Attorney at Law · Denver, Colorado
Jane Pyastolova
Legal Resident at CoBank, working across commercial lending, contracts, and regulatory matters.1
Admitted
Colorado
Languages
English, Russian, Spanish
Degrees
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law
B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude
Education
Juris Doctor
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
- Denver Law Review: Associate Editor and Equity Committee Member
- Race to the Bottom Corporate Law Blog: Published Author and Student Contributor
- Air and Space Law Society: President, Editor-in-Chief, and Blog Author of Ground Control – Space Law Blog
- Women’s Legal Coalition: President
B.S., Business Administration
University of Denver
Ethics Fellow, Daniels College of Business
- Major in Management (Consulting concentration); minors in Spanish and Business Ethics/Legal Studies
- Summa cum laude, Community Leadership Award, Academic Excellence Award
Bar Admissions
Colorado
Admitted to practice
Experience
CoBank ACBLegal Resident · Sept. 2025 – Present · previously Summer Extern, May – Aug. 2023
Contracts & Lending
- Supported the drafting, documentation, review, and negotiation of more than 150 contracts and other legal instruments for various departments and stakeholders
- Reviewed commercial loan and collateral documentation, including real estate and personal property collateral, participations, and syndicated credit facilities
Regulatory
- Researched and analyzed complex regulatory and financial legal issues, including statutory interpretation, bill tracking, and regulatory developments, to support senior attorneys
Office of the Alternate Defense CounselLegal Researcher · Jan. – June 2025
Research
- Evaluated plea agreements to assess clients’ legal options and potential avenues for relief
- Conducted comprehensive legal research on substantive and procedural issues to support post-conviction relief
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth CircuitSeasonal Clerk · Aug. – Nov. 2024
Chambers Work
- Researched and analyzed relevant financial case law to draft bench memoranda and proposed court orders
- Reviewed appellate filings for relevant factual, legal, and procedural issues
Goodspeed MerrillSummer Clerk · Jun. – Aug. 2024
Drafting & Practice
- Drafted legal documents, including motions, contracts, letters, and agreements for clients across business matters
- Tracked billable legal work across multiple client matters, including research, drafting, and document review
Colorado Supreme CourtJudicial Extern to Justice Gabriel · Jan. – Apr. 2024
Appellate
- Crafted clear and concise memoranda evaluating petitions for certiorari
- Briefed appellate matters, attended oral arguments, and participated in post-argument discussions with chambers
LegalistLegal Research Department Clerk · Jan. – Apr. 2024
Litigation Analysis
- Evaluated the merits, procedural posture, and potential outcomes of litigation matters valued at up to $3 billion
- Prepared concise, responsive legal analysis for a cross-jurisdictional in-house legal team
Court Appointed Special AdvocateVolunteer · Jan. 2022 – Jan. 2023
Advocacy
- Advocated for children’s best interests in court proceedings through investigation, written reports, and recommendations to the court while collaborating with social workers, attorneys, and other stakeholders
Vicki Myhren Art GalleryLead Art Gallery Attendant · Sept. 2018 – May 2025
Operations
- Managed an average of 50 traveling artworks in each quarterly exhibition
- Supervised and trained 6 gallery attendants on daily operating procedures and expectations
Languages
Fluent in Russian; conversational in Spanish
Practice Areas
Corporate Lawentities, governance, and transactions
Structure & Governance
- Entity formation, operating agreements, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and signatory authority
- Fiduciary duties of managers and directors; board and member process
Transactions & Scholarship
- Analysis of corporate transaction structures, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and financings
- Published author and student contributor, Race to the Bottom Corporate Law Blog
Commercial Contractsdrafting, negotiation, and risk allocation
Drafting & Negotiation
- Master service, vendor, licensing, and services agreements; statements of work, NDAs, terminations, amendments, waivers, and renewals
- Negotiation of indemnity, limitation of liability, warranty, payment, confidentiality, assignment, termination, and governing-law terms
Volume & Stakeholders
- Supported more than 150 contracts and legal instruments across departments at CoBank
- Plain-language risk summaries for business teams
Commercial Loansdocumentation, collateral, and credit facilities
Documentation
- Review of loan agreements, security instruments, and closing deliverables
- Review of real estate and personal property collateral documentation
Structures
- Loan participations and syndicated credit facilities
- Covenants, defaults, amendments, and waivers across the life of a credit
Regulatorystatutory interpretation and compliance
Research & Analysis
- Statutory and regulatory interpretation on complex legal questions
- Bill tracking and monitoring of regulatory developments across multiple states
Compliance
- Translating regulatory change into policy, contract, and process updates
Privacydata protection and information governance
Frameworks
- State and federal privacy and data-security requirements
- Privacy notices, consent, retention, and data-subject request processes
- Tracking of state privacy legislation and its effect on policies and contracts
- Privacy and data-protection provisions in commercial agreements
Artificial Intelligencegovernance, risk, and vendor terms
Governance
- Acceptable-use policies, risk assessments, and disclosures under emerging state AI frameworks
- Confidentiality and privilege safeguards for generative-AI tools
Vendor Agreements
- Data-use and model-training rights, output ownership, and AI-specific warranties and remedies
Contract Lifecycle Management Systemsfrom intake to renewal
Design & Implementation
- Requirements, evaluation, and configuration of CLM platforms
- Templates, clause libraries, and negotiation playbooks
Lifecycle
- Intake, approval workflows, execution, obligation tracking, and renewal
- Contract data management and reporting for legal and business teams, with oversight of day-to-day legal administration
Secured Transactionsliens, collateral, and perfection
Article 9
- Attachment and perfection of security interests in personal property
- Research into priority and intercreditor questions
- Review of security agreements and collateral descriptions
Bankruptcycreditors’ rights, insolvency, and appeals
Appellate & Case Management
- Bench memoranda and proposed orders on financial case law, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit
- Overview and management of bankruptcy cases, including monitoring deadlines and communicating with outside counsel
Employmentemployer policies and exposure
Agreements & Policies
- Employee handbooks, wage-claim research, and employee consent forms
- Workplace policies and compliance programs
- Updates to policies to reflect changes in state and federal law
Business Litigationcase assessment, motion practice, and appeals
Trial Court
- Drafting motions, demand letters, and settlement agreements in business disputes
- Evaluating merits, procedural posture, and likely outcomes of matters valued up to $3 billion
Appellate
- Certiorari memoranda, appellate briefing, and attendance at oral argument and post-argument discussions with chambers, Colorado Supreme Court
- Record review and research for post-conviction relief
Résumé
On request
A current résumé is provided to recruiters and hiring committees on request.