Tessa R. DeVault, Esq., is a civil litigator specializing in construction defects, mechanic's lien, contract drafting and disputes, and landlord/tenant law. Tessa graduated from Colorado Law, clerked for the Honorable Patrick T. Murphy, Chief Judge of the 17th Judicial District, and operates out of Johnson Law's Avon office where she calls the beautiful Vail Valley home. Johnson Law is a boutique Colorado law firm specializing in litigating construction defects. Tessa represents clients in all stages of a case, including pre-suit negotiations, drafting pleadings, taking and defending depositions, briefing, jury trials, arbitration, and appeals. She also works on the transactional side of contracts by drafting, revising and negotiating them as well as litigating contract disputes. Prior to litigation, Tessa worked as in-house counsel for a large Colorado subcontractor where she drafted and negotiated construction contracts. Tessa continues to revise and negotiate construction contracts and has developed a specialty in revising contracts within the roofing industry.
Practice Areas: Arbitration, Corporate , Litigation, Litigation
Zach Mugge is a partner at Antero Law, LLC in Denver, Colorado. Zach practices in the areas of commercial and civil litigation, with a particular focus on business, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and real estate disputes. In addition, he has developed a niche health care practice representing the interests of health care providers and medical lien companies who provide medical treatment on a lien basis to victims in personal injury matters.. Zach represents a wide array of clients ranging from large companies to individuals with disputes at every stage of litigation proceedings, including trials, arbitrations, appeals, administrative proceedings, and mediations. Zach has obtained favorable results for his clients, including procuring multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, obtaining injunctions, and finding alternative ways to bring disputes to successful resolutions. The Super Lawyers publication selected Zach as a "Rising Star" in the Colorado legal profession in its 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions.
Hello and thank you for taking a moment to view my Avvo profile. I am an attorney licensed in the State of Colorado and have experience in several areas of the law. My practice includes a wide variety of commercial litigation and business law. I have experience resolving client matters through settlement, mediation, administrative hearing, and jury trial. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or if you are seeking legal representation for yourself or your business; I'll gladly discuss with you your legal needs.
Tom Werge is an attorney, businessman, and musician. He built his practice to provide efficient, high quality legal services to small and medium-sized businesses, and individuals. He previously practiced at Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, where he represented clients in complex commercial litigation. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a former law clerk to The Honorable J.E. Beshouri of the District of Columbia Superior Court. He has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for each of the last three years.. Tom’s practice focuses on litigation, business law, and music law. He has represented clients in lawsuits involving business disputes, employment, civil rights, professional liability and malpractice, real estate, franchising, family law, personal injury defense, product liability, construction, bankruptcy, insurance, and other commercial matters. Tom has broad litigation experience, handling the full scope of the process, including pleadings, motions practice, discovery, experts, depositions, trial, and appeal. Tom also represents clients in arbitration, at mediation, and in administrative proceedings including defending professional grievances.. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Tom spent seven years working in business, information technology, and human resources, primarily at Level (3) Communications in Broomfield, Colorado. Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Colorado State University.. Tom is also an active musician. Since 1996, he has performed with his band, 12 Cents for Marvin. Over the last 20 years, the band has released five full-length albums, completed multiple tours, created a music video, and continues to perform throughout Colorado. The confluence of Tom’s musical and legal careers was featured in an article by Law Week Colorado.. Tom lives in central Denver, with his wife, Halie Crocker Werge, and their three children.
Markus is the founding Co-Chair of Perkins Coie's Supply Chain Compliance Practice, 2013 "Lawyer of the Year," 2014 “10 Best Attorneys for the State of Illinois," and 2015's "Colorado Top Litigator Finalist." Markus served as a decorated Chicago federal prosecutor, Section Chief with the U.S. State Department-Balkans, clerk with the federal court of appeals and district court, and law professor. During his time in public service, Markus and his team prosecuted "Operation Family Secrets," which National Public Radio lauded as "one of the most important criminal investigations . . . in American history" (the 1995 movie “Casino” was based on the charged criminal activities). At the time of his departure from the Department of Justice, the Chicago Sun-Times described Markus as a "street-smart prosecutor with an Oxford pedigree."Markus has successfully tried over 25 federal and state civil and criminal jury cases, briefed and argued dozens of federal appeals throughout the country, directed hundreds of investigations, and on a daily basis advises public and private entities and individuals on challenging ethics and compliance matters. In private practice since 2010, Markus focuses on internal investigations, complex commercial litigation both at the trial and appellate levels, white collar criminal defense, corporate social responsibility and supply chain compliance, and corporate counseling. By way of example, Markus was selected to serve as a World Bank Group advisor and monitor to an Africa-based company seeking reinstatement following debarment, and he in the past year has counseled clients and conducted internal investigations and reviews in virtually every corner of the globe.. Markus's cases and legal analysis have been featured by outlets such as The Atlantic, CNBC, CNN, The Economist, The History Channel, Investor's Business Daily, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, The National Law Journal, Bloomberg, National Geographic TV, New York Times, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal, and receives regular invitations from governments, institutions, and individuals, including the DOJ, the U.S. State Department, The World Bank, The Mayor of New York City, the American Bar Association, The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Georgetown University, and Harvard University to speak on legal issues and address lay and professional audiences.. Markus started his legal career as a law clerk to The Hon. Morris S. Arnold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry, and as a Lecturer in Law at Oxford University and as a Lecturer in Law at Oxford University.
Scott Neckers is an experienced trial attorney and civil litigator who concentrates his practice on the defense of professional liability, medical malpractice, and insurance claims in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Scott has extensive experienced defending physicians, dentists, attorneys, architects, insurance agents, real estate brokers, engineers and their businesses in malpractice, personal injury, and insurance litigation, as well as in front of State licensing boards.. In addition to malpractice defense, Scott defends product liability and general liability matters arising from premises liability, construction, and automotive claims involving property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death. Scott has served as lead counsel in the defense of hundreds of personal injury matters, and has extensive deposition, mediation, and trial experience. Scott has tried over a dozen jury trials in various jurisdictions throughout Colorado. He also has experience in commercial litigation, representing individuals, companies, and corporations in matters involving contractual disputes across a wide array of industries.. Prior to joining OMH in 2020, Scott spent 5 years at a boutique trial firm focusing on the defense of medical malpractice and professional liability claims. Scott started his legal carrer as an in-house trial attorney for a national insurance company, where he defended hundreds of individual and commercial policy holders in personal injury and contractual disputes in State and Federal Court throughout Colorado.. While in law school at the University of Denver, Scott served as the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Denver Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. He also was a national moot court champion at the Tulane University National Baseball Arbitration Competition in 2010 and national runner-up at the same competition in 2011.
I am a business litigation lawyer specializing in commercial litigation, including securities arbitration and litigation, SEC and Colorado Division of Securities litigation, FINRA arbitration, insurance and insurance bad faith litigation and real estate litigation. I also have extensive experience representing securities brokers, insurance agents and real estate apprisers in litigation and regulatory actions. I have tried and arbitrated dozens of cases to verdict, and have handled and argued numerous appellate actions, including arguments before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Colorado Court of AppealsSpecialties:Litigating and esolving business disputesFINRA and securities litigation and arbitration
Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Employment & Labor , Litigation, Litigation
Shannon has years of trial experience in state and federal courts, including jury and bench trials, arbitrations, and evidentiary and procedural hearings. Shannon litigates a wide variety of complex business disputes, construction disputes, fiduciary claims, employment issues, and landlord/tenant issues, with a specialization in construction. Shannon’s construction experience extends from contract negotiations assertion and defense of construction claims of owners, HOAs, general contractors, tradesman, and suppliers in public and private construction projects.. She has also represented individuals and companies in dealing with claims arising out of officer shareholder liability, piercing the corporate veil, and derivative actions. Some of Shannon’s notable case achievements include obtaining a non-dischargeable judgment of over a million dollars on a mechanic’s lien claim; proving violation of the Colorado Trust Fund; part of trial team obtaining total defense judgment on claims over $4,000,000 associated with piercing the corporate veil; jury verdict finding in favor of client on breach of fiduciary duty; and numerous grants of summary judgment resolving all claims in her clients’ favor.. Experienced and highly versatile, Shannon believes in educating her clients to assist them through the litigation process and help them make strategic, cost-efficient decisions.. Shannon is routinely invited to industry events and often lectures on construction issues including mechanic’s liens and bond claims, discovery issues, employment matters, ethical issues in the tripartite relationship, and collection issues, including overcoming hurdles in bankruptcy.
950 S. Cherry St., Suite 300 , Denver , Colorado 80246
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Slip and Fall, Car Accident, Defective Products, Insurance, Life Insurance, Litigation
If you ask Sean why he does personal injury work, this is the story he tells: "You know, I guess I’ve been picking fights with bullies since I was a kid. I was riding the bus home one day in middle school, and I saw another boy picking on someone about half his size. So, I stood up and told him what I thought of what he was doing. When we got off at our stop, he made it clear to me that we were going to have a fight about it. He was about a head taller than me. I don’t think I won, but I did get him to go away and leave us alone. That was a scary moment for me. But I’ve always been glad I spoke up.". About 20 years later, Sean is picking fights to help people who’ve been hurt due to the irresponsible acts of others. He’s accepted clients who were rejected by multiple other lawyers, brought their cases to trial, and won against long odds. He’s advised his clients to reject unjust settlement offers from some of the world’s largest and most powerful companies and forced those companies to pay far more than they said they would. In 2017, he helped a single mom who was permanently injured get justice from one of the largest grocery store chains in the country. The company offered only $250,000. Sean and his team obtained a jury verdict of $1.77 million. The case settled for $2.1 million after Sean and his team asked the court to add interest and costs and to increase the damages caps.. Sean’s willingness to fight means his clients often don’t have to. Sean and his team recently tried a case against a large insurance company and secured a judgment for hundreds of thousands of dollars – almost triple what the company offered to pay. That company now offers Sean’s other clients fairer settlements.. Sean and his team help people who have been injured in car, bike, vehicle vs. pedestrian, motorcycle, and truck accidents; people injured because of negligent property design, property cleaning, or property maintenance; people injured by dangerous products of all different categories; and people with a multitude of other types of personal injury claims.. Sean has also dedicated himself to helping improve the chances of personal injury victims throughout Colorado. He has accepted multiple invitations to speak about trial techniques at statewide meetings of the Colorado Trial Lawyers’ Association and other groups. He has testified in favor of fairer personal injury laws at the Colorado State Legislature. He loves working with other personal injury lawyers to help their clients achieve full justice, whether it’s talking through complex issues over the phone, sharing data about defense “expert” witnesses, or joining trial teams on tough cases as co-counsel.. But our job isn’t just about the results – our clients have often lost so much more than just the cost of their medical bills or the wages they couldn’t earn because they were hurt. Everyone at Dormer Harpring strives to live a balanced, full life because that’s what allows us to empathize with what our clients are going through. For Sean, the most important things in life are family, the mountains, and music. Sean was born and raised here in Colorado. He cherishes spending time with his wife and their dog and two cats. He loves to do just about anything in the mountains, from rock climbing, mountain biking, and skiing, to fly fishing, hiking, backpacking, and camping. He enjoys riding and working on his motorcycle. He likes to play his guitar and sing, but mostly just to himself.. If you’d like to see about having Sean help with your personal injury case, please give us a call at.
Attorney focused in the area of insurance litigation. Extensive experience zealously representing clients during all stages of litigation, from initial filing through trial.
Zane Gilmer represents companies and individuals from a variety of industries facing diverse legal challenges. His practice focuses on business litigation and regulatory compliance. He regularly represents clients in state and federal courts and arbitration forums across the country. He represents clients ranging from small regional businesses and individuals to large Fortune 100 companies. Zane is also a regular author and speaker on emerging litigation and compliance trends.. Business and Commercial Litigation Experience. Financial Services Litigation Experience. White Collar, Compliance, and Investigations Experience. Other Experience. Zane has authored numerous articles for publications such as American Bankers Association’s Bank Compliance magazine, Inside Counsel, Bloomberg BNA, Law 360, and Law Week Colorado.. Zane has also been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with a peer review rating of AV Preeminent, the highest possible rating.
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