[blox img="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/btanis.jpg" height="260" nomargin="true"][column8] [distance2] [big_title] William E. "Bill" Tanis [/big_title] [h4] Director [/h4] [/column8] [/blox] [column10] [subtitle] BIOGRAPHY [/subtitle] [p]Bill Tanis has been a partner of Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., one of the leading general practice law firms in Denver, Colorado, since 1982.  Mr. Tanis has extensive experience in general corporate and securities law matters, including initial public offerings, private placements, partnerships, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, and entity formations. He has provided general advice to, and completed transactions for, public and private clients in industries as diverse as real estate, radio, equipment leasing, medical devices, banking, financial services and oil and gas, with an emphasis on banking, construction and oil and gas.  Mr. Tanis' experience also includes counseling and representing companies that have been financed by venture capital firms as well as companies that have been acquired by private equity firms. His client roster includes several non-profit corporations.  During his career, Mr. Tanis has worked closely with boards of directors and management on strategic planning, financial matters, employee incentive plans, corporate governance issues and restructurings.[/p] [accordion title="Memberships"] <ul> <li>Colorado Bar Association</li> <li>Colorado Bar Assocation Ethics Committee</li> <li>American Law Institute</li> <li>Willows Water District</li> <li>Arapahoe County Ethics Committee</li> </ul> [/accordion] [accordion title="Admissions"] <ul> <li>Admitted to practice in Colorado</li> </ul> [/accordion] [accordion title="Honors and Awards"] <ul> <li>AV Peer Review Rated Martindale-Hubbell</li> <li>The Best Lawyers in America for corporate law</li> </ul> [/accordion] [distance4] [/column10] [column5 class="offset-by-one"] [subtitle] Contact Info [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row] work: (303) 628-3654 [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="mailto:wtanis@irelandstapleton.com"> wtanis@irelandstapleton.com </a> [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/William-E-Tanis.vcf">Download William Tanis's vCard </a> [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Tanis_William_Biography.pdf">Download William Tanis's PDF </a> [/li-row] [/list-ul] [subtitle] Practice Areas [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row] <a title="Environmental"href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/practices/environmental/"> Environmental </a> <a title="Business"href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/practices/business/"> Business </a> [/li-row] [/list-ul] [subtitle] Education [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row] Harvard Law School J.D., 1975 [/li-row] [li-row] London School of Economics M.S. Economics 1972 [/li-row] [li-row] Dartmouth College B.A., 1971 [/li-row] [/list-ul] [/column5] [distance4]