Barry Spear
bspear@mbssllp.com

Mr. Spear joined the firm in 1993 after beginning his legal career with Shand, McLachlan, Newbold & Spear, P.C., in 1983. He received his law degree from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas (J.D. 1983, with honors) where he served as notes editor for the Washburn Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Colorado (B.A. 1975) with a double major in psychology and journalism. Following his graduation from UNC, Mr. Spear worked as an editor and news reporter on newspapers in Colorado and California.

His law practice is devoted to utilities, real property, banking and transactional law, and civil litigation. His current clients include Soutwestern Water Conservation District, the Animas - LaPlata Water Conservancy District, Empire Electric Association, Inc., La Plata Electric Association, Inc., the First National Bank of Durango, and Mancos Valley Bank. He provides transactional assistance to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe for construction projects on the reservation and to the Tribe’s Growth Fund, primarily focusing on real estate and banking transactions, as well as land acquisitions for the Tribe.

Mr. Spear has been a speaker on open meetings law and various real property law topics at seminars sponsored by the Southwest Colorado Bar Association. He has volunteered and served on the boards of directors for numerous community non-profit organizations. He is a member of the American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Colorado Bar Association, Inns of the Court, and the Southwest Colorado Bar Association (President: 1995, Donations Committee chair: 1997-2006)