Profile
Erica Montague counsels clients on municipal and public finance matters. With her unique prior experience as general counsel to special districts in Colorado, she focuses her practice on advising on commercial and residential project development as well as public infrastructure and finance concerns for developers, municipalities, and special districts.
Concentrations
- Special district general obligation and revenue bonds.
- Advising on issues related to construction and acquisition of public improvements by municipalities and other governmental entities.
Capabilities
Experience
- Acted as general counsel to an authority with the issuance of $24,000,000 in special revenue bonds.°
- Acted as general counsel to a special district with the issuance of $59,035,000 in special revenue bonds and $10,902,000 in subordinate special revenue bonds.°
- Acted as general counsel to an authority with the issuance of $44,695,000 in special revenue bonds.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Montague prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Legal Intern, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2018
- Legal Intern, Colorado Attorney General’s Office, 2017
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Real Estate Law, 2025
- Reese Persuasive Writing Award, 2017
- At-Large Member, Colorado Bar Association, Executive Council for Environmental Law Section, 2020-Present
- Vice Chair, American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section, Transactions and Brownfields Redevelopment Committee, 2024-Present
- Member, Colorado Women’s Bar Association, 2019-Present
- Member, Women in Public Finance, 2024-Present
Credentials
Education
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J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2019
- Certificate, Environmental and Natural Resources
- Order of the Coif
- Legislative Reports Editor, University of Denver Water Law Review
- B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2000
Admissions
- Colorado