Attorney Wendy Britt Fisher's Legal Cases

Litigation

Lead Counsel in Litigation Involving the Sale of a Large Denver-Based Company

Jan 01, 2006

OUTCOME: Settled

In 2004, a prominent Denver family sold its business to two private equity investment firms which intended to increase the value of the company and sell it at a profit. This “fix and flip” proved more ... difficult than the new owners anticipated. Nearly two years after the sale, they sought damages from the family based on facts known to the buyers at the time of closing and post-purchase decisions made by the buyers after a six-month period of due diligence. Through a highly contentious mediation process, Reilly Pozner, representing the family, demonstrated that the buyers’ disappointment in their investment was not grounds to recover damages from the family. The matter ultimately concluded in a settlement extremely favorable to our clients.

Litigation

Managing Attorney in Litigation Involving Ownership of Denver Broncos Football Club

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OUTCOME: Favorable to Client

Wendy also spent nearly a decade successfully defending Pat Bowlen and the Denver Broncos Football Club in complex litigation involving ownership of the NFL franchise. In 1984, Edgar Kaiser sold his in ... terest in the Denver Broncos Football Club to our client Pat Bowlen – retaining a “right of first refusal” on any future sale of the NFL Broncos franchise or the interest Bowlen purchased from Kaiser. Fifteen years later, after Bowlen had offered a stake in one of the Broncos’ ownership companies to former Broncos quarterback John Elway, Kaiser sued Bowlen, Broncos entities, and Bowlen family members for breach of contract in both federal and state courts. The federal case progressed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, where our clients won. Based on that decision, the state district court later granted summary judgment in favor of our clients. When Kaiser appealed that decision, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court denied certiorari review – and our client Bowlen maintained control of the team. Wendy was the managing attorney for this case.

Litigation

Lead Trial Counsel in Effort to Recover More than $600 Million in Losses

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OUTCOME: Ongoing

When Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company, Memorial Service Life Insurance Company, and National Prearranged Services, Inc. went into liquidation, life and health insurance guaranty associations fro ... m 44 states stepped in to pay death benefits under insurance policies issued by the failed companies. These life insurance policies purportedly backed the prepaid funeral contracts sold through National Prearranged Services. Reilly Pozner represents the National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations, various state life and health insurance guaranty associations, and a Texas Special Deputy Receiver in a multi-state effort to recover more than $600 million in losses from various individuals and entities that allegedly perpetrated a variety of frauds associated with the failed companies

Wendy Britt Fisher's Legal Cases (3)

Lead Counsel in Litigation Involving the Sale of a Large Denver-Based Company

Managing Attorney in Litigation Involving Ownership of Denver Broncos Football Club

Lead Trial Counsel in Effort to Recover More than $600 Million in Losses