rights alongside specialized agricultural and natural-resources practices that reflect Colorado's broader economy. Its practice is anchored in real estate — it provides land use, zoning, and transactional counsel — and extends to oil and gas law, environmental law, and water-related matters tied to natural resources. The firm also fields dedicated teams for banking and lending, bankruptcy and reorganizations, intellectual property, securities, and tax. Its private-client side layers estate planning, wealth preservation, and business-succession work on top of the commercial practice, aiming to serve the same individual or family across personal and enterprise legal needs. Seven of the firm's attorneys were named to the 2026 Colorado Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists (per the firm, March 2026). In April 2026 the firm added Mark Hamilton to its roster, and a month earlier Kenna Blaney joined the practice. Although headcount totals are not publicly stated, the firm actively runs a summer-associate program and highlights community involvement through board service and pro bono legal education. The firm's architecture is that of a regional full-service shop assembled around the overlapping interests of landowners, family businesses, and middle-market operators. Its geographic concentration in Denver, Fort Collins, and Greeley, paired with the breadth of its practice areas — from IP to probate litigation — allows it to function as a single-provider platform for clients whose affairs span multiple substantive domains.
General information
Firm type
Law Firm
Year founded
2013
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Denver
Corporate office
Denver, CO, United States
Additional offices
Fort Collins, CO · Greeley, CO
Principals
Mark Hamilton
Attorney
Kenna Blaney
Attorney
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What types of clients does Coan, Payton & Payne primarily serve?
The firm focuses on closely held businesses, landowners, and individual principals — particularly those involved in agriculture, oil and gas, real estate, and middle-market enterprises. Its structure combines commercial transactional and litigation capabilities with private-client services such as estate planning and wealth preservation. The multi-office Front Range setup supports clients whose operations span rural and urban Colorado.
Does the firm handle both transactional and litigation matters?
Yes. Coan, Payton & Payne lists commercial litigation, creditors' rights, bankruptcy and reorganizations, and probate litigation alongside its transactional practices. Attorneys are organized to take cases from inception through trial in the firm's core Colorado venues.
How does the firm’s agricultural law practice relate to its other groups?
Agricultural law sits at the intersection of the firm's real estate, water, environmental, tax, and estate-planning practices. Clients operating farms and ranches in Colorado and western Nebraska (per the firm's website) typically engage CP2 for land transactions, succession planning, and regulatory matters, often drawing on multiple practice teams at once.
In which geographies is the firm active?
The firm maintains offices in Denver, Fort Collins, and Greeley, and its agricultural practice extends into western Nebraska. Its natural-resources, oil-and-gas, and real-estate work likewise concentrates on Colorado, with the Front Range serving as its principal market.
Does Coan, Payton & Payne have a dedicated wealth-preservation or family-office practice?
The firm does not label any group as a 'family office practice,' but it offers estate planning, wealth preservation, and business-succession counsel that serve the same function for private business owners and families. These services are integrated with its corporate, tax, and real-estate teams.
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