Education

  • J.D., University of Houston Law Center (1999)
    • Cum laude
  • Masters, University of Houston Graduate School of Business (1999)
    • Business Administration
  • B.S., University of Colorado Boulder (1996)
    • Business Administration
    • Cum laude

Jackie has two decades of experience counseling entrepreneurs, companies, and investors about corporate transactions and contracts, including organization, mergers and acquisitions, state and federal securities law, private equity, venture capital, financing, restructurings, and other corporate compliance issues and commercial agreements.

She has drafted and negotiated complex agreements, advised boards of directors of both public and private companies and prepared private placement documentation for growing companies. Jackie has represented companies before the SEC and PCAOB and has experience with federal securities litigation.

Jackie has also run two businesses, so she is able to bring this practical business experience to the table when advising clients.

Experience

• Represented The Garmon Corporation dba NaturVet in its $475 million sale to Swedencare.
• Represented C&D Energy Services in its sale to Briarwood Partners.

 

Publications & Presentations

PRESENTATIONS

  • AI in the Practice of Law: It Won’t Replace You
    CBA Future of Law Committee and Communications and Technology Section | February 22, 2024
  • Corporate Transparency Act
    Sherman & Howard Breakfast Briefing | February 5, 2024
  • Leveraging AI While Keeping Your Company & Hiring Practice Ethical
    Association of Corporate Counsel | December 6, 2023
  • We’re Selling the Company! Employment Issues in M&A
    Annual Colorado Labor & Employment Law Seminar | September 29, 2023
  • What is ESG and Why Should I Care?
    Annual Colorado Labor & Employment Law Seminar | October 7, 2022
  • Choice of Entity When Forming a Business
    Hanging Your Shingle Conference | August 20, 2015
  • Choice of Entity When Forming a Business
    Hanging Your Shingle Conference | August 14, 2014
  • JOBs Act and the Impact on Our Jobs
    PLUS Southwest Chapter Seminar | April 16, 2014
  • Choice of Entity When Forming a Business
    Hanging Your Shingle Conference | August 15, 2013
  • New Rule 506(c): Eliminating the Prohibition Against General Solicitation
    Moye White LLP | September 2012
  • Choice of Entity for Colorado Law Firms
    Hanging Your Shingle Conference | August 2012
  • Basics of Securities Law and Private Placement Exemptions—Slightly More than Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Transactional Securities Law (In 60 Minutes or Less)
    Colorado Bar Association | May 11, 2012
  • Taking Companies Public
    Colorado Bar Association | November 14, 2011
  • Choice of Entity for Colorado Law Firms
    Hanging Your Shingle Conference | August 2011
  • Legal Essentials for Start-Ups
    Mile High Business Alliance/Denver Food Lab Entrepreneur Workshop | April 2011
  • Changes to the Investment Advisers Act and Regulation D
    Colorado Bar Association Dodd-Frank Act Series | December 15, 2010

PUBLICATIONS

  • Alphabet Soup: FinCEN Proposal Would Add AML/CFT Obligations Under the BSA for RIAs & ERAs
    Sherman & Howard Client Advisory | February 27, 2024
  • CTA Disclosure Obligations Are Right Around the Corner
    Sherman & Howard Client Advisory | December 12, 2023
  • Happy Employee Ownership Month!
    Sherman & Howard Client Advisory |  October 27, 2023
  • What is AI & Why Should My Business Care?
    Sherman & Howard Client Advisory |  October 13, 2023
  • The SEC Blows the Whistle on Improper Confidentiality Provisions
    Sherman & Howard Client Advisory |  October 5, 2023
  • Securities and Exchange Commission Issues Its Annual Small Business Capital Report
    Sherman & Howard Business & Real Estate Advisory |  January 3, 2023
  • Navigating Regulation D Private Offerings: What You Need to Know (Quick Prep)
    Aspatore Books |  2015
  • Effectiveness of JOBs Act Remains To Be Seen
    Law Week Colorado |  March 4, 2013
  • JOBs Act: The On-Ramp to Success or the Road to Nowhere?
    Denver Business Journal |  September 28, 2012
  • Basics of the Attorney-Client Privilege for Directors
    Board Guru
  • Choice of Entity for Colorado Law Firms
    Colorado Bar Association |  August 2012
  • Four Emerging Trends in Securities Litigation
    New Developments in Securities Litigation |  2012
  • Crowdfunding under the JOBs Act
    Colorado Bar Association | May 2012
  • Chapter 2 Overview of Business Entities
    Colorado Business Contracts, A Drafting Guide for Lawyers and Business Owners | 2010
  • No Shirt, No Shoes, No Short Sale-New Rule 10b-21
    Colorado Bar Association | December 2008
  • Will Up the Ladder Leave Attorneys Up a Creek
    Houston Lawyer | May 2003
  • Send Me Your Money: Controlling Terrorism by Restricting Fundraising in the United States
    Houston Journal of International Law | 1999
  • Arthur Andersen v. Perry Equip. Corp: A New Restriction on Fee Shifting Under the DTPA
    1 J. Tx. Consumer L. 321 | 1997

Professional Activities

  • Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, board member
  • Downtown Denver Partnership Leadership Program, Co-Chair of Finance & Policy Committee (2009)

 

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • Edge Old Time Hockey League, former member of the Board of Directors
  • Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies, former member of the Board of Directors
  • Sportswomen of Colorado
    • Former member of the Board of Directors
    • Former Chair of Fundraising Committee
  • Denver Pet Partners, former member of the Board of Directors