Attorney with Watson & Associates, LLCMs. Ajour earned her degree at the age of 23 from the University of Denver College of Law at the top of her class with the highest honors of the Order of St. Ives. She has since become a licensed attorney in Colorado and California. Ms. Ajour began her legal career as a corporate apprentice in-house at Lockheed Martin, where she frequently advised engineers of their intellectual property rights and confidentiality obligations to the organization. She currently practices as a corporate attorney at the Washington D.C.- based law firm of Watson & Associates. Ms. Ajour’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, structuring management buyouts, assessing disputes between members/partners, federal agreements, and novation agreements with NASA and other federal entities. Much of her day-to-day work involves drafting, negotiating, and addressing contractual breach in relation to a variety of agreements and situations.

Shareholder with Montgomery Little & Soran, P.C.Mr. Eady practices in litigation with an emphasis on construction, engineering, and architect claims. He also assists clients in insurance coverage matters. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Eady was the contracts administrator for the Construction Practice Group at one of the largest insurance brokers in Colorado, where he advised general contractors, construction professionals, property owners, developers, and subcontractors regarding insurance coverage, risk transfer, and risk management issues. This prior experience makes Mr. Eady uniquely qualified to represent clients with insurance coverage and construction defect claims. He obtained his B.A. degree from Colorado State University and his law degree from the University of Denver.

Attorney with Harris, Karstaedt, Jamison & Powers, P.C.For over 20 years, Mr. Neider has represented developers, contractors, subcontractors and engineers in a broad array of construction and development disputes. He has defended design professionals on claims involving earth stabilization, structural foundations, and slope stability as well as stream design. From mountain resort towns to the City of Denver, Mr. Neider has tried cases to verdict all over the state of Colorado. He has been rated a Super Lawyer by his peers and maintains an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell based on his ongoing professional achievements and dedicated style of practice. Mr. Neider was inducted into the Order of St. Ives as an honored graduate from the University of Denver Law School, while he worked full time in mortgage banking until he served a law clerk internship in Colorado’s Federal District Court. Mr. Neider is an adept problem solver, keen on finding his clients the most practical and viable solutions available to reduce their exposure to protracted litigation.

John R. Riley is an equity shareholder at Montgomery Little & Soran, PC, and he has been the managing partner since 2010. He practices in general litigation matters with an emphasis on construction, engineer, architect, and auto accident claims. Mr. Riley’s work experience includes
personal injury claims, contract disputes and professional license matters before state licensing agencies. He is AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Riley’s trial and arbitration experience includes more than 30 cases presented to juries, judges, and arbitrators. During a nine-month time
period, Mr. Riley had five civil trials including back-to-back week long jury trials for two separate engineering clients. Mr. Riley’s writing and appellate experience includes appeal briefs and oral arguments to the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals and to the Tenth Circuit
Court of Appeals. His appellate work has resulted in fifteen published opinions. In law school, Mr. Riley was on the Iowa Law Review and served as an associate editor. He served on the Judicial Performance Commission for the Denver District and County Court. Mr. Riley passed both the Iowa
Bar (now inactive) and the Colorado Bar during the same summer following law school.

Equity Shareholder with Montgomery Little & Soran, P.C.For the past 16 years, Mr. Searfoorce’s practice has emphasized construction litigation and professional liability defense. Mr. Searfoorce represents design professionals who provide services for the construction industry, including architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects. His cases involve a variety of construction projects, such as residential, commercial, public works, and mixed use. Mr. Searfoorce has also represented owners, developers, contractors, and subcontractors, and he understands their unique perspectives in the building process. He is active in the legal community as a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, and the Colorado Defense Lawyers’ Association. Mr. Searfoorce enjoys regularly speaking to design professionals on a host of loss-prevention topics. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and in 2015, he worked closely with ACEC of Colorado to draft and procure passage of House Bill 1197, which limits a designer’s indemnity obligations on public construction projects. Mr. Searfoorce received a B.A. degree from Temple University and a J. D. degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Pennsylvania, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and several U.S. District Courts.