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Carolyn J Fairless
About Carolyn
Biography
Carolyn has practiced extensively in the federal and state courts in Colorado, and has also been admitted pro hac vice in several other states. Her practice areas include professional liability, product liability, intellectual property, and commercial litigation.
In recent years, Carolyn has:
- Obtained complete summary judgment and an award of attorney's fees against the plaintiff and the plaintiff's attorneys in a legal malpractice case where the plaintiff sought $7 million in damages.
- Obtained complete summary judgment and an award of attorney's fees in a legal malpractice case where the plaintiff claimed $4 million in damages.
- Successfully obtained a Rule 12 dismissal on behalf of five attorneys sued for extreme and outrageous conduct, civil conspiracy, defamation, and abuse of process.
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Licensed in Colorado for 27 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 1998
No misconduct found
Licensed in Illinois
State: Illinois
No misconduct found
Location
WHEELER TRIGG O'DONNELL LLP
370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 4500, Denver, CO, 80202-5647
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Experience
Honors
2015
Commercial Litigation - Colorado, Chambers USA
2015
Commercial Litigation, Best Lawyers
2015
Legal Malpractice Defense Law, Best Lawyers
2015
Professional Malpractice Defense Law, Best Lawyers
2015
Top 250 Women in Litigation, Benchmark Litigation
2010
Professional Liability: Defense Colorado Super Lawyers, Colorado Super Lawyers
2010
Top Women Lawyers, Law Week Colorado
2009
Rising Stars - Professional Liability: Defense, Colorado Super Lawyers
2007
The Legal 500 United States, The Legal 500 United States
2007
Business Litigation, Colorado Corporate Counsel Black Book
N/A
AV rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Associations
American Bar Association
Member
Colorado Bar Association
Member
Defense Research Institute, Professional Liability Committee
Member
Education
1998
University of Colorado School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1992
Tulane University
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2014
Understanding Your Professional Malpractice Insurance Policy
Policy Exclusions, Conditions, Endorsements, and Coverage Gaps
2014
CLE International's The Ethics
Legal Malpractice: Preventing Claims and Grievances
2014
Association of Corporate Counsel's Eighth Annual Ethics Day For In-House Counse
Lessons Learned: Protecting In-House Counsel From Malpractice Claims
2010
Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Preventing Legal Malpractice, Potential Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
2009
CLE Seminar
Deposition Strategy 101
2003
Colorado Bar Association CLE
Preventing Legal Malpractice
Publications
2005
The Practical Litigator
Interviews With Former Employees: Strategies and Pitfalls
2002
Mealey's Product Liability & Risk Report
Non-Liability to Non-Participants: A Manufacturer's Duty Should End at the Playing Field, and Not Extend to Criminal Acts
Languages
English