Former Colorado House Speaker Terrance Carroll has a brand new gig. A transactional attorney by trade, Carroll will work with the business services and government relations groups for Butler Snow, the Denver firm says.
Carroll seemed to do it all in the Capitol representing northeast Denver’s House District 7 from 2003 to 2011, bounced by term limits. His law background is much the same: corporate governance; mergers; acquisitions; joint ventures and divestitures; regulatory and legislative policy; general corporate law and crisis management, Butler Snow touts. He also has been the lawyer for a number of companies in energy, health care and other highly regulated industries.
“The foundation of my public and private sector work has always been serving Colorado in a two-fold manner, whether influencing lawmakers as part of the political arena or by providing important counsel to companies to help them navigate legal matters,” Carroll said in a statement to the Denver Post. “My new role as an attorney with Butler Snow is the perfect convergence of my government and corporate experience and allows me to effect change in a way that impacts the legal profession and community.”
I mentioned he’s a do-it-all kind of guy. Consider this. After entering the House at barely 34 years old, Carroll not only served in the chamber’s highest seat as speaker, he also did stints as assistant majority leader and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, two heavy-lifting positions. At the same time, he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law.
And he’s a heck of a nice guy. (This is a blog. I can say that.)
His list of recognitions is too long to list, but they have included being one of 5280 magazine‘s 50 most influential people in Denver, a Power Book Industry Leader in Law by the Denver Business Journal, one of the Lawyers of the Year by Law Week Colorado, a Rising Star by Colorado Super Lawyers and in the Chambers & Partners USA Guide.
He has an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College, a masters of divinity from Iliff School of Theology and a law degree from the University of Denver.
“Terrance brings to our firm a strong mix of knowledge and experience in the government, legal, and business communities, including negotiating highly sophisticated transactions in the health and technology industries,” Donald Clark Jr., chairman of Butler Snow, said in a statement. “We welcome him to the firm and look forward to having him as a member of our team.”