HBC welcomes two new associates to the firm. John ("Jay") Hake and Mary Kate ("Kate") Gaddis are both 2005 graduates of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law finishing in the top 10% of their law school class. John and Kate also both served on the Denver University Law Review, Jay as a Staff Editor and Kate as Managing Editor. New to law school, Jay was the Director of Business Development for Global Commerce Systems. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado in 1995. During law school, Jay was an intern at The Nature Conservancy and the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office.
Kate earned her B.A., magna cum laude, in 1999, from the University of Colorado and worked at a small law firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan prior to entering law school. While in law school, she interned at the Denver County Office of the District Attorney. Jay’s practice will emphasize litigation and Kate will focus on business and transactional matters.