A trusted, empathic advisor to high net worth individuals, Diane negotiates complex pre-marital agreements and guides clients through the legal and emotional upheaval of divorce.
Diane works with individuals, families, and family offices on a range of pre-marital agreements designed to protect generational wealth. She is an active listener, skilled at facilitating conversations about sensitive and difficult issues. She draws on her business acumen to negotiate arrangements involving complex financial matters including business assets, trusts, and significant separate property. Clients appreciate her consummate negotiation skills and ability to develop imaginative solutions that resolve differences while preserving relationship trust.
When clients face the emotionally painful experience of ending a marriage, Diane’s goal is to create a legal and financial framework to set them on the best possible future path. Through strategic negotiation—including mediation—she achieves creative, practical solutions that holistically address her clients needs and avoid the increased stress, cost, and inflexibility of court litigation.
Diane also counsels individuals, families, beneficiaries, and corporate fiduciaries on complex trust and estate disputes, prioritizing negotiated resolutions. She is a tenacious courtroom advocate when disputes are intractable, or require court intervention.
Before joining Holland & Hart, Diane was a member at Sherman & Howard.