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Michael is a Colorado native born in Fort Collins to a career military officer. After studying trumpet at the Lamont School of Music, he plunged into law school. He is a civil litigation specialist with considerable experience in construction industry disputes, business and commercial litigation, employment disputes, general liability, and insurance matters. He has assisted clients with matters such as construction defect disputes, construction contract disputes, trade secret protection, employee discipline and investigation, civil rights, insurance coverage, and premises liability.
Outside the office (which sometimes includes the roofs or foundations of various buildings around Colorado), Michael enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife and amazing son. He also terrorizes the neighbors’ dogs with his trumpet, secretly enjoys “So You Think You Can Dance,” hacks fearlessly at golf balls, actually watches baseball on TV, runs and flogs himself in the gym, and is learning to communicate nicely with others after years spent as a pretentious wine snob.
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
- Colorado Bar Association, Member Construction and Employment Law Sections
- Denver Bar Association, Member and former Chair of the Young Lawyers Division
- Colordo Defense Lawyers Association, Member
Reported Cases
- Rivera v. Cormaney, 248 Fed.Appx. 37, 41, 2007 WL 2575517 (10th Cir. 2007)
- Coleman v. City and County of Broomfield, 2007 WL 324561 (D.Colo. 2007)
- Fischer v. Adams County School Dist. No. 12, 2006 WL 2067957 (D.Colo. 2006)
Practice Areas
- Construction Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law
- Insurance and Insurance Defense
- Appellate Proceedings
Education
- University of Denver College of Law, J.D., 1999
- University of Denver, Lamont School of Music, BA in Music, 1995
Admissions
- Colorado
- United States District Court for the Distict of Colorado
- United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court