A lawyer representing Bill Bowlen, who filed a lawsuit Thursday asking that the three-member trust appointed by Broncos owner Pat Bowlen to run the team be removed from power, said the goal is to have an out-of-court resolution.

Giovanni Ruscitti of the firm Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP in Boulder also represents Beth Bowlen-Wallace, who has the support of her uncle Bill to become the Broncos’ next controlling owner.

“From our perspective, what’s next is that we hope we’re in discussions with the trustees and their attorneys,” Ruscitti told The Denver Post in a phone interview on Friday. “I would hope we could sit down and have a professional discussion that would lead to an amicable resolution. It’s something we were pushing for from the get go.

“We were hoping we didn’t have to file it. It was our sincere hope that these issues could be worked out.”

Bill Bowlen filed the petition in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial and alleged that trustees Joe Ellis, Rich Slivka and Mary Kelly have not upheld Pat Bowlen’s wishes and “have conflicts of interest that impair their ability to act impartially in Pat Bowlen’s interest.”

Through a public relations firm, Bill Bowlen declined to an interview request on Friday. As of Friday afternoon, Ruscitti said the trustees have not been served the lawsuit’s paperwork.

“We expect them to obviously fight this,” Ruscitti said.

Once the trustees are served, they have 21 days to file a response to the court.

Before the lawsuit was filed, Ruscitti said there were a “number of efforts from different sources to get these issues resolved.”

Ruscitti said he tried to schedule a meeting next week in New York (home of the NFL office) with the trustees but he cancelled when he was informed that only the trustees’ attorneys would be attending.

In response to Ruscitti’s comments, the Trust told the Denver Post in a statement on Friday night: “There have been many meetings and written communication between the trustees, Beth Bowlen-Wallace and lawyers for Beth Bowlen-Wallace over the last four years. To suggest that the trustees have not been willing to discuss and consider these issues is directly contradicted by the facts.”

Ruscitti confirmed there has been several examples of communication between the sides over the years but it hasn’t led to resolving issues regarding the future of ownership.

In late May, when Bowlen-Wallace announced her desire to succeed her father, the trustees responded forcefully, saying she was not “not capable or qualified at this time,” to lead the Broncos.

Asked if the trustees’ statement emboldened Bill Bowlen to go down a legal avenue, Ruscitti said Bill was among those family members who were, “greatly disappointed with that response from the leadership of the organization.”

Ruscitti added: “Bill was concerned that his brother’s wishes are not being carried out appropriately and in a timely fashion. We have somebody (in Bowlen-Wallace) who is ready, capable and qualified to take over ownership now and we presented a succession plan that keeps the team in the family and has an orderly transition from Beth to the next child and does exactly what you would hope a well-thought out succession plan does. But there was no hurry to adopt that, which caused Bill to think there were some conflicts of interest (by the trustees).”

The trustees did not learn of the lawsuit until Thursday night when the Denver Post contacted them for comment.

“The trustees were never advised that Bill Bowlen ever had any intention of filing a lawsuit or that the same lawyer representing Beth Bowlen-Wallace was also representing him,” the trustees said in a statement. “The first we learned of these facts was Thursday after the lawsuit was filed.”

Ruscitti said he represents several members of the Bowlen family.

An email Friday to the NFL requesting comment on the situation was not returned.

“If you’re asking me if this will end up going through the court process — I would hope not,” Ruscitti said. “I would hope reasonable minds prevail. … (An out-of-court solution) is in the best interest of the Bowlen family, the Denver Broncos and everyone involved.”