Phone: 720-200-4025
Toll Free: 887-295-8915
Fax: 720-200-4026

BRADLEY J. FRIGON

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Estate planning, estate administration, individual tax planning, drafting complex wills and trusts, preparation of fiduciary tax returns, preparation of gift tax returns, preparation of federal estate tax returns, preparation of corporate tax returns, probate, trust administration, fiduciary compliance, entity formation including family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations, and partnerships, generation skipping tax planning, tax litigation, special use valuation, taxation of personal injury awards, Medicaid planning, special needs trusts, Medicare Set Aside Arrangements, public benefit planning (Medicaid and Medicare) in personal injury and workers' compensation settlements.

EDUCATION

University of Denver, Denver, CO, Master of Law in Taxation (LLM), 1982
Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, KS, Juris Doctor (JD), 1981
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Bachelor of Arts (BA), 1978

STATE LICENSES

State of Colorado, Attorney registration number 27,883
State of Kansas, Supreme Court Registration number 11032

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Special Needs Trust Alliance

PUBLICATIONS

Taxation of Damage Awards, Colorado Personal Injury Practice Series, West Publishing Company.
Taxation of Disability Trusts, Research Institute of America, Practice Alert, June 1998.
New Proposed Regulations on Sale of Principal Residence, NAELA News, April 2001.
Tax Rules Relating to the Sale of a Principal Residence, Elder's Advisor, The Journal of Elder Law and Post-Retirement Planning, Marquette University Law School, Spring 2002.
Tax Basis Rules, Elder Advisor, The Journal of Elder Law and Post-Retirement Planning, Marquette University Law School, Spring 2003.
Another Arrow in the Quiver: Understanding the new tax rules that apply to capital gains and qualifying dividends, NAELA Quarterly, Fall 2004.
Amendments to Medicare Secondary Payer Statute: Broader authority for government recovery, The Colorado Lawyer, March 2005.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Past Chair, Tax Special Interest Group, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Executive Committee, Taxation Section, Kansas Bar Association
Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, Kansas Bar Association
Fellow, Kansas Bar Association
Professionalism Committee, Denver Bar Association
City of Lone Tree, Planning Commission

SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS

Colorado Elder Care, Colorado Society of Certified Public Accounts, annual course sponsored by the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Medicare MSP changes, special needs trusts VI, Stetson University College of Law, St. Pete Beach, Florida, October 2005.

Medicare set-aside trusts, Arizona chapter of NAELA's first annual symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, September 2004.

Advanced Issues in Colorado Elder Law, National Business Institute, Denver, Colorado, March 2003.

Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements, Advanced Elder Law Program, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2003.

Family Limited Partnerships in Colorado, National Business Institute, Denver, Colorado, November 2002.

Tax Basis Rules, National Academy of Elder Law Attorney. Advanced Elder Law Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 2002.

The Preservation of Medicare Benefits in a Workers' Compensation Settlement, Special Needs Trust Alliance, Stetson University Law School, St. Petersburg, Florida, October 2002.

Building a Winning Team Between the Geriatric Care Manager and the Elder Law Attorney, National Association of Professional Care Managers, Denver, Colorado, October 2002.

Paying for the Cost of Long Term Care, Colorado Financial Planning Association, Denver, Colorado, August 2002.

Colorado Medicare and Medicaid Benefits and Eligibility for the Elderly, Half Moon, LLC, Denver, Colorado, June 2002.

Tax Update, National Academy of Elder Law Attorney Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2002.

Elder Care in Colorado, Legal and Financial Issues, National Business Institute, Denver, Colorado, December 2001.

Review of Estate Tax Changes, Advanced Elder Law Institute, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, St. Louis, Missouri, November 2001.

Legislative Update, National Academy of Elder Law Attorney Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, April 2001.

Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000, Advanced Elder Law Institute, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 2000.

Medicare Set Aside Trusts, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 1999.

Structuring Attorney Fees, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 1999.

Numerous seminars to public on tax, estate planning, retirement planning and Medicaid planning.