![]() “Current Issues in Lender Liability,” Bank Administration Institute (1989).“Colorado’s New Central Indexing System: Observations from a Bank Attorney,” Colorado Secretary of State Lenders Training Seminar (1996).“Dealing Commodities in a Fluctuating Market: Observations from an Ag Lender’s Attorney,” Colorado Feed and Grain Association (1996).“Current Issues in Lender Liability,” Robert Morris Associates (1998).“Loan Documentation,” Lorman Education Services (2003).“Structuring the Commercial Loan: What the Lender Needs to Know,” National Business Institute (2003).“Revised Article 9 Filing and Perfection Rules: What the Lender Needs to Know,” National Business Institute (2004).“Revised Article 9 Secured Transactions: What Colorado Lenders and Practitioners Need to Know,” National Business Institute (2005).“Revised Article 9: What Lenders Need to Know,” Lorman Education Services (2005).“ Farm bill: Bring on the hemp and sushi rice!,” Quoted, CNBC (March 13, 2014). ![]() “ Oh the smell! Zoning battle rages over farm odors,“ Quoted, CNBC (May 9, 2014).“Cattle Law: Drafting and Negotiating Cattle Industry Contracts,” Author and Presenter, National Business Institute (November 2014).“Grain Production Contracts 101,” Author and Presenter, National Business Institute (July 2015).“Ag Lending: Top 10 Mistakes,” Author, Colorado Bankers Association (November 2015).“Cattle Law: What The Lender Needs To Know?,” Author, Colorado Bankers Association (November 2015).“Stock and Fencing Law, Trespass and Liability Issues,” Author, National Business Institute (June 2016).“Livestock Producer and Grower Contracts,” Author, National Business Institute (June 2016).“Handling Lien Issues in Livestock Transactions: Tips from a Top Agricultural Attorney,” Author, National Business Institute (June 2016).“Understanding the Workings of the Current Market,” Author, National Business Institute (June 2016).“AgriFinance Pitfalls And Traps: What The Lender Wanted To Know Before Closing The Loan,” Author, Colorado Bar Association Business Law Institute (September 2016).“Certified And Natural Cattle Contracts,” Author, National Business Institute (October 2016). ![]() “Organic Farming Business Law,” Speaker, National Business Institute (October 2016).“Ag Lending: Transaction And Litigation Issues,” Colorado Bar Association Financial Institution Subsection (March 2018).“Pitfalls And Traps For Secured Lenders,” Kansas Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (April 2018).“Front-End Pitfalls And Perils: What Ag Lending Attorneys Need To Know,” Author, Missouri Bar And Judicial Conference Annual Meeting (September 2019).“Ag Leases: What Real Estate Lawyers Need To Know About Farm, Ranch And Livestock Facility Leases,” 38th Annual Real Estate Symposium, Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section (July 2020).To view John’s additional representative experience, please click here. Represent lender in connection with documenting a $13,750,000 loan secured by farm land and agricultural products.Represent lender in connection with documenting a $26,000,000 loan secured by ranches in three states and livestock.Represent lender in connection with documenting a $63,300,000 loan secured by farm assets.John is the Regional Development Managing Partner in the Denver office. In 2015, John received both the Barrister’s Best and Peoples Choice Awards for the Best Agricultural Lawyer in Colorado. John is a long-time cattle feeder, and grows wheat and corn on his Colorado farms. He regularly practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act and is a Colorado Super Lawyer in the area of Banking. John has litigated, mediated or resolved lien priority disputes, commercial disputes and cattle frauds throughout the United States and has been lead counsel for the primary creditor in more than 200 receiverships in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio and Mississippi. He has visited more than 100 livestock production facilities in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa and New Mexico. John represents national and regional financial institutions and issuers of domestic and international letters of credit securing commodity sales and transactions. He has a national agrifinance practice and has closed over $5,000,000,000 of financings on livestock production facilities (including cattle, dairy, hogs, buffalo, poultry and sheep), public elevators, public warehouses, irrigated farms, dryland farms, ranches and other commercial enterprises. John O’Brien practices in banking, agrifinance, commercial finance, commercial law, lender liability defense, agriculture law, agricultural transactions, receivership, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy. Environmental Permitting and Compliance – Manufacturing and Industrial Operations. ![]()
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