Russell K. Osgood

Russell K. Osgood is the senior partner at Osgood & Osgood, LLC in Lafayette, Colorado, where he focuses on real estate, estate planning, and probate matters. He has practiced with the firm since 1962 and assists clients with commercial and investment real estate, property ownership issues, contracts, leases, tax planning, and estate administration. Clients rely on his long experience when they need practical guidance for property transactions and family planning concerns.

Russ earned his Undergraduate Degree in pre-law from Michigan State University and his law degree from the University of Michigan. He later completed a 10-week advanced estate planning course at the University of Denver Law School. This academic training supports his work in real property, trusts, tax planning, and probate. It also helps him evaluate client goals, structure legal documents, and address complex ownership and estate issues with careful judgment.

Russ has handled real estate transactions throughout his career and has focused on commercial and investment real estate for more than 40 years. He represents buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants and advises investors on tax matters, property ownership, partnerships, limited liability companies, contracts, and leases. His estate planning work includes charitable trusts, irrevocable trusts, family limited partnerships, retirement planning, personal residence trusts, special needs trusts, probate avoidance planning, and estate administration.

Russell K. Osgood is a member of the American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section and the Colorado Bar Association Trust, Estate, and Real Estate Law Sections. He has served as president of the Boulder County Estate Planning Council, has been designated an Accredited Estate Planner, and has received the 2012 Distinguished Service Award from the Boulder County Council of the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. His practice reflects steady judgment, community involvement, and a long commitment to Colorado clients.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Osgood & Osgood, LLC
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• President, Golden West Senior Residence
• President, Boulder County Estate Planning Council
• Member, American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
• Member, Colorado Bar Association, Trust and Estate Law and Real Estate Law Sections

Licensed State

• Colorado

Education

• University of Michigan
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Michigan State University
  Bachelor of Arts

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