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Stephen Abbott
ALJ Stephen Abbott is an Administrative Law Judge for the State of Colorado where he presides over workers’ compensation cases. Before joining the Office of Administrative Courts, he served as an assistant city attorney for the City and County of Denver, representing the City in both workers’ compensation and subrogation matters. Judge Abbott hails from the great Hoosier State.
Judge Abbott is a proud graduate of the University of Colorado Law School"Go Buffs!"and he gives back to the next generation of advocates as an assistant coach for the Broomfield High School mock trial team"Go L’Eagles!
Brady Ambron
Brady’s practice focuses largely on workers’ compensation defense. His goal is to provide assistance to clients through all phases of litigation with a focus on optimal claim handling strategy to resolve issues efficiently. Prior to joining White and Steele, Brady clerked for several administrative law judges at the Denver Office of Administrative Courts where he was tasked with work focusing primarily on legal research and statutory interpretation. More recently, Brady was an associate at a midsized workers’ compensation defense firm in the Denver area. In his free time, Brady enjoys golfing, skiing, and fly fishing.
Sarah Andrzejcak
Sarah Andrzejczak is a member of Buchalter’s Litigation and Labor & Employment Practice Groups, and an attorney in the Firm’s Denver office. Ms. Andrzejczak is a commercial litigator and trusted adviser to companies facing employment and other business-related issues in Colorado.
Ms. Andrzejczak takes a comprehensive approach to her employment advisement practice, which includes drafting employee handbooks, providing guidance on best practices for onboarding and offboarding, and analyzing unique contract issues such as non-disclosure and non-competition agreements. She has counseled businesses across a number of industries, including hospitality, technology, marketing, accounting, design, and construction. Ms. Andrzejczak has significant experience defending employers in the administrative agency complaint process and federal and state litigation concerning discrimination and retaliation, wage and hour, and employee mobility disputes.
Ms. Andrzejczak excels in her employment advisement practice largely due to her background as a litigator for both small and large companies. She frequently litigates business-to-business disputes in the areas of real estate, manufacturing, product contamination, and technology. She also litigates intra-business matters involving company mismanagement and business separations. Ms. Andrzejczak has obtained favorable trial verdicts as first- and second-chair counsel in state and federal jury and bench trials in Colorado. As a previous judicial clerk to the Honorable John Daniel Dailey of the Colorado Court of Appeals, Ms. Andrzejczak has demonstrated competence in appellate advocacy and handled cases before the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court.
Ms. Andrzejczak prides herself on her strong work ethic and attention to detail. Through her tenacity and ingenuity, she cultivates legal strategies that produce beneficial results as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. Ms. Andrzejczak enjoys developing long?standing relationships with her clients not only to address the problems they may be facing in the present, but also to develop concrete steps to prevent issues from arising in the future.
In 2024, Ms. Andrzejczak was selected to Best Lawyer’s “Ones to Watch” list and Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”.
Aaron Bagley
Aaron Bagley, P.E. is the Colorado Forensic Engineering Manager for CMT Technical Services (CMT). Mr. Bagley has been with CMT (formerly Cesare, Inc.) for 24 years and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, and Arizona. Mr. Bagley has provided expert witness testimony and consultation for geotechnical and civil issues for many different types of projects including commercial structures, multi-family developments, subdivisions, single-family residences, earth-retention, slope failures, concrete flatwork and pavements, asphalt pavement, grading and drainage, and utility infrastructure.
CMT Technical Services (CMT), specializes in geotechnical engineering, forensic engineering and failure analysis, civil engineering, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), construction observation, special inspections, and construction materials testing. CMT Colorado regional office is in Centennial, Colorado with five area offices strategically located to serve our clients across the entire state of Colorado. Primary offices are in Denver, Silverthorne, Frederick, Gunnison, and Salida. In addition to Colorado, CMT has offices in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, and Texas and the ability to perform services various other states including Wyoming and New Mexico.
Colorado staff includes over 65 dedicated engineers, geologists, field/laboratory technicians and administrative support. CMT operates two accredited and validated testing laboratories equipped staffed, and managed to conduct geotechnical engineering, geohazard evaluation, design, research, and testing of construction materials (soil, asphalt, concrete, aggregates, and masonry). CMT has the ability to perform expert consulting services associated with forensic engineering and failure analysis for many areas including, but not limited to, foundation performance, depth of wetting, heave analysis, water resources, pavements, retaining walls, construction materials (soil, asphalt, concrete, aggregates, and masonry), grading, drainage, and surveying. Our approach to forensic engineering and expert witness consulting services is predicated on the knowledge and experience we have gained from our work efforts during design and construction phases.
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LaQunya Baker
Judge LaQunya Baker was raised in Columbia, South Carolina in a military family. She received a Bachelor of Art degree in Communications with a concentration in Media Studies and Minor in African American Studies from The College of Charleston. During that time LaQunya interned with the United States House of Representative Jim Clyburn before attending law school at the Charlotte School of Law in Charlotte, North Carolina. After interning with the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office in Charlotte, LaQunya decided to serve as a Deputy State Public Defender for the State of Colorado in Golden. Following her time as a public defender, LaQunya practiced as a general civil litigation association in state and federal courts throughout the United States before returning to criminal defense with the Office of Alternate Defense Council throughout the Denver metro area. After briefly serving as a part-time Magistrate for the Denver County Court bench and a Visiting Assisting Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Denver, Governor Jared Polis appointed Judge Baker to the Arapahoe County Court bench on July 1, 2022. On July 28, 2023, Judge Baker was sworn in as the first Black woman to the Arapahoe County District Court bench following her appointment by Governor Polis.
Kristin Beck
Kristin Beck is a retired United States Navy SEAL, who served for more than 20 years in the Special Operations Forces, as well as a civil rights advocate. Over the course of 13 deployments and seven combat deployments, she conducted special operations with small UAVs, HUMINT, and Direct Action missions. Her final tours were with the counter-terrorism Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU or “SEAL Team Six”) to head the Special Reconnaissance units and various Task Forces as a HUMINT source handler and technical operations director. For her service, she has been awarded more than 50 ribbons and medals including: the Bronze Star with valor, the Purple Heart, and the Meritorious Service Medal. She is exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau.
In 2009, Beck was requested by name to be the Advisor to SOCOM’s Science Director, Mr. William Shepherd (SEAL/Astronaut). She became an integral part of SOF technology and advancements while serving in this capacity. She has prepared and briefed position papers on SOF- unique technology for State Department and White House approvals. As a result of these outstanding achievements, Kristin Beck received the coveted NDIA 2010 Special Operations Award.
Now a civil rights activist, she gives speeches and lectures at various events around the country. Beck was a key voice in the Congressional Bill to end discrimination toward the LGBT community. She continues her “new mission” fighting for equality for all Americans and a documentary story of her life, Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story, aired on CNN in 2014.
Today, Beck is known as “Lady Valor” and offers services in consulting, full spectrum law enforcement training, motivational and informational speeches, innovation collaborations, art and other original works such as books, comic books, screenplays, painting/pottery/abstract multimedia pieces. She is the founder and president of the Mindful Valor Foundation, an organization seeking alternative methods and technology to help those experiencing symptoms of trauma to live a full and prosperous life. Beck is also the national advocacy officer for the Military Order of the Purple Heart, dedicated to serving veterans, addressing their needs, and advocating on their behalf.
In February 2015, Beck registered as a candidate in the 2016 US Congressional race. She is a Democrat and ran against Steny Hoyer, who has been an incumbent in that office since 1981.
Kenda Beckwith
I am an accomplished appellate advocate, having briefed and argued nearly 60 cases in state and federal court nationwide. My practice covers a breadth of areas on behalf of individuals, small businesses, insurance companies, and Fortune 500 companies. I have a robust amicus curiae practice, and industry groups and other interested parties often rely on me to provide insight and data to the Colorado Supreme Court concerning key cases. Outside the courtroom, I am a trusted counselor known for providing pragmatic solutions to difficult problems, including attorney ethics complaints, employment matters, and strategic vision decisions.
Kendra N Beckwith
"Kendra Beckwith is an accomplished appellate lawyer, having briefed and argued nearly 60 cases in state and federal appellate courts nationwide. Her practice covers a broad variety of high-stakes subject areas, including professional liability, negligence and personal injury, employment, shareholder derivative suits, insurance law, real estate, natural resources, commercial litigation, and class and collective actions on behalf of individuals, small businesses, insurance companies, and Fortune 500 companies. In addition, Kendra has a robust amicus curiae practice. Industry groups and other interested parties often rely on her to provide briefing to the Colorado Supreme Court explaining how issues of first impression or great importance will affect them. She also has experience with original jurisdiction and mandamus proceedings.
Kendra frequently partners with trial counsel to strategize resolutions to complex legal issues, assist with preservation at trial, and handle post-trial and dispositive motions. She also litigates cases for clients, with emphasis in wage and hour, non-compete, breach of contract, agency actions, and health care.
Outside the courtroom, Kendra is a trusted counselor, known for providing pragmatic solutions to difficult problems. Calling on her breadth of experience, Kendra serves as outside general counsel for a local nonprofit, providing guidance on employment, contract, and strategic vision decisions."
Judith Benton
Shannon Bird
Shannon Bird earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.S. in finance and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a J.D. from the University of Denver. Bird's career experience includes working as an attorney and Westminster City Council from 2015 to 2018. She served as the board chair of the Five Star Education Foundation, on the Adams 12 Five Star School District Strong Schools Strong Communities Advisory Committee, and as the vice chair of the Adams County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.[1][2]
Hollie Birkholz
Ms. Birkholz presently serves as the Deputy City Attorney overseeing the Litigation Department in the Aurora City Attorney’s Office, Civil Division. Her litigation practice includes defending tort and constitutional claims filed against the City of Aurora and/or its officials and employees. Prior to her position with Aurora, she worked as a Senior City Assistant City Attorney for the Denver City Attorney’s Office, handling the same type of litigation. Prior to relocating to Colorado, she practiced in Missouri and Illinois, working exclusively on the defense side, litigating all types of personal injury actions, including premises liability, medical malpractice, and automobile collisions. She also briefly handled class actions and assisted with business and commercial litigation issues early in her career.
Hon. Susan Blanco
Susan Blanco was appointed to the 8th Judicial District Court Bench by Governor Hickenlooper and was sworn in January 2017. She served as a deputy District Attorney in the 8th Judicial Office and then went into private practice from 2007 to 2016. In private practice she predominately worked on criminal cases, juvenile delinquency, dependency and neglect matters and municipal prosecution. She also teaches at Colorado State University.
Judge Blanco graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University in 2000 and her Juris Doctorate from University of Colorado School of Law in 2003.
Judge Susan Blanco
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Susan Blanco was appointed to the 8th Judicial District Court Bench by Governor Hickenlooper and was sworn in January 2017. She served as a deputy District Attorney in the 8th Judicial Office and then went into private practice from 2007 to 2016. In private practice she predominately worked on criminal cases, juvenile delinquency, dependency and neglect matters and municipal prosecution. She also teaches at Colorado State University.
Judge Blanco graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University in 2000 and her Juris Doctorate from University of Colorado School of Law in 2003.
Susan Blanco
Susan Blanco was appointed to the 8th Judicial District Court Bench by Governor Hickenlooper and was sworn in January 2017. She served as a deputy District Attorney in the 8th Judicial Office and then went into private practice from 2007 to 2016. In private practice she predominately worked on criminal cases, juvenile delinquency, dependency and neglect matters and municipal prosecution. She also teaches at Colorado State University.
Judge Blanco graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University in 2000 and her Juris Doctorate from University of Colorado School of Law in 2003.
Susan J Blanco
Susan J. Blanco serves as the Chief Judge of Colorado’s 8th Judicial District, encompassing Larimer and Jackson Counties. Appointed to the bench in January 2017 by Governor John Hickenlooper, she made history as the district's first female Chief Judge, assuming that role in January 2021 .
Legal Career and Leadership
Before her judicial appointment, Judge Blanco built a robust legal career. She began as a Deputy District Attorney in the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and later transitioned to private practice, focusing on criminal defense, juvenile delinquency, dependency and neglect, and municipal prosecution . She also served as the Town Prosecutor for Timnath, Colorado, from 2009 to 2016 .
As Chief Judge, she oversees over 200 employees across three courthouses and four probation offices . Her leadership extends to various committees, including chairing the Colorado Judicial Branch's Pathways to Access Standing Committee, which focuses on virtual proceedings, language access, and plain language forms
Community Impact and Innovation
Judge Blanco is recognized for her commitment to community-focused justice. She established Colorado’s first Competency Court, addressing the needs of individuals with mental health issues in the criminal justice system . She also founded the Latinx Task Force in Larimer County to improve access to justice for the Latinx community
Her dedication has earned her several accolades, including the 2024 Judge Conrad L. Ball Award, the 2023 Colorado Women’s Bar Association Judicial Excellence Award, and the 2022 Colorado Hispanic Bar Association Community Service Award
Academic and Professional Engagement
Beyond the bench, Judge Blanco contributes to legal education as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law . She is also pursuing an LL.M. from Duke University, expected in May 2025 .
Her professional involvement includes serving on the Colorado Access to Justice Commission, co-chairing the Colorado Judicial Branch's IT Standing Committee, and participating in the Colorado Bar Association's Leadership Training program .Colorado
Judge Blanco's multifaceted career reflects her dedication to justice, community engagement, and legal innovation.
Matthew Blaubaugh
A Colorado native, Matt’s background in architectural engineering and construction management gives him an insider’s perspective when counseling clients. He represents construction and design professionals, and his background enables him to better understand technical project documents and have detailed conversations about the design and construction process with clients. His experience includes counseling contractors, engineers, architects, and other professionals on issues including defective construction, payment and contract disputes, and contract negotiations.
Jackie Booker
Jackie Booker is the Managing Shareholder at Sutton |Booker | P.C.
Jackie has tried approximately 35 jury trials to verdict in state and federal courts in Colorado and has argued before the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court. Jackie’s practice is devoted to defending individuals and corporations, insurance companies and their insureds in a wide variety of civil litigation including insurance coverage and bad faith, personal injury, and premises liability. Jackie is honored to be a member of ABOTA and Colorado Super Lawyers.
Jacquelyn S Booker
"Jackie Booker is the managing shareholder at Sutton | Booker | PC. Jackie has tried over 30 jury trials to verdict and has tried cases in federal and state district courts across Colorado. Jackie has also appeared and argued before the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court. She enjoys contributing her time to amicus curiae briefing when those opportunities arise.
She grew up in St. Clair Shores, Michigan and Slidell, Louisiana and was of the first generation in her family to earn a college degree. She attended Louisiana State University on a full academic scholarship, graduated with honors and moved to Colorado to attend the University of Denver College of Law. She gained real world experience representing clients in the Student Law Office and graduated fourth in her law school class.
Jackie’s practice is devoted to defending individuals and corporations, insurance companies and their insureds from pre-litigation investigation through appeals. Jackie writes coverage opinions, trains claims adjusters and managers, and defends them when they are accused of unreasonable conduct or bad faith. Jackie defends individuals in personal injury cases no matter the claims alleged. She knows Premises Liability, Auto, Defamation, Wrongful Death and Property Law. She also has experience in Construction Defect, Real Estate Disclosure, Fraud and Misrepresentation, and Contracts. She files interpleader actions on behalf of Life Insurance Companies and provides pre-litigation advice regarding all kinds of insurance claims."
Tom Bradfield
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Sandy Brook
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Clarence Darrow CLE
Sanford M. “Sandy” Brook is a former Chief Judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals. Before appointment to the Appellate Court, he served as a Trial Judge. Sandy is engaged in ADR at the Judicial Arbiter Group (JAG) in Denver. As a trial lawyer Sandy tried 65 jury trials to verdict. He taught nationally and internationally in the areas of Evidence and Trial Advocacy, serving as an Adjunct Professor at the Notre Dame and Nottingham (England) Law Schools.
Sandy has a lifelong interest in acting and the theater. He studied court room theater in an unusual
way " as a trial lawyer, trial judge, and advocacy instructor. His real-life experience with the art of
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judiciary, makes his presentation of Clarence Darrow a natural fit.
Sandy has enjoyed success in theatrical performances of Clarence Darrow, a play by David Rintels
based upon Irving Stone’s Clarence Darrow for the Defense. He creatively uses his theater
performance of Darrow as a backdrop for a memorable and instructional CLE.
Sandy ‘s presentation brings to life the emotion, oratory skill, and courtroom drama of an extraordinary
lawyer, Clarence Darrow.
Ross Buchanan (ret.)
Judge Buchanan was raised in Boulder, Colorado. For over thirty years before his appointment to the bench, he had a general civil trial practice in Colorado (with two years in California), specializing in tort litigation primarily in the areas of personal injury and product liability, but also representing clients in commercial disputes, insurance litigation, professional liability, civil rights and employment matters. He also represented clients before the Colorado appellate courts and in the Tenth Circuit.
In November, 2013, Ross was appointed to the District Court for the Second Judicial District in Denver, Colorado. In his nine years on the bench, he presided over civil, domestic relations and criminal dockets.
Since 1978, Judge Buchanan has been married to Lynn Holland, a professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, where she teaches about international political economy and Latin American development. Together, they have two adult children.
Young Bui
Young Bui
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Dr. Bui uses his experience related to human cognition to evaluate perceptual and decision-making issues that contribute to accidents. He has specialized expertise in assessing visibility and conspicuity issues, and has applied this knowledge to incidents involving automobiles, pedestrians, motorcycles, bicycles/scooters, and tractor-trailers.
He performs general assessments of roadway environments that include analyses of lighting, glare and sightline evaluations as they may relate to vehicle accidents, slip/trip-and-fall scenarios, and other premises liability claims. Dr. Bui is also active in research on various topics in human factors, including driver looking behavior, perception of roadway hazards, divided attention, and witness memory of events.
As a trained psychologist, Dr. Bui utilizes his education and expertise to assess the role of warnings and instructions in various accidents scenarios for both products and premises. He combines his knowledge of human behavior with his OSHA training to evaluate how the behavior of individuals may contribute to industrial and occupational accidents.
Additionally, Dr. Bui oversees projects employing various methodologies (human-subjects testing, inclusive literature reviews, quantitative injury and risk analyses), and has experience coordinating and carrying out large-scale usability testing of consumer products. He combines this experience with customized programming methods that leverage online platforms for various applications, including questionnaire surveys, experimental studies, and comprehension testing.
Dr. Bui received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, where his research focused on how cognitive processes and decision making are influenced by individual limitations in age, attention, speed, experience, and memory. His work has addressed various topics regarding human behavior, including memory accuracy, visual-spatial learning, metacognition, and complex skill acquisition. Dr. Bui has also been extensively involved in the development and publishing of crowdsourcing techniques used to collect large-scale datasets, which has allowed researchers to supplement traditional laboratory methods with more cost- and time-efficient procedures.
Young Bui, Ph.D.
Dr. Bui uses his experience related to human cognition to evaluate perceptual and decision-making issues that contribute to accidents. He has specialized expertise in assessing visibility and conspicuity issues, and has applied this knowledge to incidents involving automobiles, pedestrians, motorcycles, bicycles/scooters, and tractor-trailers. He performs general assessments of roadway environments that include analyses of lighting, glare and sightline evaluations as they may relate to vehicle accidents, slip/trip-and-fall scenarios, and other premises liability claims. Dr. Bui is also active in research on various topics in human factors, including driver looking behavior, perception of roadway hazards, divided attention, and witness memory of events.
As a trained psychologist, Dr. Bui utilizes his education and expertise to assess the role of warnings and instructions in various accidents scenarios for both products and premises. He combines his knowledge of human behavior with his OSHA training to evaluate how the behavior of individuals may contribute to industrial and occupational accidents.
Douglas K. Burrell
"Douglas K. Burrell is an established and experienced trial attorney. His practice covers a vast number of areas including but not limited to wrongful death and catastrophic injury matters, construction defect litigation, premises liability, product liability and transportation and trucking negligence. His clients come from many industry sectors, including national retailers, manufacturers, businesses in the hospitality and restaurant sector and transportation.
With a seasoned practice spanning over 27 years which includes over 40 jury trials and more than 100 bench trials, Douglas does indeed have his pulse on ever-changing legal trends and insights. This, along with a keen understanding of his client’s goals, drives his defense strategies. Continuous communication with his clients throughout the litigation process ensures he is representing them in the most forthright and cost-effective manner.
In addition to his practice, Douglas is a member of many professional legal organizations. He is an active member of DRI: Lawyers Representing Business serving in many executive roles over the years, culminating in his position as President from 2021-2022. In 2014 and 2015, Douglas held the position of Chair for the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Trial Mediation Academy; presently, he holds the position of Executive Committee Vice President. Douglas also held a faculty position for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) from 2010-2014, teaching the deposition skills program. He is revered by many colleagues and associates and is often highlighted in legal publications as one of Atlanta’s top lawyers.
Douglas began his legal career in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, practicing civil litigation defense for a mid-size firm. He also served as a prosecutor in the Woodbury County Attorney’s Office for three years before joining a large firm in the greater Atlanta region, where he continued to practice until joining Chartwell Law."
Neal Carter
Neal Carter is a Professional Engineer and Principal Accident Reconstructionist at Explico Engineering. Previously, he co-founded Luminous Forensics in 2019, where he was the Vice President and Principal Engineer. Mr. Carter has expertise, experience, and training in accident reconstruction, with an emphasis in pedestrian accident reconstruction, forensic photography, and nighttime or low-light photographs and video. Mr. Carter has conducted testing involving vehicle dynamics and acceleration, nighttime visibility, on-vehicle data recorders, passenger vehicle braking, pedestrian impacts, and motorcycle dynamics, braking, and sliding deceleration. Mr. Carter also regularly publishes technical articles related to vehicular accident reconstruction. Mr. Carter has authored publications based on his testing that have been published by the Society of Automotive Engineers International Journal of Transportation Safety, in the Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper Series, in Collision: The International Compendium for Crash Research, in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering and in Electric Energy. Topics covered in these articles include vehicle damage analysis methods, vehicle deceleration analysis, event data recorders, simulation, motorcycle crash causation, video analysis, photogrammetry, the use of UAVs for accident reconstruction, motorcycle dynamics, and driver behavior. Mr. Carter has taught the Society of Automotive Engineers course, “Vehicle Crash Reconstruction: Principles and Technology.”
Doug Cash
Doug is a senior manager in Eide Bailly’s Fraud & Forensic Advisory Services with 18 + years of conducting fraud investigations as a forensic accountant and 28 years of law enforcement experience with an emphasis in white collar crime. He has been the lead investigator in diverse types of fraud related investigations, including embezzlement, theft by misrepresentation, money laundering, identity theft, financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, and Ponzi and Pyramid schemes.
Doug is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI), a Certified Financial Crime Investigator (CFCI), Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner (CECFE), and holds dual Master’s degrees, in Business Administration (MBA) and in Administration of Justice and Security (MSAJS).
Doug has also worked as a Special Agent for the State of Arizona Insurance Fraud Unit and as a financial investigator for JP Morgan Chase bank.
Matt W. Cecil
Matt has been defending insurance companies and their insureds for his entire legal career. His practice has included bad faith, auto and premises liability, products liability, and construction and commercial matters, and he has defended numerous cases involving catastrophic injuries and multi-million-dollar property damages
Clarissa Collier
Clarissa Collier represents sophisticated clients in high-stakes medical malpractice, professional liability, personal injury, and commercial litigation matters. She is a strategic and effective advocate for clients, including at trial, where she has established skills to lead at any phase. Clarissa also has extensive experience winning for clients early in litigation, having negotiated favorable settlements in at least 60 matters.
In addition to her litigation practice, Clarissa brings extensive experience handling white collar cases and investigations. She has conducted independent internal investigations to minimize clients’ legal exposure. She has also responded to federal and state government investigations, including investigations initiated by the U.S. Departments of State, Justice, and Treasury.
Clarissa is listed as a Colorado Rising Star, and was the recipient of the prestigious Gary McPherson Award for Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year in 2016.
Hon. Christopher Cross
Hon. Christopher C. Cross (Ret.) served as a county and district court judge for 18½ years in the most populous judicial district in the State of Colorado. He presided over domestic relations, civil, and criminal dockets.
Prior to his appointment, he practiced complex civil litigation, professional disciplinary administrative actions, both criminal defense and prosecution, and family law.
As noted by the Judicial Retention commission in its most recent evaluation, Judge Cross “received some of the highest ratings of any judge ... in the State,” and “Attorneys [and] litigants all have a high degree of admiration for his courteous and professional demeanor in the court room.” One appellate judge commented, “He is one of our best.” Judge Cross is known for his fairness, ability to listen, in-depth preparation, and the ability to resolve complex legal and factual issues"all with compassion and a sense of humor.
Skyler Davis
Dr. Davis is a multidisciplinary materials scientist and chemical and biochemical engineer specializing in failure analysis, materials characterization, material processing, and microstructural development. She completed her Ph.D. in Materials Science and her Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. She has a broad range of technical expertise, and she is well-versed in various laboratory equipment and characterization techniques, including but not limited to scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
Dr. Davis has experience in determining the direct cause and root cause of failures across a variety of applications and industries, ranging from small consumer products to large industrial equipment. She also has project experience in asset management of electric distribution, assessing weld quality issues, and the application of industry standards and codes to the aforementioned topics.
Dr. Davis' specific experience with piping systems includes residential sprinkler systems and process piping in refineries. She also has experience with accelerated corrosion testing and analysis of corrosion-related failures, in both large-scale industrial equipment such as above ground tanks and heat exchangers, and smaller components like brass fittings and bolts for automotive applications. Additionally, Dr. Davis has led numerous projects focused on microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC).
Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Davis completed her graduate studies at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Her dissertation focused on how relatively small changes in alloy concentrations affected the deformation-induced microstructure of a distinct stainless steel used for biomedical applications. Her work on the influence of multi-stage deformation processing and stacking fault energy on near-surface slip and martensite formation in austenitic stainless steels included electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) with X-ray line profile analysis (XLPA) to characterize materials deformed via a controlled deformation process and various industrial deformation processes.
During her Ph.D. work, Skyler gained experience in characterizing a wide range of alloy systems (Fe, Ti, Mg, Al, Cu, Pt, and Co-WC) for various applications. She collaborated on projects including heat treatments of copper powders, tungsten carbide tooling failure analysis, and microstructure development of nanostructured titanium, nanostructured aluminum, various stainless steels, and concrete.
Hayden DePorter
Hayden DePorter is an attorney at HKM Employment Attorneys. They earned their law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law with a certificate in Workplace Law. After law school, Hayden spent three years at the Colorado Court of Appeals as an appellate law clerk where they drafted over fifty opinions. In 2023, Hayden was selected as one of 20 attorneys in the state to participate in the Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training Program (COBALT), which is a program for lawyers with demonstrated leadership skills and commitment to the legal community.
Hayden is passionate about employment issues and civil rights. They have spoken across the country, from New England to the West Coast, on inclusive workplace practices for non-binary and transgender individuals, as well as the use of inclusive language in the court systems.
Outside of practicing law, Hayden enjoys spending time with their spouse and daughter, biking, and growing vegetables in their garden.
Lindsay Dunn
Lindsay Dunn focuses her practice on civil litigation, extra-contractual insurance defense, insurance defense, insurance coverage opinions, and other civil matters.
During law school, she was a judicial extern for Chief Judge Michael Martinez in the City and County of Denver District Court. Her litigation experience includes defending clients in diverse areas, including bad faith property and uninsured/underinsured motorist claims, personal injury defense, insurance defense, contract disputes and analysis, aviation, and premises liability. She has also practiced in construction defects litigation, product liability, and employment law.
Lindsay has litigated cases in federal and state court and represented clients in several civil jury trials, resulting in verdicts or favorable outcomes for her clients. In addition to her busy law practice, Lindsay teaches the course Deposition Skills as an Adjunct Faculty Member of the University of Colorado School of Law.
Ike Eckert
Ike Eckert is an experienced litigator with an emphasis on complex commercial and construction disputes. Mr. Eckert has represented a broad range of construction professionals during the course of his career, including owners/developers, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, and engineers in state and federal court and arbitration. Mr. Eckert has also represented engineering and design professionals for professional liability before licensing boards. In addition to commercial and construction litigation, Mr. Eckert’s practice spans into general insurance defense, including general contract disputes, personal injury defense, automobile accidents, premises liability, toxic torts, and governmental entity defense.
His valuable and unique perspective on law, influenced by his background as a legislative aide in the Nebraska State Legislature, allows him to appreciate the nuances present in laws, ordinances, and codes. This perspective helps him advise clients accordingly with pragmatic and economical solutions. Mr. Eckert prides himself on his ability to quickly evaluate complex legal solutions and provide clients with results that minimize a client’s legal costs and time in the often drawn-out litigation process.
Mr. Eckert currently serves as Legislative Director for the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association and is on the Attorney Advisory Panel of the Colorado Civil Justice League.
Ike M Eckert
Ike Eckert is an experienced litigator with an emphasis on complex commercial and construction disputes. Mr. Eckert has represented a broad range of construction professionals during the course of his career, including owners/developers, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, and engineers in state and federal court and arbitration. Mr. Eckert has also represented engineering and design professionals for professional liability before licensing boards. In addition to commercial and construction litigation, Mr. Eckert’s practice spans into general insurance defense, including general contract disputes, personal injury defense, automobile accidents, premises liability, toxic torts, and governmental entity defense.
His valuable and unique perspective on law, influenced by his background as a legislative aide in the Nebraska State Legislature, allows him to appreciate the nuances present in laws, ordinances, and codes. This perspective helps him advise clients accordingly with pragmatic and economical solutions. Mr. Eckert prides himself on his ability to quickly evaluate complex legal solutions and provide clients with results that minimize a client’s legal costs and time in the often drawn-out litigation process.
Mr. Eckert currently serves as Legislative Director for the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association and is on the Attorney Advisory Panel of the Colorado Civil Justice League.
Sandy M Eloranto
Ms. Eloranto has been defending insurance companies and their insureds for over 20 years. Her practice includes defending bad faith suits stemming from property damage or UM/UIM claims and counseling insurers on claim handling exposure in property claims in Colorado. Ms. Eloranto also defends premises liability, products liability, and construction cases and handles small E-discovery matters. She previously defended doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases as well as drug and device manufacturers in national drug litigation.
Sandy Eloranto
Ms. Eloranto has successfully defended her clients in property damage bad faith cases stemming from hail, fire, and other storm damage. She and Katie Johnson obtained a defense verdict in a federal district court trial where the insureds claimed the insurance company breached the contract by refusing to pay for a full roof replacement. Ms. Eloranto also obtained dismissal of the bad faith claims in a dispute over the nature and extent of hail damage to a commercial building by proving the insured had not even provided the information it now claimed made the claim handling unreasonable to the insurance company to consider. She has presented to the Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, and Claims Litigation Management on handling property bad faith cases.
In addition to bad faith, Ms. Eloranto has defended numerous cases involving catastrophic injuries, giving her the ability to quickly assess complex medical causation and damages issues and retain physicians and other medical experts to defend her clients. She has also managed a number of multi-million dollar E-Discovery collections from the preservation and collection phase through production. She has drafted legal hold policies, managed the collection and production of foreign language documents, and negotiated complicated two-tier protective orders and electronic document production specifications.
Ms. Eloranto was named a Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star® in 2010 and a Colorado Super Lawyer® in 2019-2023. During her practice, she has been active in the Faculty of Federal Advocates, Colorado Women’s Bar Association (board member, 2005-2007), Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute. She also served as a consultant to the Swedish Hospital Ethics Committee on Colorado’s medical directive statutes. She is licensed in Colorado and Washington (inactive). She earned her bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University and her law degree from the University of Oregon where she was an Associate Editor for the Oregon Law Review.
Joe Espinosa
Joe Espinosa
Education
Indiana University,
B.A. History, with Honors
Juris Doctorate
Professional history
Admitted State of Colorado, and Federal District of Colorado and Tenth Federal Circuit.,
Staff Counsel
Farmers Insurance Exchange
2006 to present.
Practicing in Colorado Worker’s Compensation for 25 years and has argued at all levels from Pre-Hearings to Supreme Court of Colorado and in Federal Court..
Board of Director’s Professionals in Workers Compensation Colorado since 2011.
Gillian Fahlsing
Gillian enjoys her position as a Senior Assistant City Attorney with the City of Aurora, Colorado, where she works in the Litigation Unit for the Civil Division. Her cases primarily focus on the defense of civil rights and torts claims brought against the City of Aurora and its sworn members of the Aurora Police Department. She has also handled other employment related litigation matters and miscellaneous cases brought against the City. The majority of Gillian’s litigation practice is in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, although with the passage of C.R.S. § 13-21-131, the Law Enforcement Integrity Act, her practice now encompasses more state claims and cases brought in Colorado state court. Gillian has focused her practice mainly in the civil defense realm, practicing for 20+ years, with emphasis on defending municipalities and their employees for civil rights and employment related matters. Gillian began her legal career in private practice, where she remained for approximately 13 years before she transitioned into public service roles where she worked directly with law enforcement entities. Gillian enjoys spending time with her daughter, running, cooking, and reading.
Juliette Faraone
Juliette Faraone is a prompt engineer at Filevine, where her work involves translating law firm needs into precise AI inputs and outputs. She previously served as product manager for Filevine's Document team, where she took part in the development, launch, and rollout of some of their first AI solutions, including AI Fields and Doc Review AI.
Her background includes roles as an investigative researcher for Ms. Magazine, technical operations analyst at a mass tort marketing firm, and work as a paralegal.
With a master's in film and data, and a background in English, philosophy, digital media, and computer sciences, Juliette brings an interdisciplinary approach to AI in law. Her work focuses on developing AI tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy in legal practice, driven by a passion for information accessibility.
Emma Feeney
Emma devotes her practice to representing doctors, advanced practice providers and health care professionals in all stages of litigation and regulatory matters. Emma is also experienced in employment and labor law and well equipped to help avoid and resolve employment issues for physicians, health care providers and medical practices.
Emma is honored to walk with clients through a very challenging time in their life. Emma takes pride in defending and protecting her clients and understands the importance of being a trusted advocate and shield along the journey. Emma values integrity, professionalism, and passionate advocacy.
As the daughter of an emergency medicine physician, Emma knows first-hand the dedication, hard-work and passion it takes to be a health care professional. Emma is honored to use her legal skills on behalf of the community that helped shape who she is today.
When not working or relaxing at home with her fiancée Madison and their animal menagerie, Emma enjoys listening to a true crime podcast or enjoying Colorado’s great outdoors through hiking, paddle boarding, or horseback riding.
Mark Fogg
Mark Fogg, the former General Counsel of the COPIC Companies, is blessed with a wide array of professional experiences over his 40 year legal career, and he provides his clients with seasoned counsel and the skills of an experienced trial lawyer. He has tried over 200 cases to verdict as sole or lead counsel, appeared in numerous regulatory matters, and provided counsel to hundreds of professionals on a host of different issues. He is passionate about helping healthcare providers in litigation and professional practice areas such as telehealth, peer review, quality management and governance just to name a few. As General Counsel at COPIC for 9 years, he was deeply involved in medical-legal risk management, assessing healthcare related business transactions and regulatory compliance. He wishes to continue serving, and being a strong advocate for, the healthcare and legal communities. Mark’s practice areas include:
Health Care Law:
Mark represents health care providers and facilities in liability, regulatory and business dispute cases. He has done so for over 35 years. He provides assistance with general regulatory health care compliance. From his experience as General Counsel at COPIC, he also developed a specialty in assisting health care providers and facilities with compliance and the creation of system policies in innovative areas such as telehealth, professional review and Candor.
Professional Liability Defense:
Mark represents all types of licensed professionals in cases and before regulatory boards and committees. He has a special interest in the formation of the professional identity and understands the unique obligations, stresses and benefits of being a professional. He has represented hundreds of professionals including physicians, nurses, CRNAs, hospitals, therapists, veterinarians, psychologists, attorneys, law firms, actuaries and engineers.
Corporate Governance and Serving As Outside Counsel:
As General Counsel at COPIC, Mark served as the top lawyer in a large corporation that insures approximately 13,000 physicians and 200 facilities doing business in 13 states. He was extensively involved in assisting the COPIC board, physician group boards and hospital boards. He developed an expertise in governance issues and preparation of governance documents. He hired and managed outside counsel as well as the COPIC legal department. He helped create the infrastructure to do business in 11 additional states and worked on health care policy, legislative matters and obtaining regulatory approval in many states.
Professional Review, Quality and Risk Management, Crisis Control:
Mark is an advocate for patient safety and the establishment of professional review committees and quality management programs to improve patient care. He can assist physician groups and hospitals in establishing and effectively utilizing professional review committees and quality management. Mark had the unique role of being on-call for thousands of physicians and numerous facilities on a 24/7 basis to assist on medical-legal issues and to help manage crisis situations. These crisis situations ranged from significant HIPAA breaches to allegations of extensive Medicare billing fraud due to allegedly unnecessary surgeries and procedures.
Health Care Appellate Practice:
As General Counsel at COPIC, Mark was actively involved in the preparation of amicus curiae briefs for the Colorado Supreme Court and the Colorado Court of Appeals on important legal and health care policy issues. He wishes to continue to be involved in important appeals relating to health care.
Teaching and Presentations to Health Care Providers and Attorneys:
A favorite part of Mark’s practice is teaching and presenting on important medical-legal issues to health care providers. He has done this since early in his career. While General Counsel at COPIC for 9 years, he averaged giving such presentations every two to three weeks. Representative topics include: Defense of a Health Care Malpractice Case, Informed Consent, Legal Liability of Electronic Medical Records, Candor, Telehealth, Photography and Recording in a Health Care Setting, HIPAA and Minors and Risk. Mark also does extensive teaching to lawyers on mentoring, professionalism, advocacy, and leadership.
Jen Friedberg
Jen Friedberg is Staff Counsel for American Family and defends claims related to personal injury, premises liability, and uninsured/underinsured motorists. Prior to working in insurance defense, Jen was a Deputy District Attorney for nine years in El Paso and Fremont Counties. Before law school, Jen was a photojournalist for 12 years.
Corey Gordon
Corey Gordon is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice includes products liability defense, class action defense, toxic and environmental torts litigation, commercial litigation, appeals and other complex litigation.
Previously in his career, Corey served as a deputy attorney general for the State of Minnesota
Zonnie Gorman
Zonnie, the daughter of the late Dr. Carl N. Gorman and his wife Mary. She is also the youngest sister to the legendary and renowned Navajo artist, the late R.C. Gorman. Zonnie has appeared in several documentaries including the History Channel documentary, In Search of History - Navajo Code Talkers; the MGM double DVD release of Windtalkers (historical documentary section); and the PBS documentary, True Whispers. Zonnie earned her M.A. in History from The University of New Mexico and her thesis, The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: The First Twenty-Nine, inlcuded interviews with several of the First Twenty-nine Navajo Code Talkers. She is now working on her Ph.D.
Zonnie is a past board member with the following organizations: Navajo Studies Conference and Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives. In addition, Zonnie is an alum of Up With People, Leadership McKinley, and Leadership New Mexico.
Lastly, Zonnie is a current member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), American Historical Association (AHA), the Organization of American Historians (OAH), the Western History Association (WHA), the Society for Military History (SMH), and the Navajo Studies Conference Inc.
Mathew Greenston, MD, MS, FACEP
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Sarah Grossman
Ms. Sarah Grossman is a Manager in Exponent's Construction Consulting practice. Ms. Grossman has over 17 years of experience in the construction industry and her experience includes construction operations management, P&L management and cash flow analysis, supply chain and procurement, program and project management, key performance indicator development and execution, contract management, change management, project controls, project scheduling, and contract/subcontract negotiations.
Ms. Grossman has extensive experience managing projects and programs in the electric utility industry. For one of the largest utility companies in the U.S., she has led large capital transmission line projects, including project estimate development, independent system operator permitting, schedule updates and complex land acquisitions. She developed a standard for cost allocation methodology for two complex interconnection projects, which included two substation upgrades. The substation work she managed includes underground and above ground transmission and distribution work.
In addition to utility projects, Ms. Grossman's projects have included multi-site development in retail and multi-family sectors, multi-site facilities management, seismic retrofit of semiconductor lab, commercial building construction, critical facility, hotels, and renovation projects for commercial clients. While leading these projects, she has implemented green construction practices by utilizing her industry knowledge and LEED AP accreditation including electronic document procedures and best practices for indoor air quality control during construction.
Prior to joining Exponent, Ms. Grossman worked in director of construction and project management roles for Cortland, CorePower Yoga, Balfour Beatty Construction, and Swinerton Builders.
Justice Melissa Hart
Justice Hart was appointed by Governor John Hickenlooper to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court on December 14, 2017. Prior to joining the Court, Justice Hart was a professor at the University of Colorado Law School, where she directed the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law. Throughout her years as a professor, Justice Hart maintained an active pro bono practice, writing amicus briefs in appellate courts and representing clients through Metro Volunteer Lawyers. Her teaching and scholarship focused on access to justice, constitutional law, judicial decision making, legal ethics, employment discrimination, and civil procedure.
Justice Hart grew up in Denver, where she graduated from East High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard-Radcliffe College and then spent a year teaching at a high school in Athens, Greece. She returned to study at Harvard Law School, where she was the Articles Editor for the Harvard Law Review and Book Review Editor on the Harvard Women’s Law Journal. After graduating from law school in 1995, she clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and for Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court. She practiced law for several years in Washington, D.C., including as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Justice Hart is a member of the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations, the Colorado Women’s Bar Association, the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Sam Cary Bar Association, and the Colorado LGBT Bar Association. She is a founding member of the Sonia Sotomayor Inn of Court, a 2017 graduate of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation’s Leadership Denver program, a 2016 graduate of the Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training (COBALT) program, and a Commissioner on the Colorado Access to Justice Commission.
For her active work in community service, Justice Hart has been recognized with the 2016 Women Who Light the Community Award from the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, the 2014 Raising the Bar Award from the Colorado Women’s Bar Association, the 2012 Chase Faculty Community Service Award from the University of Colorado, the 2011 Clifford Calhoun Public Service Award from the University of Colorado Law School, the 2009 Serving Communities Award from the CU-Boulder Institute for Ethical and Civil Engagement, and the 2008 Outstanding Community Service Award from the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association.
Justice Hart and her husband, Kevin Traskos, have two children.
Billy-George Hertzke
Billy-George Hertzke
PHILOSOPHY:
I look at a problem from all angles, keeping in mind both the long-term and short-term results. Placing myself in my client’s shoes provides a unique insight and allows me to anticipate their needs and expectations. Before I step into the courtroom, a mediation, or begin a brief, every issue will be researched and opposing arguments anticipated. Preparation is the key to a successful outcome.
PRACTICE AREAS:
Torts and General Casualty
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
Products Liability Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Professional Liability Defense
Billy-George Hertzke
Judge Billy-George Hertzke was sworn in as District Court Judge and Water Judge for the 14th Judicial District. Judge Hertzke was raised in Hayden and Meeker, graduating from Meeker High School in 1992. He then attended the University of Colorado, and the University of Denver College of Law. Judge Hertzke practiced civil litigation in courts throughout Colorado for the last 20 years.
Robert Hinckley, Jr.
Robert Hinckley is Managing Shareholder of Buchalter’s Denver office and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Group. Mr. Hinckley practices in both Colorado and California and is also a member of the Los Angeles and Orange County offices. A former prosecutor, Mr. Hinckley is an aggressive and effective trial lawyer, with first-chair experience in more than forty jury trials and more than twenty bench trials and arbitration hearings. Mr. Hinckley has litigated and tried cases in Colorado, California, Florida, Texas, Delaware and elsewhere for a diverse group of business clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small and medium-sized privately held companies.
Mr. Hinckley is a trusted adviser who applies practical solutions to the complex business challenges facing his clients on a daily basis. Mr. Hinckley specializes in commercial and corporate litigation, which includes prosecuting and defending all manner of contractual disputes, including partnership/LLC disputes, stockholder actions and business separations. Mr. Hinckley also commonly litigates real estate disputes, civil fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and other business-centered torts. Mr. Hinckley likewise has a significant employment practice on behalf of employers, to include risk management and litigation counseling as well as serving as litigation counsel in the areas of trade secrets, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, wrongful discharge, harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
Mr. Hinckley also frequently litigates complex product contamination matters on a national and international basis on behalf of specialty insurance carriers through subrogation, related to large losses in North America, South America, Asia and Europe.
Mr. Hinckley currently serves as Vice President of the Executive Committee for the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, the preeminent legal organization in Colorado dedicated to the defense of civil actions and the promotion of fairness and integrity in the civil justice system.
Awards & Recognitions
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Kellie Janke
Kellie Janke, M.A. is a Senior Litigation Consultant for Magna Legal Services. Kellie is experienced in all aspects of pre-trial research. She has provided litigation support on civil matters across the country in the form of jury research including focus groups, mock trials, venue analysis, community attitude surveys, jury profiling, voir dire consultation, and damages valuation. In addition, Kellie has assisted trial teams with witness preparation and communication training, jury selection, trial monitoring, shadow juries, and post-trial juror interviews.
Kellie has consulted on numerous multi-million dollar cases including intellectual property, product liability, property and contract disputes, personal injury, wrongful death, fraud, malpractice, government, insurance coverage, and construction defect.
Ms. Janke is a trained neuroscientist which allows her to apply her scientific and clinical expertise to cases with complex medical and technical issues. Kellie also draws upon her knowledge of human physiology and neurobiology to understand how all jurors’ process, store, and retrieve complex case information and how individual abilities and motivational states impact jury decision making.
Kellie has provided continuing legal education courses and presentations across the nation for various organizations, universities, and law firms. She is a published author in the field of neuroscience and has presented her research at numerous conferences. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience and the American Society of Trial Consultants. She has a Master’s degree in Neural and Cognitive Sciences from Bowling Green State University.
Rachel T. Jennings
Rachel represents corporate and individual clients in first- and third-party insurance claims, wrongful death claims, and premises liability claims. Rachel practices before federal and state courts and has experience in handling all stages of litigation from claim evaluation through trial and post-trial disputes for a wide range of clients, including retail, restaurant and hospitality entities, utility companies and car dealerships. Rachel’s practice also includes auto liability defense. Prior to joining Sutton Booker, P.C., Rachel was an associate with a Denver firm that specializes in insurance defense.
Rachel originally hails from Southern California but now calls Colorado home. In addition to her representative practice, Rachel is actively involved in efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the Colorado legal community.
Rachel T. Jennings
Sueanna P Johnson
Judge Sueanna P. Johnson was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals on December 2, 2019, and sworn in on February 13, 2020. Before her appointment, she was employed with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office from 2004-2019, first as an Assistant Attorney General, then in 2017 as a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Business and Licensing Section. While at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, she also worked in the State Services Section and served on the internal Ethics and Fellowship Committees. Before working at the Attorney General’s Office, she clerked for the Honorable John Coughlin in Denver District Court from 2003-2004.
Judge Johnson has been admitted to practice before the Colorado courts, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
She obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2003 and earned her B.A. in Political Science from Colorado College in 1997. During her junior year in college, she studied abroad at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England.
She is active within the Colorado Asian Pacific American Bar Association and is a member of the Thompson G. Marsh Inn of Court. She previously served on the Board for the Young Lawyers Division of the Colorado Bar Association. As a person with albinism and a visual impairment, she is a member of the National Organization of Albinism and Hypopigmentation. For that organization, she speaks to parents who have children with albinism, and was a featured adult in the book Raising a Child with Albinism: A Guide to the School Years.
Judge Johnson was born in Seoul, South Korea, and adopted when she was three years old.
Lindsay Jordan
Ms. Jordan currently serves as the Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of Parker. In addition to her advisory role, manages litigation involving Parker and its employees, including various tort, administrative, employment and constitutional claims. Prior to her position with Parker, she worked as an Assistant Town Attorney for the Town of Castle Rock, where she served as the police legal advisor in addition to managing litigation involving Castle Rock, and also spent time with the Denver City Attorney’s Office defending lawsuits against Denver. Her career began in Massachusetts, where she worked for insurance defense firms defending motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, government tort, construction defect and professional malpractice cases. After eight years, she relocated back to her home state of Colorado and continued defending all types of civil lawsuits with the firm, Lambdin & Chaney, where she was a paralegal prior to going back east for law school. She has experience defending constitutional, employment, construction defect and personal injury claims assert against private and governmental entities.
Katherine Kelley Otto
Katherine Otto is an accomplished trial lawyer with substantial experience as lead counsel in jury trials. She specializes in professional liability defense, including health care professionals and attorneys. Katherine’s primary practice is devoted to representing professionals facing civil claims and malpractice lawsuits. She also has extensive experience defending professionals in licensing, credentialing, and disciplinary matters before various regulatory boards and agencies. In addition, Katherine has significant experience defending claims of boundary violations and sexual misconduct. She has tried cases to verdict in state and federal courts, and in multiple states on pro hac vice admission.
Katherine’s practice is unique because she is licensed in Colorado and New York, and maintains an active practice in both states. She is also admitted to practice in federal court in both Colorado and New York. Katherine began her legal career in Colorado after graduating from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she served on Law Review and received multiple Scholastic Excellence Awards. Following graduation from law school, Katherine served in a one-year judicial clerkship for the Honorable Gerald Rafferty in the 18th District of Colorado. Following completion of the clerkship, she joined a national law firm as an associate attorney.
After 8 years of Colorado practice, Katherine accepted a Partner position with a mid-size law firm with offices in multiple states, and she moved to New York, where she lived and worked in Manhattan for several years. She then returned to Colorado, but continued building her practice in New York. She currently splits her time between the Denver and New York offices of Recht Kornfeld, and leads attorneys on her team that are full-time in each location. Katherine’s mastery of practicing in two different states is reflected in the exceptional service she provides to her clients. Her paramount concern is always the best interest of her client, and she works collaboratively with her clients to understand and achieve the best outcome for each client’s individual situation. Most importantly, she is a zealous and fearless advocate when it comes to defending her clients at trial.
Katherine is rated AV Preeminent, and has received many accolades from her peers, including being named to Colorado’s Super Lawyers list as a Rising Star from 2014 " 2018, and a Colorado Super Lawyer from 2020 to present. She was selected to the Super Lawyers - Top 50 Women Lawyers in Colorado in 2024, and also named to the Best Lawyers in America list, as well as selected as a Top Lawyer by Denver’s 5280 Magazine. She devotes a significant portion of her practice to mentoring other lawyers, and is particularly committed to inclusion of diverse individuals and the LGBTQ+ community.
Katherine is an animal lover and started fostering giant breed dogs through Big Dogs Huge Paws in 2020. She has three Newfoundlands and three cats, and when not caring for her menagerie of animals, she enjoys running half-marathons and spending time with her family and friends.
Ian J. Kellogg
Ian Kellogg is a District Court Judge in Denver (Colorado’s 2nd Judicial District). He was appointed by Governor Polis in February 2025 and currently has a civil docket. Before taking the bench, Judge Kellogg served for 3 years as a trial attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission and for 8 years as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. He previously worked in private practice and clerked for then-Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Kellogg is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Gonzaga University.
Brian Kershaw
Brian P. Kershaw is a senior associate in the Denver office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. Mr. Kershaw's proficiency spans a wide variety of civil litigation fields, including insurance defense focused on the representation of insurance companies and their insureds, commercial litigation, product liability, bad faith, and subrogation. His expertise encompasses both first and third-party cases, from pre-litigation to resolution, with a proven track record of success in appellate courts.
Licensed to practice in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, Mr. Kershaw leverages over 9 years of litigation experience to provide strategic counsel to clients, guiding them through legal complexities and ensuring their rights and obligations are upheld. Originally from outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, he pursued his undergraduate studies at Oklahoma State University, where he actively participated in the student government association. Later, he obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2014, during which time he served as an Articles Editor for the Energy Law Journal.
Mr. Kershaw is admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado, the Federal District Court for the Western, Eastern & Northern Districts of Oklahoma, and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. He maintains membership in several professional organizations, including the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Colorado Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Douglas County Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association, and Defense Research Institute.
Cara M. Knight
"Cara’s practice focuses on the representation of corporate and individual clients in first- and third-party insurance claims, insurance bad faith, premises liability, and property damage bad faith claims.
Cara earned her bachelor’s degree at Syracuse University before returning home to Colorado to attend law school at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. After law school, Cara gained significant experience working at the Denver City Attorney’s office where she handled civil litigation brought against the city and its employees. Cara has obtained considerable trial skills while working for several years as a prosecutor in the 18th Judicial District where she handled both felony and county court matters. This public service background has provided Cara with a broad set of skills both in and out of the courtroom.
When Cara is not in the courtroom zealously advocating for her clients, she enjoys cheering on the Broncos and Avalanche, reading historical non-fiction and learning Italian.
Linda Knight
Linda Knight helps insurers and their insureds successfully resolve complicated first- and third-party litigation to minimize potential exposure when stakes are high. She has particular experience defending insureds in catastrophic loss cases and insurers in coverage and bad faith litigation. This has allowed her to build a national practice and serve clients as trial counsel in federal and state courts throughout the country, with an exemplary record of strong results for her clients in highly contentious matters.
Highlights of Linda’s experience include:
Won a significant victory before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation for an insurance company facing an attempt to centralize all federal COVID-19 business-interruption insurance cases.
Represented various insureds in high-exposure jury trials in several cases around the country, including five trials in five different states in recent years.
Represented numerous insurance companies in high-exposure bad faith cases in Colorado.
Won complete affirmance in the 10th Circuit of summary judgment in favor of an insurance company, resulting in dismissal of breach of contract and bad faith claims.
Successfully settled multiple cases with exposure in the hundreds of millions of dollars, including some on a “walk-away” basis.
Obtained extremely favorable midtrial settlement for a renowned boutique hotel in a multimillion-dollar catastrophic injury lawsuit.
Won a defense verdict in a bench trial in Colorado involving a real estate dispute.
Represented a manufacturer of electronic devices in product liability litigation in Florida.
Negotiated favorable settlement during trial for a racetrack operator in a catastrophic case in Virginia involving permanent injuries to a minor.
Obtained favorable settlement of bad faith claims on the eve of trial for an international insurance company related to a denial of coverage on a construction policy.
Negotiated very favorable settlement for an Arizona restaurant facing multimillion-dollar catastrophic injury claims under dram shop liability...
Kevin Kuhn
Kevin Kuhn has represented clients in more than 135 trials to verdict, including 80 jury and 55 bench trials. He has extensive experience defending high-stakes medical malpractice and professional liability claims, in addition to catastrophic personal injury and complex commercial litigation. Kevin is a Fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Kevin has defended medical malpractice cases involving physicians, dentists, oral surgeons, hospitals, nurses, and other healthcare providers; defended professional negligence cases involving attorneys, accountants, and real estate agents and brokers; and represented injured parties. In one case, Kevin successfully defended a real estate agent and broker in a real estate negligence jury trial brought by a physician purchaser.
He has defended long-term care facilities and mental health professional negligence actions and litigated cases in areas of insurance coverage, premises liability, product liability, oil and gas, commercial law, domestic relations, agricultural products, and employment law. He represents healthcare and other professionals in administrative licensing and credentialing matters and hearings. In addition to his civil practice, Kevin has prosecuted and defended criminal cases. He has extensive deposition experience and expertise in all kinds of civil and commercial cases. He is a frequent and sought-after continuing legal education speaker and frequently speaks to healthcare professionals.
Katherine K Kust
Katherine Kust is a partner in the Denver office of GRSM. Katherine focuses her practice in the areas of insurance with an emphasis on bad faith, commercial and construction litigation. She has extensive experience in all stages of litigation from inception through trial in both state and federal court. Katherine also has a strong appellate practice.
Katherine works closely with her clients and experts developing strategies for each unique matter up front and throughout the case in an effort to reach the best possible result. In doing so, she has efficiently and successfully mediated dozens of matters with exceptional results. She has further achieved outright defense verdicts and complete dismissal of matters following jury trials and successful motions for summary judgment for insurers facing significant financial exposure.
Given her breadth of knowledge and experience, she has also been requested as a guest speaker to companies to assist with best practices and advising on changes in the law. Katherine has been recognized by Colorado Super Lawyers as a Rising Star and by The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Insurance Law and Insurance Litigation.
Andrew LaFontaine
Andrew M. LaFontaine
Ashley R Larson
Ashley Larson represents corporate clients in matters of crisis management, premises liability, wrongful death, personal injury, transportation, products liability, insurance bad faith, and appellate work. Ashley regularly works with insurance carriers and self-insureds in the defense of matters ranging from pre-suit investigations through trial and any appeal.
Ashley has tried cases successfully in both state and federal court in Colorado. She has defended and pursued appeals before the Colorado Court of Appeals, the Colorado Supreme Court, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ashley Larson
Ashley Larson represents corporate clients, insureds, and insurance companies in matters of crisis management, premises liability, negligent security, wrongful death, personal injury, transportation, products liability, insurance bad faith, uninsured/underinsured motorist claims, and appellate work. Ashley regularly works with insurance carriers and self-insureds in the defense of matters ranging from pre-suit investigations through trial and any appeal
Lisa Leasure
Lisa Leasure has been in practice since 1999. Prior to joining Faraci Leasure, LLC, Lisa was a partner in the law firm of Cooper & Clough, P.C. Lisa’s practice focuses on defense of professional liability claims with an emphasis on medical malpractice claims and administrative matters for healthcare professionals. She also defends premises liability, liquor liability, employment, intellectual property, and other general defense matters for several large entities including universities and national restaurants. Lisa has significant trial experience and has tried many complex cases with multi week trials through verdict.
Lisa received her undergraduate degree from CU Boulder and graduated from the law school at the University of Maine. She was selected to Maine Law Review and served as Case Note Editor and her article was published. She also served in the coveted position of legal writing instructor and graduated with honors. Lisa graduated from the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy in 2003, attended CU Mini Med School in 2006 and CU Mini Med School II, The Clinical Years, in 2016 and 2017. She is licensed in all Colorado courts and is a member of the local bar associations, the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, and DRI. She has been selected to Super Lawyers, a peer nominated award, as a Super Lawyer every year from 2011 to the present. Lisa is a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Defense Research Institute (DRI), CDLA, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Lisa has given invited lectures for several organizations including DRI and CDLA.
Liz Leibsle
Liz Leibsle defends individuals and businesses in general liability, premises liability, and transportation litigation. She is also experienced with complex immigration matters and real estate transactions.
Ms. Leibsle’s immigration practice includes representing employers and their employees seeking permanent residence and citizenship through the PERM labor certification process and representing clients before USCIS and other immigration agencies on employment-based immigration matters including H-1B, L-1, E-1, R-1, and related applications.
In the real estate arena, she is experienced in negotiating letters of intent, leases, and contracts to buy and sell along with managing due diligence processes with finance, legal, architecture, and construction teams. Previously, Ms. Leibsle was a commercial broker at a Denver based commercial real estate brokerage.
Before her legal career, Ms. Leibsle served in the Peace Corps in Honduras where she led the formation of savings and loan cooperatives for small-scale farmers and taught basic business skills to local women.
Richard Levin
Richard is chair of the FinTech and Regulation Practice and was one of the first lawyers to focus on the regulation of blockchain and digital assets. He is considered a thought leader in the FinTech space. Richard brings his experience as a senior legal and compliance officer on Wall Street and in London to bear...
in advising clients on corporate, FinTech, securities, and regulatory issues. A problem-solver by nature, he has been advising FinTech clients on legal and regulatory issues since the start of electronic trading in the late 1990s. His practice focuses on helping financial services and technology clients identify and address regulatory issues as they build their businesses.
Richard’s practice focuses on the representation of early stage and publicly traded companies in the FinTech space, including investment banks, broker-dealers, investment advisers, peer-to-peer lending platforms, digital currency trading platforms, alternative trading systems (ATSs), exchanges, and custodians. He represents these firms before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), state regulators, and Congress. Richard has represented clients before regulators in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.
Dylan Lewis
Dylan Lewis, CPCU
Dylan Lewis currently serves as Legal Manager for the Colorado and Utah Litigation Office for American Family Mutual Insurance Company for a team of in-house litigation Attorneys. Before this role, Dylan analyzed coverage, supervised litigation throughout the Western region, and provided advice and training for the Casualty, Property and Commercial Claims units. Dylan began with American Family as an in-house litigator, having defended more than 600 cases over eight years, a number of which through jury trial. Before American Family, Dylan was a shareholder in a litigation firm where he represented clients in a wide variety of civil, criminal, juvenile, domestic relations, real estate contracts, HOA disputes, land use proceedings, administrative and judicial appeals.
Dylan is licensed to practice in Colorado courts, U.S. District Court for Colorado, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Dylan is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). He attended the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (1997) after graduating with honors from Westmont College (1994) where he attended on academic scholarship.
Dylan’s professional memberships include the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (CDLA) (past Board member), Claims Litigation Management (CLM), Colorado and Arapahoe County Bar Associations.
Emilie Lorden
Emilie Lorden is an associate attorney at Recht Kornfeld, P.C. where her practice focuses on professional malpractice defense, including medical malpractice defense and insurance defense. Ms. Lorden works with her clients to develop creative solutions and resolutions to legal matters in both the pre-litigation and litigation arenas.
Prior to joining Recht Kornfeld, P.C., Ms. Lorden’s practice primarily focused on construction litigation. Specifically, she has extensive experience defending commercial and residential construction defect and subrogation cases. Ms. Lorden also has experience with both Plaintiff and Defense work, in both State and Federal Court, as well as Arbitration.
Ms. Lorden is also active in the legal community, where she is a member of the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (“CDLA”) and is a member of the P&E Panel for CDLA (2023/2024) where she organizes and moderates continuing legal education presentations.
Additionally, in Ms. Lorden’s spare time she enjoys traveling, gardening, snowboarding, and spending time with her husband and family.
Rodrigo Lugo
Rodrigo Lugo is an Associate in our Denver, Colorado, office, and they concentrate their practice on medical malpractice and personal injury litigation defense. They also represent clients in labor and employment matters, premises liability, intellectual property and trade secret disputes, contracts and business litigation, and consumer protection and fraud.
Earlier in their career, Rodrigo was a law clerk intern for the 20th Judicial District in Boulder and a legal intern at the Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center, the Colorado Supreme Court, and the business and licensing division of the Colorado Office of the Attorney General in Denver.
Rodrigo earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado, where they were the recipient of the Leadership in Law & Community Scholarship and the JJ Witt Memorial Scholarship, Order of the Coif. They also completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a Biomedical concentration at the University of Texas at El Paso. They are fluent in Spanish.
Rodrigo Lugo
Rodrigo Lugo is an Associate in our Denver, Colorado, office, and they concentrate their practice on medical malpractice and personal injury litigation defense. They also represent clients in labor and employment matters, premises liability, intellectual property and trade secret disputes, contracts and business litigation, and consumer protection and fraud.
Earlier in their career, Rodrigo was a law clerk intern for the 20th Judicial District in Boulder and a legal intern at the Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center, the Colorado Supreme Court, and the business and licensing division of the Colorado Office of the Attorney General in Denver.
Rodrigo earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado, where they were the recipient of the Leadership in Law & Community Scholarship and the JJ Witt Memorial Scholarship, Order of the Coif. They also completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a Biomedical concentration at the University of Texas at El Paso. They are fluent in Spanish.
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Chris Mammarella
Chris Mammarella, EnCE, is a Senior Forensic Analyst. He joined Vestige in 2022 when Vestige acquired Cyopsis in the Greater Denver area. Chris is now head of the Colorado office.
Chris has over 17 years of military and law enforcement experience. He is a proud veteran of the U.S. Army and previously worked in computer crimes for the State Attorney’s Office in the Sexual Predator Enforcement Unit in Florida. Having received training from the Secret Service and other government agencies, Mr. Mammarella put his training to work investigating digital crimes for various law enforcement agencies and task forces. He has testified in Federal, State, and Military Courts and trained other officers in digital evidence investigation. Chris has specialized expertise in cell phone and cellular tower forensics.
His is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children, Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force, Palm Beach County Sexual Predator Enforcement Unit, and Grid Cop.
Christina Marinakis
"Dr. Christina Marinakis, IMS Consulting & Expert Services Jury Consulting & Strategy Advisor, has over 20 years of experience in jury research, jury study, and applied practice in law and psychology. Clients have lauded Christina as an insightful, trusted advisor with great judgement who is the “best in the business” at jury selection and developing pithy trial themes.
Christina is inside of the courtroom nearly every week assisting counsel with voir dire and jury selection. In addition to analyzing jurors during this process, she has developed methods for maximizing cause dismissals of undesirable venire members while preserving favorable jurors, which has led to many successful trial outcomes for her clients.
Outside of the courtroom, Christina is particularly skilled at translating legal concepts into juror vernacular. She regularly assists counsel in developing and implementing trial themes throughout voir dire, opening statements, and witness testimony. She has analyzed thousands of mock jurors through focus groups, mock trials, shadow juries, and post-verdict interviews, and she uses these experiences to develop themes that will resonate with a jury.
Christina’s case experience includes product liability, transportation, antitrust litigation, class action, legal and medical malpractice, contract disputes, patents, securities, fraud, trade secrets, employment discrimination, wage and hour, toxic tort, and criminal work for both prosecutors and defendants. In 2021, she assisted the prosecution with jury selection in State of Minnesota v. Derek Chauvin, and in 2022, she advised the plaintiffs regarding jury selection and trial themes in Vanessa Bryant v. County of Los Angeles, among other successes.
With home bases in Los Angeles and Baltimore, Christina has assisted trial counsel with jury selection and daily trial monitoring in venues across the country. She has helped clients obtain defense verdicts in notoriously difficult jurisdictions such as New York, Baltimore, Miami, St. Louis, Oakland, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
Christina’s educational background includes a BS in bioscience psychology from The Pennsylvania State University, an MA in clinical psychology from Widener University, a JD from Delaware Law School, and a PsyD in clinical psychology from Widener University. She is a licensed attorney in the state of Pennsylvania and member of the American Society of Trial Consultants."