Estate Planning & Probate Attorneys in Basalt
Areas of Expertise
- Wills & Trusts
- Estate Planning
- Probate Administration
- Trust Administration
- Powers of Attorney
- Advance Medical Directives
- Beneficiary Designations
- Asset Protection Planning
- Estate & Gift Planning
- Business Succession Planning
- Estate Planning for Second-Home Owners
- Probate & Estate Disputes
- Fiduciary Guidance
- Estate Planning Updates & Reviews
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Basalt
ADDRESS
305 Gold River Ct
Suite 200
Basalt, CO 81621
PHONE
HOURS
Monday – Friday
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
How to find us
Our Basalt office is in the middle of three commercial buildings on Gold Rivers Court facing Two Rivers Road. Parking is either in the Gold Rivers Court parking beneath or behind the building. Short term parking is also available along Two Rivers Road at the front of the building. We are directly next to the building that houses the Community Bank of Colorado, Aspen Community Foundation, and the Aspen Skiing Company offices. Follow our signs to the second floor on the north side of the middle building to take the stairs or elevator to the level above Ryno’s Pizza and Jalisco Grill. Enter the second floor of the building where you will find signs guiding you to our office. Our hallway is shared with Edward Jones.
Basalt Estate Planning & Probate Attorneys
Estate planning can help protect your assets, provide clarity for your family, and make future decisions easier to manage. JVAM works with individuals, families, business owners, and property owners in Basalt and throughout the Roaring Fork Valley on estate plans tailored to their personal, financial, and family circumstances.
Our attorneys assist with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, succession planning, probate, and trust administration. Whether you are creating your first estate plan, updating an existing plan, administering the estate of a loved one, or addressing a dispute involving an estate or trust, we provide practical guidance through each step of the process.
Local Estate Planning & Probate Experience in Basalt
Estate planning in Basalt often involves a combination of real estate, family assets, business interests, investment accounts, and property that may be owned across multiple locations. A well-structured estate plan should account not only for Colorado law, but also for the practical realities of how those assets are owned, managed, and ultimately transferred.
JVAM serves clients in Basalt and across Western Colorado with experience handling estate planning and probate matters involving a wide range of family and financial circumstances. Our attorneys help clients create clear, practical plans and guide families through probate and estate administration with an understanding of the local issues that can affect property, ownership, and succession.
Meet the JVAM Attorneys in Basalt
Practice Areas:
Water Rights | Real Estate & Transactions | Land Use & Development | Business Formation & Development
Ryan is a uniquely talented lawyer with proven experience solving complex problems relating to water and real estate. Through his understanding of the complexities of water law in Colorado, including multiple jurisdictions and drainage basins, along with his real estate acumen, Ryan has a proven ability to tackle litigation and transactional issues relating to water and land in the region.
Ryan leads JVAM’s Water Law practice group. His work involves assisting individuals, businesses and governmental entities throughout Colorado acquire, maintain, develop, and protect rights to use water. This includes adjudicating water rights, changes of water rights, plans for augmentations, and exchanges; designing and adjudicating new water supplies; advising ditch companies, municipal water suppliers, and other entities regarding water rights and operations; evaluating water rights as part of real estate transactions; obtaining well permits; and drafting well-sharing and ditch operation agreements.
Ryan’s real estate and land use practice includes all aspects of real estate transactions and land use development. He also assists businesses with formation and operations matters and represents both buyers and sellers in business sales. Ryan’s litigation style combines a results-oriented approach, creative legal strategies, and fervent advocacy. He has successfully litigated diverse issues on behalf of individuals, businesses, and government entities before administrative boards and state and federal courts throughout Colorado and Washington State.
Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy | Business Formation & Development | Construction | Land Use & Development | Litigation | Real Estate & Transactions | Water Rights
Eric advises clients and manages disputes in business, real estate, and construction matters. His breadth of experience allows him to spot and solve a wide range of issues for clients, giving them empowering advice, and achieving results through litigation when necessary.
He grew up around the real estate and construction industry and understands the expectations of clients and their businesses.
Eric’s knowledge of real estate covers everything from purchase and sale contracts to title review due diligence, nontraditional financing, neighbor disputes, landlord-tenant issues and agreements, commercial and residential leasing, land use, and water rights. He understands the construction process and has successfully mediated both real estate and construction matters, negotiating contracts and resolving disputes before they turn into litigation.
Eric has litigated extensively in both state and federal courts in Colorado, Arizona, and Washington. Eric started his legal career in 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona before relocating to Seattle, Washington in 2012, and eventually returning to Colorado in 2016. Originally from Telluride, he is passionate about serving Colorado. Eric is an avid skier, aspiring mountain biker, and fly fisher.
Practice Areas:
Business Formation & Development | Land Use & Development | Litigation | Real Estate & Transactions | Water Rights
Charles is a knowledgeable and efficient litigator and transactional attorney who focuses on real estate and water law. He is a skilled negotiator, counsels on behalf of his clients to reach deals, and achieves successful trial results on their behalf.
He explains options and strategies to his clients in plain terms. Charles’ knowledge encompasses local land use regulations and codes, Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) issues, and business formation and governance considerations. He is also fluent in Spanish.
Charles is a graduate of the University of Colorado Law School, where he was a member of the Colorado Environmental Law Review. He was an intern for Judge Anne Norrdin in the Ninth Judicial District. During law school, Charles worked as a summer associate for a law firm in the Roaring Fork Valley.
After earning his undergraduate degree in Spanish and history from Colorado College, Charles was executive director of the Pikes Peak Justice and Pro Bono Center in Colorado Springs for two and a half years.
Outside of work, Charles enjoys exploring the mountains in the Aspen and Marble area on skis, rafting, and climbing in the Wind River Range.
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