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Voboril: The Dingbat Industrial Complex

As Pepi took his fabled powder run down the interminable slope that now reflects his apocryphal exclamation, he could not have imagined the valley in its current incarnation. Visionaries and pioneers and free spirits and…
Published: April 2, 2021

Voboril: Get to the point

The flowery nature of my writing has drawn criticism from the earliest stages of my literary development; it seems that novelist is less my calling than florist. Employing labyrinthine language and a vocabulary that would…
Published: March 19, 2021

Voboril: Consider the children

My neighborhood is gloriously awash in children; their peals and cries echoing from the playground, from the tennis courts, from the makeshift sledding hills, from the cul-de-sacs in which they build jumps for their bikes.…
Published: March 5, 2021

Voboril: Rest for the weary

Typically locked into the rhythm of a zipper line, I was instead traversing the mogul run at a plodding speed, my legs too dead to properly execute from edge to edge. It was perplexing, one…
Published: February 20, 2021

Voboril: Low tide blues

I consume quite a bit of ski media. Coffee table books, magazines, videos, Instagram posts, even TikToks all beam the eudaemonic effects of powder snow into my brain at probably an unhealthy rate.
Published: February 5, 2021

Voboril named Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star

EAGLE-VAIL, Colorado – Local attorney T.J. Voboril of Thompson, Brownlee and Voboril LLC has been selected to the 2013 Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers...
Published: March 24, 2013

T.J. Voboril, Ryan Kalamaya named as Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars

EAGLE COUNTY — Attorneys T.J. Voboril and Ryan Kalamaya of local law firm Reynolds, Kalamaya & Voboril, LLC have been selected to the 2014 Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than...
Published: March 30, 2014

New law firm opens its doors in valley

EAGLE COUNTY — Local attorneys Dan Reynolds, Ryan Kalamaya and T.J. Voboril have united to form Reynolds, Kalamaya & Voboril LLC. Serving the needs of the modern mountain community, RKV Law is run by three...
Published: January 23, 2014

Voboril: Teachers are amazing

From preschool at the local YMCA straight through to law school at Mr. Jefferson’s University, my educational progression brought me under the tutelage of those that continue to leave their indelible marks upon my life.
Published: January 22, 2021

Vail Valley attorney T.J. Voboril named to Colorado Super Lawyers list

EAGLE COUNTY — Attorney T.J. Voboril, a founding partner of local law firm Alpenglow Law LLC, has been selected to the 2018 Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent...
Published: May 6, 2018

Vail-area attorneys Reynolds and Voboril launch new firm: Alpenglow Law

AVON — Dan Reynolds and T.J. Voboril have announced the formation of Alpenglow Law LLC, a law firm based in Avon. Reynolds and Voboril were previously partners together at RKV Law. Alpenglow Law provides legal...
Published: December 26, 2017

Law firm adds new partner in Eagle County

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado – Local law firm Thompson Brownlee, LLC announced Monday the addition of Tyler “T.J.” Voboril as its newest litigation partner. To the boutique firm, Voboril brings considerable experience handling business, real estate,...
Published: August 14, 2012

Jim Daus to leave executive director post at Eagle Valley Land Trust

Jim Daus, the executive director of the Eagle Valley Land Trust for the past five years, will be leaving his post this fall. “The Eagle Valley Land Trust has protected over 11,000 acres of land...
Published: September 27, 2019

Local attorneys named as Super Lawyers Rising Stars

EAGLE COUNTY — Attorneys T.J. Voboril, Ryan Kalamaya and Amy Goscha of RKV Law have been selected to the 2017 Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the...
Published: March 30, 2017

Open Bar: The slow march of justice

Editor’s note: Open Bar is a new column written by local attorneys Michael Brownlee and T.J. Voboril, of Thompson, Brownlee & Voboril, LLC. Most people know that hiring a lawyer can involve a significant outlay...
Published: October 28, 2012

Voboril: The bystander

Oblivious, he set out for his usual evening stroll. The sky was cloudless and paling in the twilight, so the distinct electrical charge confused him, portended a storm that was not in the forecast. As he...
Published: June 12, 2020

Vail Open Bar column: The perfect imperfection of humanity

Peer pressure is a problem that plagues more than just teenagers. The immersions of media combined with existence in the bustle of society conspire to create a falsified image of the perfection of our fellow...
Published: August 14, 2017

Vail Daily column: A law firm begins

This week is the first in the existence of my new law firm: Reynolds, Kalamaya & Voboril LLC. This being a column that I take seriously and not a press release, I will not go...
Published: January 19, 2014

Trouble in a far-off land

By T.J. Voboril Open Bar
Published: May 12, 2013

Georgina Melbye joins RKV Law as firm’s first associate

EAGLE COUNTY — Reynolds, Kalamaya and Voboril LLC has announce that it recently hired Georgina Melbye as the firm’s first associate. Melbye was born in Nantucket and grew up in Boulder. After graduating from Cornell...
Published: December 24, 2014

Vail Open Bar column: The ruthless efficiency of economics

Proud to have used the tiny pulpit of my last column in furtherance of an important social cause, I was equally mortified to receive flack about devoting any thought at all to the issue. Stated...
Published: July 16, 2017

Vail Daily column: Improvements in Colorado law about insurance

Editor’s note: Open Bar is a new column written by local attorneys Michael Brownlee and T.J. Voboril, of Thompson, Brownlee & Voboril LLC. It is difficult to find a topic more important (and, sadly, more...
Published: December 9, 2012

Open Bar: Aim at a moving target

Oh, to be a mathematician! To have certain answers to tough questions would be divine. Alas, that is not the milieu of the lawyer. Attorneys operate in an uncertain world populated by nuance and conjecture...
Published: February 17, 2013

Voboril: Us and them

There is a divide rising in this community, one that echoes the many dichotomies that are fracturing this country, splitting it in two and then two again. This is a divide that is not new to...
Published: August 7, 2020

A model of courtroom decorum

Editor’s note: Open Bar is a new column written by local attorneys Michael Brownlee and T.J. Voboril, of Thompson, Brownlee & Voboril LLC. If you waded into the turbulent waters of a big-box store on...
Published: November 25, 2012

Voboril: Don’t let a litigious society prevent squash your curiousity about the world

I was recently asked to evaluate a matter to determine whether there was potential for liability among the contemplated courses of action. My immediate, deadpanned reply was that, in our system, every avenue carries with...
Published: September 3, 2017

Vail Daily Open Bar column: The importance of individual identity

The passport-control line was a menagerie of accents, skin colors, fashions and tolerances for the concept of the queue. A microcosm of humankind, the serpentine string contained people of nationalities once and now conquering and...
Published: May 21, 2017

Vail Daily column: Replevin: Get your stuff back

The legal profession has made a concerted effort to make its vernacular more accessible by reducing the amount of “legalese” in contracts and statutes. Charmingly though, the law retains certain outmoded terminology, which is linguistic...
Published: December 22, 2013

Vail Daily column: Outside perspectives on the bench

This April, the eyes of the cycling world are on bike-mad Belgium. With the recently completed Tour of Flanders and the upcoming Ardennes classic races of La Fleche Wallonne and Liege–Bastogne–Liege, the pro peloton will...
Published: April 13, 2014

Voboril: The irrelevance of facts

We are currently hurtling through space at an absurd speed, spinning with such vehemence that it boggles the mind to even comprehend. Unbelievable though it may seem to those of us comfortably ensconced at desks…
Published: January 8, 2021

Vai Daily Open Bar column: Recapturing our lost patience

Processes move with astonishing speed, faster than our past selves could ever have imagined. Yet our present selves, accustomed to the pace, perceive the ATM or the document review or the dinner service or the...
Published: June 4, 2017

Vail Open Bar: Adapt to live, live to adapt (column)

Existence is inherently in flux. To make sense of the collections of atoms that comprise our universe, we categorize and contain, we pretend that we can impose order upon chaos. In the course of so...
Published: September 17, 2017

Open Bar: Communication between attorney, client is essential

Lawyers love words, and most would say we love words that spring forth from our own mouths or pens/keyboards. The truth is that we champion our words because they are our lifeblood and, sometimes, our...
Published: December 23, 2012

Vail Daily column: The myopia of the repeat offender

Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, I inherently believe in the promise of our species. Recently accosted by a surly, disgruntled sort who lamented, in great detail, the failings of our culture, I surprised myself...
Published: April 10, 2017

Vail Daily column: The two most important people in this election

Perhaps it is the proliferation of modes of communication, but it seems that more words, cartoons, and graphics (certainly, memes) have been created for this election than any other in history. Many of them have...
Published: November 5, 2016

Vail Daily column: I am sorry: The key to healing

As it happens, I have amassed a readership for this Open Bar column. It is both humbling and thrilling to not only know that people are tuning in to my musings, but that they reach...
Published: August 30, 2015

For fear of being hated

Practicing law in a small community has many advantages and blessings, benefits which I have previously documented in this column. Yet there is one particular aspect of living and working in this valley that has...
Published: February 16, 2014

Vail Daily column: Do it for the right reasons

Clad in a sports coat and bowtie, I strolled expectantly into high school. I was not present in a recurring nightmare, but for the annual Career Fair at Battle Mountain High School. A truly spectacular...
Published: April 12, 2015

Vail Daily column: Chairlift lessons on the law

A sixth sense triggers your internal powder alarm and you groggily raise the blinds to bask in the glory of a sea of white. The morning routine is expedited and soon you find yourself amongst...
Published: December 21, 2014

Vail Daily column: Always worth it in the end

I wear the conflicts like a cloak with a clasp that will not unlatch. The cloak is fabricated from the taunts of bullying lawyers, the fusillade of barbs that pass for litigation communication, the laments...
Published: September 14, 2014

Vail Daily column: Law school is education for life

On a recent trip back to Virginia, I had the occasion to visit my old law school stomping grounds. Superficially, much has changed: I have a wife and daughter now, my former housemate and great...
Published: September 15, 2013

Open Bar: The hidden benefits of recognizing hypocrisy in ourselves and others (column)

Hypocrites are a horrid lot, a bane on our collective existence, a travesty of humanity. I know this because I am a hypocrite. You might be one too, but I don’t want to be presumptuous...
Published: November 12, 2017

Open Bar: Mediation discards the troubled past in favor of a brighter future (column)

The freshness, the rawness, the obliviousness of youth protects our younger selves from the paralysis of reflection. There is simply not enough past on which to dwell, and the limitless possibilities unspooling each day are...
Published: October 15, 2017

Robot judges and related pseudo-futurist musings

As is customary, the courtroom’s occupants rise when the judge enters. But that ritual is a vestige of a different age: This particular jurist does not require such ceremony. Being an amalgamation of metal and...
Published: June 18, 2017

Vail Open Bar column: These parts are not my parts

The mirrors in the house are covered as if its occupant was sitting shiva. But it is not death that mocks her; some days she may even welcome that grasp. The sight of her own...
Published: July 2, 2017

Open Bar: When searching for an appropriate greeting, consider a hug (column)

Salutations are a time fraught with anxieties about an appropriate greeting. The allegedly proper hello depends on the context (business versus social), the recipient (friend, foe, client, crush) and the length of the relationship (first...
Published: October 1, 2017

Vail Open Bar column: Let instinct guide your difficult decisions

Popular lore posits an important life decision as a simple fork in the road, the choice as simple as properly calibrating one’s compass. Reality does not present in that format. Instead of a bucolic dirt...
Published: July 30, 2017

Open Bar: Conflicts arise because we feel wedded to our stereotypes our ourselves and others (column)

I am told that the universe is constantly expanding. Not able to verify this for myself, I nonetheless believe this mind-blowing concept to be true. Cool as it is, it gives me agita. Already inundated...
Published: October 29, 2017

Vail Daily Open Bar column: Our own worst enemies

Mirrors as a physical entity are predictable; a given mirror will reflect the same way every time. But our perception of the reflection is constantly shifting, our neurological systems distorting the image like a funhouse...
Published: May 8, 2017

Dissonance as positive force

I was only unnerved because I watched the doctor’s face as he delivered the news. Normally clinically impassive, his increased speaking cadence, wide eyes and general look of dismay signaled that we were about to...
Published: April 23, 2017

Vail Daily column: Grateful not to be dead

As newlyweds, my wife and I trekked across the globe for a year. This was no luxurious sojourn: We were not attended by porters and bellhops nor did we hire guides. Our possessions were carried...
Published: May 10, 2015

Why so many start-ups, innovators and creatives are choosing Vail

Watch out, Silicon Valley. Mountain towns are changing the opportunities for entrepreneurs and start-ups to launch and grow their businesses outside of the traditional hubs, and people are looking at Vail. Vail Valley Young Professionals...
Published: April 16, 2019

Open Bar: Ascending from the wormhole of worry (column)

In the pitch black of deep night, I bolt upright, scaring the wits out of my wife who had theretofore been sleeping soundly next to me. Those amorphous demons that coalesce under the moniker of...
Published: December 10, 2017

Letter: Just say ‘no’ to Avon barn question

T.J. Voboril’s column on March 23, entitled ‘The power of ‘No'” inspired us to write a letter applying this principle to a current situation in Avon. To paraphrase Voboril: The power of “No” does not...
Published: March 25, 2019

Vail Daily column: Planning for the perils of partnership

When potential business partners first meet, any negative thoughts about the nascent partnership are drowned out by the hum of the dollar signs that each is sure will be earned. Birds chirp, children laugh, it...
Published: April 10, 2016

Vail Daily column: Defeating that dastardly deadline

Lazing in a hammock with a pina colada in hand, the tropical sunlight glitters off the azure sea. Over the soothing sounds of the onshore breeze, a faint whistling grows louder. The interloping sound rises...
Published: November 9, 2014

Vail Daily column: Choosing the right candidate

Here at RKV Law, this election season coincides with our search for the first new associate for our firm. While our process lacks the larger import of the national and local races, it is a...
Published: October 26, 2014

Vail Daily column: HOAs: One big, unhappy family

Few are the residents of the Vail Valley who are not subject to the rule of that much maligned and misunderstood body: the homeowners’ association. Experiences with HOAs can vary widely, depending in large part...
Published: March 19, 2013

Open Bar: In a middle-finger world, we could all learn to ‘hang loose’ (column)

The storm clouds of deep frustration appear at the edge of my vision. The placid lake of my demeanor threatens to roil into a raging sea, for reasons that are either justifiable or ridiculous, not...
Published: June 10, 2018

Voboril: A diary entry

Dear Diary,
Published: December 25, 2020

‘Get paid’ seminar is Friday

EAGLE COUNTY — Local attorney T.J. Voboril will host “Get Paid,” a seminar Friday at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards for contractors and business owners. The seminar will be held at the college’s lecture hall...
Published: March 12, 2015

Vail Daily column: Open Bar: Debunking the prejudice mountain attorney myth

Legal lore posits a certain image of the mountain lawyer: Patagonia-clad, goggle-tanned and rushing to trade in ski boots for loafers in time to make a court appointment. Commensurate with this image is an insidious...
Published: April 14, 2013

Vail Daily column: Do not text your lawyer

My last article extolled the virtues of a vigorous and honest dialogue between attorney and client. Such communication serves a critical function. However, the efficacy of that function depends largely on its form. Undoubtedly, new...
Published: January 20, 2013

Vail Daily column: The body language of conflict

Hugging is my preferred means of salutation. The embrace of an old friend or a brand new acquaintance reestablishes or creates a quick emotional connection. Jumping straight into a hug short circuits any initial reticence...
Published: February 5, 2015

Vail Daily column: A reflection upon the nature of time and place

The well-worn wooden table held the usual trappings of dinner: juicy steaks, perfectly crisped potatoes, garden-fresh tomatoes and some sweet corn. It was a repast that mirrored myriad of others in the past decades, a...
Published: February 26, 2017

Vail Daily column: Leaving a legacy

Posterity remembers very few and very little. If my great-grandchildren know my name, then I will consider it a victory. Past that is gravy. I question whether anybody really internalizes the words that I write...
Published: December 4, 2016

Vail Daily column: The audacity of independence

Today means something particular for each American. To some, it is an excuse to imbibe that ill-advised third hot dog. Trauma surgeons may mark the day by reattaching more fingers than on a usual shift....
Published: July 3, 2016

Vail Daily column: Clinging to the promise of karma

Our shadowy overlords posit the law as the backbone of our allegedly civilized society. This central position is secured by the compelling premise that bad actions will be met with negative consequences. Coupled with the...
Published: February 22, 2016

Vail Daily column: Pre-litigation mediation will save our courts

The judge belatedly got on the conference call and immediately lambasted my poor opposing counsel, who had asked for a brief extension to conduct discovery since his wife had just barely survived open-heart surgery. Ironically,...
Published: February 28, 2016

Vail Daily column: Abusing the right to fight

Normally an optimist as concerns the potential for the legal system to evolve for the greater good, I have had my faith shaken over the past few months. Far too many times in recent days...
Published: November 12, 2013

Vail Daily column: A principled rejection of principles

The mere mention of his name causes anger and frustration to flood the brain. Rationality is trying its best to break the surface, but is summarily drowned by the tidal wave of emotion. The mouth,...
Published: August 29, 2014

For fear of being hated

Vail Daily column: The fashion of conflict

There is an operative myth that the law is a pure meritocracy. It is a comforting fiction that undergirds the entire system, which requires the faith of the citizenry to perpetuate itself. But legal outcomes...
Published: December 6, 2015

Voboril: The peanut gallery

His face cast in the iridescent glow of several late-model high-definition monitors, he tromps away at the defenseless wireless keyboard, this one already feeling the strain that destroyed its predecessors. His strokes are hypermotivated by...
Published: September 4, 2020

Voboril: On forward motion

The hammock is strung up close to the burbling brook, shaded from the fierce afternoon rays. A refreshing gose sits in its Koozie next to a dog-eared copy of “Dharma Bums.” A dusty bike finally rests against...
Published: July 24, 2020

Voboril: Good news or no news

My family operates on a strict “no news is good news” policy. While we are close-knit and perhaps overly communicative, the default position is that one need not worry if another is out of touch for...
Published: January 24, 2020

Vail Daily column: We do not take orders

High-powered persons often think of themselves as generals, deploying legions of soldiers to aid in their business, social or personal conquests. Lawyers rank among these kept warriors, serving a critical advisory and advocacy function. The...
Published: August 2, 2015

Vail Daily column: The education never stops

Editor’s note: This is the third part of a series about the education of a lawyer. Education is not confined to specific buildings or certain years of our existence. It is a constant process that...
Published: July 6, 2015

Vail Daily column: Spring cleaning applies to legal problems, too

It is springtime in the mountains. Gorgeous sunny afternoons evoke giddiness about summer, dreams that are quashed by the reality of a 2-foot dump. I revel in the unpredictability of spring (especially the seemingly unseasonable...
Published: March 30, 2014

Vail Daily column: Naked greed affects us all

Greed is an emotion that we are conditioned to abhor and rightly so. But it is a complex part of our humanity that touches even the most saintly among us. Snowsports enthusiasts (I hesitate to...
Published: November 23, 2014

Voboril: Girl power

The normally loquacious gaggle of girls was surprisingly quiet as they donned harnesses and tight shoes, gear that was unfamiliar to all but a few. Violet, recently enraptured by climbing, had elected to have her...
Published: February 6, 2020

Voboril: The power of ‘No’ (column)

The toddler is strapped into her high chair, an applesauce airplane approaching for a landing. The hangar remains open until the final moment, when it snaps shut, accompanied by a violent shake. The wreckage strewn...
Published: March 22, 2019

Vail Daily column: Mediation makes business sense

As a vehement proponent of the magic of mediation, I frequently feel like a voice crying in the wilderness. While there are an increasing number of people embracing the potential of mediation, there are many...
Published: November 8, 2015

Open Bar: Voting is bare minimum of civic engagement (column)

Packed into a sweltering hall during the entirety of the swimsuit season of 1787, the architects of our government created from whole cloth the pseudo-functioning country in which we currently live. In response to the...
Published: October 28, 2018

Open Bar: While we fret about frivolous things, there are bombs on his block (column)

His favorite cafe used to be located on this boulevard; the proprietress whistling as she served him mint tea with just the right amount of sugar. Now, the whistling comes from on high and portends...
Published: April 15, 2018

Voboril: In an era of unrelenting noise, it is the silent who can wield the most influence (column)

The swish of our skins gliding on the refrozen snow was the only sound that greeted us as we traipsed through the old mining camp, the preternatural quiet of winter making the town ethereal. The...
Published: April 1, 2018

Voboril: Remember the ‘promises’ of the holiday season year-round

Records are meant to be broken, but promises are supposed to last forever. In our current landscape, that expectation seems laughably naive. From the highest office to the smallest fry, we daily hear proclamations that...
Published: December 18, 2018

Voboril: How to find common ground, regardless of personality type (column)

Eschewing the solitude of the singles line, I moseyed into the gondola’s group area, a decision made easier by the fact that it was much shorter and I was plagued by the biological compulsion to...
Published: February 22, 2019

Vail Daily column: Creating the right culture for your HOA

Power over our own destinies is inherently circumscribed by the matryoshka dolls of governance that preside over our existence. From the complexities of international diplomacy to our national sociopolitical boondoggle to the more specific doctrines...
Published: March 16, 2017

Vail Daily column: Adjusting the balance of power

The legal system, as with many human institutions, has a strong tendency to favor the powerful: those rich, connected persons or megalithic corporations that always seem to emerge unscathed. True, there are those attorneys out...
Published: March 15, 2015