11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive #210
Parker, CO 80138
Phone: 303.638.1186
Fax: 303.841.0881

Jim Anest, brings over 30 years legal development and legal/financing experience to The Bridgeport Corporation. Jim is an active and licensed  Attorney since 1980. Jim has been involved in the practice of law in Parker since 1987 and various real estate development project along the Front Range,  Vail, Beaver Creek/Avon, Colorado, Wyoming Nebraska and Kansas. He was admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in 1980. Jim is a member of the Real Estate section of the Colorado Bar Association. He has been involved in all aspects of real estate legal representation and ownership including the acquisition, development and ownership formation phases for his clients and his own family properties’ in Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. As an acquisition and development attorney, he was involved in multiple shopping center purchases and sales, apartment projects and residential/agricultural developments. The combined per-square footage of these retail, commercial and residential properties exceed one million square feet and has closed, participated in the pre-sale negotiations, contract drafting, due diligence review and research and closings that exceed $150,000,000.00. He has served as the primary lead attorney for the acquisition, financing, construction, and development of various real estate ventures, counsel for the lender entity including zoning, annexations and other issues facing developers in the acquisition and sale of individual residential properties, commercial land as well as ranch/agricultural land and distressed property sales. As part of his practice, he has been involved in entity formation for many Douglas County and Front Range businesses. These entity formations include partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies.  His recent completion of the 40,000 square foot mixed use Victorian Peaks and the newly submitted Victorian Park Centre have received numerous acclaims in Colorado for architecture and development progress. Recently the Victorian Peaks Project won the  2009 Downtown Development Council Award of Architectural Excellence for Old Town Parker.

Personal Biography

Married,  three sons: Admitted Colorado State Bar (1987) and Wyoming State Bar (1980): Retired Municipal Judge, Elizabeth Colorado 1992-2004. Shareholder Anest & Brown, P.C., practice limited to entity formation, real estate/land use acquisition, development and bankruptcy: Real Estate Section – Colorado Bar Association, Former Colorado Capital Bank and BankWest advisory board member, Board of Directors – Double Angel Foundation, Designated Outstanding Lawyers of America, Named to Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers of America; 2008 Recipient Parker Economic Development Council (PEDC) Cornerstone Award; “Av” rated attorney, "Peer Review" certification Martindale-Hubbell; Madison's Who's Who. Prior board member/member Parker Chamber of Commerce, PEDC, Douglas-Elbert County Bar Association; Co-Founder Parker Downtown Development Council; and Optimists International, Officer & Board – Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Sports Lawyer Association,  Colorado Bar Association: Named "BEST of the BEST" “Best Lawyer in Parker”, CHSCA – certified high school baseball coach,
1997 – present. Commissioner and Founder – High Plains Baseball League, Colorado Bombers, Mile High Angels and Casper American Legion Baseball. Double Angel Baseball Chairman; Chairman – Parent Legacy Program, Belmont University Baseball, Nashville, TN.