See how stress free working with great lawyers can be.

Put simply, no other business law firm in Colorado provides the quality of legal work we do at our rates.

We’re Duke-educated attorneys with nearly 30 years of combined experience. We’ve sat across the table from CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. We’ve briefed the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ve helped a company raise $10 million in capital from one of the biggest names in Silicon Valley. We’ve worked on matters that were on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. We offer top-end expertise with down-to-earth prices to startups and small-to-mid-sized businesses. If that sounds like what your business needs, we invite you to learn more to see if McCarthy Garber Law is the right fit for you.

What We Are

Legal Services for Savvy Entrepreneurs in Colorado

McCarthy Garber Law helps startups and entrepreneurs who need legal or business guidance in forming, financing, and managing their company to become a success.

We guarantee quality, responsive service tailored to your needs.

Whether you’re launching the next Facebook or just looking to strike out on your own, we can help you get there.

Colorado Business Lawyers, Without the BS

We believe what’s most interesting about a business is not what’s identical to every other business. It’s the things that one business does that others don’t.

If you want to know what’s essential and different about a business – you need to know the controversial positions they’re willing to take.

With that in mind, here are a few things about our firm:

Practical Thinking. Clear Answers. Better Lawyers.

Remote Legal Practice, Eight Years Ahead of the Trend

by Kieran McCarthy | March 25, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

In the past month, much of the world has shifted to remote work practices and so much has been disrupted. Here, at McCarthy Garber Law, we have continued to provide our legal services, uninterrupted, in the midst of this disruption to the outside world. And we’ll...

Six Reasons to Outsource Your In-House Counsel Position

by Kieran McCarthy | March 19, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

There are many different names for it: Outside counsel, part-time general counsel, flat-fee general counsel, outside GC, or even fractional general counsel. But the concept is the same. Instead of hiring a lawyer full time to attend to your business's legal affairs,...

How (and How Not) to Pay with Equity

by Kieran McCarthy | February 21, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

More and more, I’m hearing frustration from post-revenue or post-capital raise corporations that want to pay new hires in common stock. It seems like an obvious win-win: a new hire, with faith in the company’s success, gets paid in common stock for a future pay day,...

No, You Don’t Need a Holding Company for Your Startup

by Kieran McCarthy | January 22, 2020 | Incorporation, Startups | 0 Comments

One question I seem to be hearing more often from prospective clients lately: “How do I set up a holding company for my startup?” The answer is you don’t. Or, perhaps more precisely, you shouldn’t. A holding company is a company that owns other companies. The classic...

5 Ways to Beat a Non-Compete in Colorado

by Kieran McCarthy | August 14, 2019 | Employment, Negotiation | 0 Comments

Once rare, non-compete agreements are now everywhere. For the companies that use them, they’re a great way to ensure employee loyalty and to protect against theft of trade secrets. For the employees who are subject to them, they can be a horrible restriction on the...

How to Know if You’ve Found the Right Lawyer

How do you know if you’ve found the right lawyer? It should be obvious. As in, you should know within the first few minutes of talking to them. If, after a 15-minute conversation with a prospective lawyer, you don’t immediately see the potential benefits from that...

The Single Worst Reason for Choosing a Startup Lawyer

If you were getting a divorce, would you ask your soon-to-be-ex-spouse for a divorce lawyer referral? No, you wouldn’t, because that would be so obviously stupid that no rational person would ever consider such an idea. Your soon-to-be-ex-spouse would be the last...

Why Most Lawyers Are Terrible At Assessing Risk

One of my biggest pet peeves with lawyers is when I hear the expression, "there's a risk here." In life, there's always a risk. There's a risk to waking up in the morning and getting out of bed. There's a risk to walking your dog on the street. There's a risk to NOT...

Limits on Limited Liability: When You Become Liable For Your Business’s Debts

Many people form LLCs or corporations to protect their personal assets. You don’t want to lose your car, your house, or your personal savings because a business venture didn’t work out. Forming an LLC or corporation gives you access to limited liability. But LLCs and...

What You Need to Know Before Buying or Selling a Business in Colorado

Most business owners and many lawyers underestimate the nuances of how state and local laws can affect the purchase or sale of business. While many of the laws and legal boilerplate that you might see in a purchase transaction will be consistent across state lines,...