Jim Ed (Jed) Franklin | Denver Oil & Gas Lawyer

Mr. Jim (Jed) Ed Franklin

Mr. Jim (Jed) Ed Franklin

Estate, Real Estate, Oil & Gas, Contract, Corporate Formation

Offers diversity of experience and dedication to client needs and goals.

Experience: 20 years

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About Jim (Jed)

Jim Ed (Jed) Franklin is a Partner at Schroeder & Griffith, LLP in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Franklin has experience in transactional and corporate law specializing in advising small to mid-sized companies and state government. Mr. Franklin also has substantial experience in energy law, dovetailing with his property development and contracting skills. In this area, Mr. Franklin has advised a number of start-up oil and gas exploration and salt water disposal companies about due diligence, acquisitions, mergers, drilling contracts, Joint Operating Agreements, and Participation Agreements. He has managed substantial escrow accounts and served as general counsel.

Mr. Franklin has drafted and reviewed a variety of contracts both in energy and in government practice including farmouts and farmins; newly drafted contracts for specific unorthodox deals; converted purchase and sale agreements into acquisition agreements; drafted surface use, gas purchase, oil purchase, easement, access, confidentiality and non-disclosure, indemnity, independent contractor, mortgages, deeds of trust, promissory notes, and security agreements; and assignments and deeds. He has advised landowners about securing mineral rights and payment for production by negotiating with companies and proposing creative solutions that benefit both parties.

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Experience

Partner

Spectrum Legal Group, LLP

2014-Present

Denver, CO

Attorney; President

Rocky Mountain Law, LLC

01/01/2014-08/01/2014

Denver, Colorado

Associate Attorney

Welborn Sullivan Meck and Tooley, P.C.

04/01/2011-12/31/2013

Denver, Colorado

Attorney; President

Rocky Mountain Law, LLC

05/1/2010-05/31/2011

Denver, Colorado

Assistant Attorney General

Colorado Attorney General's Office

07/01/2007-07/01/2010

Denver, Colorado

Admission

Verified Colorado

2005

Verified North Dakota

2012

Education

Trinity University

BA (Economics)

2002

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Colorado State Bar
  • North Dakota State Bar
  • Denver Bar Association
  • Denver Oil and Gas Title Lawyers Association

Founded 2014

Spectrum Legal Group, LLP Highlights

Business, Merger & Acquisition, Employment, Intellectual Property, Oil & Gas

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