[blox img="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sbachar.jpg" height="260" nomargin="true"][column8] [distance2] [big_title] Steven C. Bachar [/big_title] [h4] Director [/h4] [/column8] [/blox] [column10] [subtitle] BIOGRAPHY [/subtitle] [p]Mr. Bachar is a corporate attorney at Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe.  He works with corporations and their executives to execute transactions and to solve problems at the intersection of law, public policy and commerce.  He is a respected senior advisor to businesses, nonprofit organizations and government and political leaders; including serving as the co-chair of the Clinton Global Initiative America meetings to be held in Denver in 2014 and 2015. Prior to joining Ireland Stapleton, Mr. Bachar led a clean technology company which won the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Best Venture Award and was executive vice president of a Rocky Mountain-focused private equity firm.  He has managed numerous complex business transactions in China, Canada and Europe.[/p] [accordion title="Read More"][p]Mr. Bachar previously served as Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s campaign and transition counsel during the Governor's successful mayoral campaign, and he has served as a legal and business advisor to numerous other political figures throughout his career.  Mr. Bachar has been quoted frequently in news outlets including The New York Times, The Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News and on numerous radio and television programs on subjects ranging from energy and water policies to non-profit management as well as campaigns and elections. Before relocating to Denver from Washington, DC, Mr. Bachar was the Director of the Office of International Business Liaison at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and was Chief of Staff for the Washington, D.C. office of United Technologies Corporation.  He served on the White House staff from 1993-1996.  Mr. Bachar was a member of the U.S. Army Reserve from 1985-1993.[/p][/accordion] [accordion title="Memberships"] <ul> <li>Member of the Clinton Global Initiative and Co-Chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative America (Denver) host committee</li> <li>Member of the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association’s Political Action and Public Policy committees  (2011 – Present)</li> <li>Founding executive committee member of the Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance (2012 – Present)</li> <li>Past member of the International Sports Exploratory Committee</li> <li>Past member of World Trade Center's Trade Policy Advocacy Council</li> </ul> [/accordion] [accordion title="Community Involvment"] <ul> <li>Board member of Windhorse, Inc., a for-profit company that sells water to “bottom of the pyramid” consumers in rural India (2010 – Present)</li> <li>Founding board member of the Africa School Assistance Project, which builds schools in rural Tanzania (2008 – Present)</li> <li>Past board chairman of the Children's Museum of Denver</li> <li>Past member of the executive committee of the board of Opera Colorado</li> <li>Past board member of Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers</li> </ul> [/accordion] [accordion title="Personal Interests"] Mr. Bachar and his family enjoy numerous outdoor activities, including hiking, rock climbing, fly fishing, skiing and snowshoeing.  Mr. Bachar is a certified Wilderness First Responder. [/accordion] [accordion title="Admissions"] <ul> <li>Admitted to practice in Colorado</li> <li>Colorado Supreme Court</li> <li>U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado</li> <li>U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit</li> </ul> [/accordion] [accordion title="Honors and Awards"] <ul> <li>Recognized in 2004 by the Denver Business Journal as one of its “Forty Under 40” business leaders</li> <li>Leadership Denver, class of 2002</li> </ul> [/accordion] [distance4] [/column10] [column5 class="offset-by-one"] [subtitle] Contact Info [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row](303) 628-3646 [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="mailto:sbachar@irelandstapleton.com"> sbachar@irelandstapleton.com </a> [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Steven-C-Bachar.vcf">Download Steven Bachar's vCard </a> [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Bachar_Steve_Biography1.pdf">Download Steven Bachar's PDF </a> [/li-row] [/list-ul] [subtitle] Practice Areas [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row] <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] Georgetown University J.D., 1999 [/li-row] [li-row] Emory University B.A., 1987 [/li-row] [/list-ul] [/column5] [distance4]
