<a href="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Steve-BW-Portrait1.jpg"><img class="alignright  wp-image-623" alt="Steve BW Portrait" src="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Steve-BW-Portrait1-224x300.jpg" width="157" height="210" /></a>Business law and public policy attorney, <a title="Steven C. Bacar" href="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/people/attorneys/bio?id=64&amp;name=Steven C.  Bachar" target="_blank">Steven C. Bachar</a>, has joined Ireland Stapleton Pryor &amp; Pascoe, PC as a director.

Bachar works with corporations and their executives to execute transactions and to solve problems at the intersection of law, public policy and commerce.  Bachar has long been involved in local, national and international business and community service.  He will continue these endeavors, including his participation on non-profit and for-profit boards and serving as the co-chair of the Clinton Global Initiative America meetings to be held in Denver in 2014 and 2015.

“Adding Steve to our team is an exciting step in the firm's strategic growth plans,” says Ireland Stapleton’s Managing Director, K.C. Groves.  "With his background in business, politics and law, Steve has a very creative approach to solving complex business problems.  His unique skills will be an enormous asset to our clients and our firm."

Prior to joining Ireland Stapleton, Bachar had a career in business and law.  Most recently, he served as CEO of Silver Bullet Water Treatment, a clean water technologies company, which won the National Renewable Energy Laboratories Best Venture of 2012 award.  He also ran Shan Investments, LLC, which invested in real estate and other ventures in China.  In Washington, D.C., he served as director of the Office of International Business Liaison at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and was Chief of Staff, and he served on the White House Staff from 1993 through 1996.  In Denver, Bachar served as current Governor John Hickenlooper's transition and campaign counsel in Hickenlooper's historic mayoral race.  He earned his law degree from Georgetown University and his bachelor's degree from Emory University.

Bachar's community activities include chairing the Board of the Children’s Museum of Denver, serving as an executive committee member of Opera Colorado and the Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance, as well as serving on the Colorado Clean Tech Industry Association's Public Policy Committee and on the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Committee.