Denver, CO
Personal injury Lawyer at Denver, CO
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Insurance
OUTCOME: Appeal in favor of my client Visible Voices
Appeal from the ICAO wherein a sole proprietor who owns a court reporting business was wrongfully assessed unemployment taxes because she maintained a list of independent contractors that occasionally ... performed jobs that she was unable to do herself. The Court of Appeals reversed the ICAO's decision imposing said taxes.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict in client's favor
I represented an insured against his insurance company for its unreasonable investigation of his claim for property theft and damage, and unreasonable denial of this same claim. The case was originall ... y brought pro se by the client in the small claims court, but was removed by the insurance company to district court through a declaratory judgment action. Thereafter, I filed an amended complaint, and a motion for limited discovery, all of which was granted. A four day jury trial was held in February 2011. On the last day, the jury came back with a verdict in favor of the insured on both the breach of contract claim and bad faith breach of insurance contract claim
OUTCOME: Client prevailed against debt collection company
Liz Starrs and I successfully reversed the decision of the Jefferson County Court denying our client’s counterclaims against a collection company for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices A ... ct, and for costs and fees related to the collection company’s untimely dismissal of its claims against our client. On remand, the County Court awarded damages, including attorney’s fees and costs, for the company’s violations, and untimely dismissal.
OUTCOME: Client prevailed
I represented Ms. Ortiz-Berrum in this appeal from a small claims case where she won a claim for wages against her former employer Absolute. The District Court denied Absolute’s appeal from judgment ... , and affirmed the small claims court decision in Ms. Ortiz-Berrum’s favor.