Lyle A. Wallace

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:: vCard :: Lyle is the co-founder and Managing Director of Wallace Scott, PC. An AV-Rated corporate lawyer, Lyle serves as trusted advisor to the firm's clients and practices in the firm's Business Finance, Business Transactions and Business Exit Planning practice groups.

Lyle was selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2010 and 2011 and a Denver Magazine Top Lawyer in 2010. In keeping with the firm's strong belief in community and charitable service, Lyle serves on the Boards of several local children's charities and is the Chairman of the Board of the Cherry Creek Chamber of Commerce.

Education

• JD, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2001)
• MS, Forest Sciences, Colorado State University, (1997)
• BA, Government and Politics, George Mason University, (1993)

Admissions

• State of Colorado
• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association

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Community Involvement

• Board Member and Executive Committee Member, Cherry Creek Chamber of Commerce
• Board Member, Youth Opportunity Foundation
• Past Board Member, Denver Active 20-30 Children's Foundation
• Past Board Member, Colorado Business Leadership Network
• Member, Colorado Bar Association Professionalism Coordinating Council
• Leadership Denver Class of 2008
• Impact Denver Class of 2006
• Chamber 100
• Member of American Mensa
• President, Denver Alumni Chapter of The Sigma Chi Fraternity

Presentations

• "Financing Your Business with Private Equity," Entrepreneurs Organization, February 2008.
• "Buying a Business Bootcamp," presented by The DaVinci Institute, July 2007.
• "How to Sell Your Business," co-presented with First Western Trust Bank, Nexus Advisor LLC, and Barrett Pontiff & Fairweather PC, September 2005.
• "GIS in the Courtroom: A Lawyer's Perspective," GIS, Mapping, and Visualization in Litigation: A Primer for Environmental and Natural Resources Attorneys, Denver, Colorado, June 2005.
• "Coalbed Methane in the Rockies: An Overview of the Legal Issues Related to CBM Exploration and Production," Coalbed Methane Gas Extraction Conference, CLE International, Denver, Colorado April 2004.
• "2002 Colorado Oil and Gas Law Update," Colorado Bar Association, Mineral Law Section, March 2003.

Publications

• "Why Every Golf Foursome Should Include At least One Lawyer," The Denver Business Journal, April 6-12, 2007.
• "Consider Market Timing When Planning the Sale of Your Business," The Denver Business Journal, October 13-19, 2006.
• "Geographic Information Systems: Coming to a Courtroom Near You," The Colorado Lawyer, April, 2005.
• "BLM Instructional Memorandum No. 2003-131: Relief from the Taylor Grazing Act Conundrum," The Rocky Mountain Landman (Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, CO) June 2004.
• "Amoco Production Company v. Thunderhead Investments, Inc.: A Reversal of Fortune," The Rocky Mountain Landman (Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, CO) May 2004.
• "The 'Colorado Rule' of Sand and Gravel in Mineral Reservations," The Rocky Mountain Landman (Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, CO) April 2004.
• Contributing Author to "Environment, Energy and Resources: Year in Review 2003," 2002 American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section.
• "Successor Liability for Lease Obligations," The Rocky Mountain Landman (Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, CO) October 2002.
• "Rogers v. Westerman: The New Need for Specificity in Allocating Post-Production Costs in Oil and Gas Leases in Colorado," The Rocky Mountain Landman (Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, CO), October 2001, reprinted in Details (Denver Association of Division Order Analysts, Denver, CO), December 2001 and reprinted in SADOA Journal (Sooner Association of Division Order Analysts, Tulsa, OK).