Livingston Keithley

Livingston Keithley is an AV-rated trial attorney with a litigation practice focused on representing businesses and management in high-stakes commercial, real estate, and restrictive covenant disputes. With a strategic and client-focused approach, Livingston advises investors, start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies in matters involving complex commercial transactions, contract enforcement, corporate governance, professional liability, vicarious liability, real estate, and employment law.

In commercial litigation, Livingston regularly handles cases involving unfair competition, trade secrets, misappropriation of confidential information, and the enforcement of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. He has successfully litigated a wide array of disputes, including breach of contract claims, shareholder and investor conflicts, merger and acquisition disputes, and internal management disagreements.

In real estate litigation, Livingston represents business and individual clients in disputes concerning purchase and sale of real property, lien priority, disclosure deficiencies, title disputes, mechanic’s liens, and boundary disputes. Livingston has served as lead counsel or co-counsel in real estate litigation actions in over twenty states and three countries.

A seasoned litigator, Livingston guides clients through all phases of a dispute—from early negotiation through trial and final judgment—across jurisdictions throughout the United States. He is widely recognized in the legal community, having been named a Colorado Super Lawyer multiple times following several years as a “Rising Star” honoree. In 2012, he was recognized as a member of the Denver Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” class. Livingston also holds an AV-Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is a Fellow of the Colorado Bar Foundation.

Before entering private practice, Livingston clerked for the Honorable John Daniel Dailey of the Colorado Court of Appeals, where he gained valuable insight into judicial reasoning and appellate practice.