HILARY M. GRAHAM
hmg@hpwclaw.com

Hilary M. Graham is a director and shareholder with the law firm of Hoffmann, Parker, Wilson & Carberry, P.C.  Hilary practices in general municipal representation, special district representation, urban renewal authority work, and various other local government entities, such as downtown development authorities.  Hilary is well versed in contracts, land use and zoning, constitutional law, licensing, open meetings and open records issues.  Hilary’s representation of Colorado clients includes regular work on the following:

• Initiative, referendum, and recall questions
• Complex annexation, land use and development matters
• Drafting home rule charters and amendments to existing charters
• Municipal and special district elections, including TABOR questions

Prior to joining Hoffmann, Parker, Wilson & Carberry, P.C., in 2016 Hilary worked as the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Westminster for several years.  Before that, from 2003-2010, she worked as an associate attorney in a prior iteration of this firm, Hayes, Phillips, Hoffmann & Carberry, P.C. Immediately after law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Raymond D. Jones at the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Education
University of Colorado School of Law (J.D)
University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas (B.S. Journalism; B.A. French)

Bar Admissions
Colorado
United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Representative cases
Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority v. Cornerstone Group XXII LLC, 176 P.3d 737 (Colo. 2007)

Brief for the Cities of Black Hawk and Northglenn and the Towns of Hudson, Mountain View and Parker as Amici Curiae supporting Petitioner, City of Arvada ex rel. Arvada Police Department v. Denver Health and Hospital Authority, 403 P.3d 609 (Colo. 2017)

Representative clients
City Attorney for the City of Leadville

Town Attorney for the Town of Winter Park

General Counsel for the Brighton Urban Renewal Authority and the Englewood
Downtown Development Authority

General Counsel for the Alameda Water and Sanitation District and Church Ditch Water Authority

General Counsel for Foothills Animal Shelter

Counsel to home rule charter commissions in the Town of Kiowa (2006), City of Edgewater (2008), Town of Eagle (2020), Town of Erie (2023)

HILARY M. GRAHAM
hmg@hpwclaw.com

Hilary M. Graham is “of counsel” to the firm of Hoffmann, Parker, Wilson & Carberry, P.C.  Hilary practices in general municipal representation, special district representation, urban renewal authority work, and various other local government entities, such as downtown development authorities.  Hilary is well versed in contracts, land use and zoning, constitutional law, licensing, open meetings and open records issues.  Hilary’s representation of Colorado clients includes regular work on the following:

• Initiative, referendum, and recall questions
• Complex annexation, land use and development matters
• Drafting home rule charters and amendments to existing charters
• Municipal and special district elections, including TABOR questions

Prior to joining Hoffmann, Parker, Wilson & Carberry, P.C., in 2016 Hilary worked as the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Westminster for several years.  Before that, from 2003-2010, she worked as an associate attorney in a prior iteration of this firm, Hayes, Phillips, Hoffmann & Carberry, P.C. Immediately after law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Raymond D. Jones at the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Representative cases

Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority v. Cornerstone Group XXII LLC, 176 P.3d 737 (Colo. 2007).

Brief for the Cities of Black Hawk and Northglenn and the Towns of Hudson, Mountain View and Parker as Amici Curiae supporting Petitioner, City of Arvada ex rel. Arvada Police Department v. Denver Health and Hospital Authority, 403 P.3d 609 (Colo. 2017)

Representative clients

Town Attorney for the Town of Winter Park

General Counsel for the Brighton Urban Renewal Authority and the Englewood Downtown Development Authority

General Counsel for the Alameda Water and Sanitation District and Church Ditch Water Authority

General Counsel for Foothills Animal Shelter

Counsel to home rule charter commissions in the Town of Kiowa (2006), City of Edgewater (2008), Town of Eagle (2020), Town of Erie (2023)