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Improving Real Estate Contracts: Drafting and Structuring Lessons from the Courtroom

Nathan G. Osborn
Nathan G. Osborn | Montgomery Little & Soran, PC

Nate Osborn is an equity shareholder with Montgomery Little & Soran, PC, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. His practice is focused on real estate litigation and real estate transactions. In addition to his work for clients, Mr. Osborn can be hired as an expert witness in cases involving real estate issues.

Live Video-Broadcast: September 3, 2025

2 hour CLE

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Program Summary

This CLE focuses on litigation lessons that I have learned in my career as a trial attorney to help transactional attorneys improve their drafting and structuring of real estate documents. We will discuss how my experience in the court room can help transactional attorneys be better at anticipating pitfalls, eliminating contractual ambiguities, and advising clients more effectively. I will also provide basic tips for transactional attorneys if they are forced to appear in a court room.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Clear drafting
  • Anticipating future scenarios
  • Clear allocation of risk
  • Litigating complicated issues in court using disclosures and due diligence as defenses

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Date / Time: September 3, 2025

  • 12:00 pm – 2:10 pm Eastern
  • 11:00 am – 1:10 pm Central
  • 10:00 am – 12:10 pm Mountain
  • 9:00 am – 11:10 am Pacific

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Nathan G. Osborn | Montgomery Little & Soran, PC

Nate Osborn is an equity shareholder with Montgomery Little & Soran, PC, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. His practice is focused on real estate litigation and real estate transactions. In addition to his work for clients, Mr. Osborn can be hired as an expert witness in cases involving real estate issues. Mr. Osborn is a trial attorney and has tried 62 cases in his career. He received the highest “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale Hubbell in 2014 and has maintained this rating since then. He was recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in 2025. Mr. Osborn is licensed to practice in Colorado and Nebraska.

Agenda

I. Clear drafting | 12:00pm – 12:30pm

II. Anticipating future scenarios | 12:30pm – 1:00pm

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

III. Clear allocation of risk | 1:10pm – 1:40pm

IV. Litigating complicated issues in court using disclosures and due diligence as defenses | 1:40pm – 2:10pm

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