S. Jan Cleveland
3773 Cherry Creek North Dr., #575
Denver, Colorado 80209
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Member of the Firm
Overview of Practice:
Ms. Cleveland's practice emphasizes a broad range of legal services for business clients, including business start-up assistance, employment issues, contracts, transactions, mergers and acquisitions, real estate issues, and litigation (trials and appeals) of a wide variety of substantive claims. She has served as legal counsel to Boards of Directors in the private, public and non-profit sectors and assisted businesses with restructuring, turnarounds and expansion.
Ms. Cleveland also acts as a consultant to businesses and has extensive leadership experience in multinational corporations during periods of rapid change. A change agent with multi-industry and multi-product background, she has formulated strategies for increased operations effectiveness and cost savings as well as assembled and led high performance teams at management and executive levels.
Key Areas of Experience:
Virtual General Council
Commercial Transactions
Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures
Contracts and Licenses
Intellectual Property
Employment Law
Trials and Appeals
Education:
West Texas State University (B.A. Education);
University of Denver (J.D.).
Bar Admissions:
Colorado
US Federal District Court, District of Colorado
Professional Memberships
President - Performance 2000, Inc., (business consultancy), 1991 to present.
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Community Involvement
Executive Director, Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, (non-profit legal support organization), 2002 -2004.
Board Member and co-chair, Phillip J. Steele Foundation, (educational support for artists), 2002 to present.
Board Member Colorado Theatre Guild, (non-profit theatre advocacy group) 2005 to present.
Awards / Recognitions:
American Jurisprudence Award Trial Practice, 1992
Special Recognition Award - The Retired Enlisted Association, 2001
- Virtual General Council
- Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures
- Commercial Transactions
- Contracts and Licenses
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Employment Law
- Trials and Appeals
- Colorado
- U.S. Federal Courts
- University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado
J.D.
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Practice, 1992
- West Texas State University
B.A.
Major: Education
- American Jurisprudence Award, Trial Practice,
1992
- Special Recognition Award, The Retired Enlisted Association,
2001
- Colorado Bar Association
- Member
- Denver Bar Association
- Member
- Colorado Lawyers for the Arts,
2002
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2004
- Executive Director
- Phillip J. Steele Foundation,
2003
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2006
- Board Member and Co-Chairperson
- Colorado Theatre Guild,
2005
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2008
- Board Member
- Performance 2000, Inc.,
1991
- Present
- President
- Southwestern Bell, Variety of Management positions,
1974
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1979
- AT&T, Exec. Director Divestiture Planning / Director Corporate Real Estate,
1979
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1984
- U.S. West, Exec. Director Strategic Planning and Human Resources,
1984
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1992
- Cleveland & Associates, Law firm founder and President,
1992
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2002
- Performance 2000, Inc., Consulting firm founder and President - strategic and operations guidance to high-tech companies.,
1992
- Present
- Scheid, Cleveland & Fein, LLC, Law firm Partner.,
2002
- Present
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