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| | Address | | 1400 16th Street, Suite 450 | | Denver, Colorado 80202 | | (Denver Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 303-893-9800 | Fax: 303-893-9900
URL: http://www.coloradolaw.net | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.bachusschanker.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Bachus & Schanker, LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Personal Injury, Semi-truck and other Commercial Trucking Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Premises Liability, Insurance Bad Faith, Medical Malpractice, Airline Crash Litigation, Railroad Accidents and Injuries, Insurance, Professional Malpractice, Workers Compensation Injuries. | | Year Established: 1996 | Firm Profile:
The attorneys at Bachus & Schanker, LLC only represent injury victims and their families and we fight every day to level the playing field for our clients. At Bachus & Schanker, LLC, we provide innovative and aggressive legal representation for the victims of motor vehicle collisions, semi-truck and other commercial trucking accidents, drunk driving victims, product liability, workers compensation, insurance disputes, insurance bad faith, wrongful death, medical malpractice, premises liability, and general negligence. Our team of nine trial lawyers and staff of more than 30 employees utilizes state of the art technologies and infrastructure for case and trial preparation and with offices in Denver, Colorado Springs and Ft. Collins, Colorado, Bachus & Schanker handles cases throughout Colorado and the United States. Bachus & Schanker, LLC is listed in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and carries the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell. | | Firm Size: 9 | Rate Information:
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| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | J. Kyle Bachus (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, October 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Florida; 1993, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1994, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Publications/Seminars: "Everyday Practical Advice and Forms for the Personal Injury Litigator", CTLA Convention, 2008; "Subrogation Made Easy", Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2008; "Advanced Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Law," National Business Institute CLE, 2008; "Rights of the Injured Seminar," Colorado Free University, 2008; "Subrogation 07: The Essential Update Program," CTLA CLE, 2007; "Success Depends on Case Evaluation," CTLA Convention, Summer 2007; "Staying Lean and Mean and Successful," CTLA CLE, Winter 2006; "Subrogation," CTLA CLE, 2006; "Legal Staff Program", CTLA Convention, Summer 2006; "Subrogation and Reimbursement," Colorado Auto Litigator's Handbook, 2005; "Personal Injury Legal Staff Program," CTLA, 2005; "Legal Staff Program," CTLA Convention, Summer 2005; "Subrogation and Diagnostics," CTLA CLE, 2005; "The Experienced Practitioner's Guide to Achieving Favorable Personal Injury Settlements in Colorado," National Business Institute, 2005; "Subrogation Update," CTLA CLE, 2004; "Subrogation Update," Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2004; "Subrogation Update," Colorado Women's Bar Association CLE, 2004; "Advanced Personal Injury Practice in Colorado," National Business Institute, 2004; "Colorado Auto Litigation - What's Next?," CTLA, 2003; "Spotting the Bad Case and Making it Good," CTLA Blockbuster Seminar, 2002; "Colorado Auto Litigation after PIP & HB 1188," Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2003; "Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Colorado," National Business Institute, 2003; "Advanced Personal Injury Practice in Colorado," National Business Institute, 2003; "Using Accident Reconstruction and Biomechanical Experts after Schultz," Colorado Bar Association CLE, 2001; "How to Hammer Allstate," CTLA CLE, 2000. Listed: Colorado's 5280 Magazine's Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008; Lawdragon 500 Top Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America, 2007; Top 500 Lawyers All Categories Finalist, 2008. Member: Colorado Bar Association; Denver Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Florida Justice Association; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 1999—; Co-Chair, Auto Litigators Committee, 2005—; Member, Auto Litigators Committee, 2003-2004; Member, Medical Malpractice Committee, 2003-2006; Chair, Lawyers at the Polls Committee, 2003-2005; Member, Insurance Bad Faith Committee, 2003-2004; Member, Product Liability Committee, 2003-2004; Member, Public Relations Committee, 2003-2004; Chair, Seminar Committee, 2001-2002; Colorado Trial Lawyer Outstanding Trial Lawyer, 2001; Chair, Colorado Law Update Seminar, 2001; Co-Chair, Eagle Committee, 2000-2004; Co-Chair, New Lawyers Committee, 1998-2001); American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) (Board of Governors, 2004—; Member, Leaders Forum; Member, Medical Malpractice Section; Member, Nursing Home Litigation Section; Member, Insurance Bad Faith Section); Litigation Counsel of America (Charter Fellow); Public Justice Foundation; National Crime Victim Bar Association; Injury Board; The Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America; Trial Lawyers Care, Inc.; Academy of Trial Advocacy. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Truck Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Bad Faith; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Catastrophic Truck/Automobile/Motorcycle Accidents; Uninsured Motorists Claims; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect. Email: J. Kyle Bachus | | Darin L. Schanker (Member) born Denver, Colorado, May 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Wheaton College (B.S., Political Science, 1990); University of Denver (J.D., 1993). Order of St. Ives. Listed: 5280 Magazine's Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008; University of Denver Law Review, Member. Publications/Seminars: "State of the Association," CTLA Blockbuster Seminar, January 2008; "Inauguration Address," CTLA Summer Convention, August 2007; "A Word from the President," Trial Talk Magazine, monthly column, 2007—; "Personal Injury Firm from A to Z," National Business Institute, December 2007; "Insurance Law from A to Z," National Business Institute, Summer 2007; "Staying Lean, Mean and Successful," CTLA Blockbuster Seminar, Winter 2006; "Presenting Damages in a Personal Injury Case," CTLA Summer Conference, 2006; "Catastrophic Losses - What is Covered?" National Business Institute Insurance Coverage Trends Seminar, May 2006; "Presenting Non-Economic Damages at Trial," CTLA Summer Conference, 2006; "Drafting and Presenting Jury Instructions at Trial," Colorado Judicial Seminar, Spring 2005; "Winning Strategies for Proving Damages in the Colorado Personal Injury Case," National Business Institute CLE 2005; "Admissibility of Evidence and Expert Testimony in Colorado," National Business Institute 2004; "Premises Liability: Preparation and Trial of a Difficult Case in Colorado," National Business Institute CLE 2004; "Economically Feasible Ways to Try Your Case," CTLA Blockbuster 2004; "Admissibility of Evidence and Expert Testimony in Colorado," National Business Institute 2003; "Trial Successes and Failures," CTLA CLE 2002; "Using Focus Groups: Mock Trial Presentation," CTLA CLE 2002; "Using Accident Reconstruction and Biomechanical Experts after Schultz," Colorado Bar; Association CLE 2001; "Case Review Adian vs. Pedraza," CTLA Blockbuster Seminar 2001. Member: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 2003-2004; Secretary, 2004-2005; Vice President, 2005-2006; President-Elect, 2006-2007; President, 2007-2008; Past President, 2008-2009; Outstanding Trial Lawyer, 2003; Section Editor, Trial Talk Magazine; Executive Committee Member, 2003—; Co-Chair: Membership Committee, 2005—; Eagle Committee, 2002-2004; Public Relations Committee, 2005—; Lobby Council, 2005—); American Association of Justice (Member: Products Liability Section; Motor Liability Section; Interstate Trucking Litigation Section; State Delegate, 2006—; Leaders Forum); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys; Board of Directors, Colorado Citizens for Accountability, 2005—; Colorado Bar Fellow; Academy of Trial Advocacy; Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (AITLA); National Advisory Board; Injury Board; Public Justice Foundation; The National Crime Victims Bar Association; Trial Lawyers Care, Inc.; Litigation Counsel of America (Charter Fellow). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Truck Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Products Liability; Motorcycle Accidents; Uninsured Motorists Claims; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect. Email: Darin L. Schanker | | ASSOCIATES | | Marc Philip Harden (Associate) born Landstuhl, Germany, September 19, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Colorado. Education: Colorado State University (B.A., Marketing, 2001); University of Denver (J.D., 2005). Scholastic Excellence Award, Constitutional Law. Senior Staff Editor, University of Denver Law Review. Editor, Preventive Law Reporter, Comments & Annotation. Student Law Office, Order of St. Ives. Trial Advocate, Student Law Office. Member: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Truck Accidents; Uninsured Motorists Claims; Workers Compensation; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Medical Malpractice. Email: Marc Philip Harden | | Shari R. L. Willis (Associate) born Salina, Kansas, December 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2006 Colorado. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., Psychology, 1993); Washburn University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1996). Delta Theta Phi. Co-Author, "Freedom of Speech and the Confederate Flag Square off in Derby School Case," KADC Legal Letter, 1998. Member: Kansas and Colorado Bar Associations; Kansas and Colorado Trial Lawyers Associations; American Association for Justice; Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys (Disciplinary Panel Member, 2004). Reported Cases: Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Hill, 24 Kan. App. 2d 943, 955 P.2d 1333 (1998); Luther v. Danner, 268 Kan. 343, 995, P.2d 865 (2000); DiPietro v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 28 Kan. App. 2d 372, 19 P.3d 986 (2000); Wheeler v. Rolly Door Co., 33 Kan. App. 2d 787, 109 P.3d 1255 (2005). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Truck Accidents; Uninsured Motorists Claims; Workers Compensation; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect. Email: Shari R. L. Willis | | Angela E. McGraw (Associate) born Luverne, Minnesota, February 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Wisconsin; 2007, Colorado. Education: University of Wisconsin at La Crosse (B.S., Political Science, 1997); Marquette University (J.D., 2000). Member: Denver, Colorado and American Bar Associations; Wisconsin Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers; Women Trial Lawyers Association of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Insurance Disputes; Animal Attacks; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Premises Liability; Products Liability. Email: Angela E. McGraw | | Adrian A. Sak (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, February 20, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Colorado. Education: Marquette University (B.A., Economics, 2004); University of Denver (J.D., 2007). Recipient, "Best Orator" award Peter H. Holme, Jr. Barrister's Cup Appellate Advocacy Competition, Denver. Denver, Colorado, and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Insurance Bad Faith; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Class Actions; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Truck Accidents; Uninsured Motorists Claims; Workers Compensation; Premises Liability; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Medical Malpractice. Email: Adrian A. Sak | | James Olsen (Associate) born Boulder, Colorado, May 9, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Colorado; 2007, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Emory University (B.A., Sociology and Political Science, 2002); University of Denver (J.D., 2005). Rothgerber, Johnson, Lyons Negotiations Competition; Recipient, Top Advocate Award, EU/British Law Program. Member: The Colorado Bar Association; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Third Party Claims; Workers Compensation Subrogation. Email: James Olsen | | OF COUNSEL | | Mac Hester (Of Counsel) born Abbeville, South Carolina, November 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, South Carolina; 1989, Colorado; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Clemson University (B.S., Economics, 1982); University of South Carolina at Columbia (J.D., 1986). Co-Editor, Trial Talk Magazine, Auto Litigation Section, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Author: Chapter 1: Overview of Auto Litigation, CTLA Auto Litigators Handbook, 2006; "Model Disclosure of Expert Testimony: Great, Rather Than 'Good Enough' Disclosure Drives Settlements and Verdicts," Trial Talk Magazine, October/November 2005; "Premises Liability," Fall Torts Update, Colorado Bar Association, 2005; "Zen and the Art of Litigation," Trial Talk, October/November 2005; "There is No Such Thing as a Sudden Emergency Defense," Trial Talk; "Simple and Affordable Demonstrative Evidence," Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2000; "Insurance Claim File Myths Busted (Again) by the Colorado Supreme Court," Trial Talk; Adjunct Instructor in Law, Colorado State University, 1993-1997. Commission on Judicial Performance for District 8. Member: Colorado and South Carolina Bar Associations; American Bar Association; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association(Board of Directors); Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Brain Injury; Spinal Injury; Personal Injury; Insurance Bad Faith; Automobile Collisions. Email: Mac Hester | | Stephen A. Justino (Of Counsel) born Newark, New York, January 27, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, New York and Connecticut; 1992, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Kent State University (B.A., Political Science, 1981); Syracuse University (J.D., 1985). Member, National Collegiate Honors Society, Kent State University, 1977-1981. Publications/Seminars: Colorado Trial Lawyers Subrogation Seminar, 2005-2008. Member: Denver, Colorado and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. [Capt., U.S. Army, JAGC, 1986-1992]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Bad Faith; Federal Tort Claims; Military Medical Malpractice; Automobile Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Truck Accidents; Uninsured Motorists Claims; Workers Compensation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect. Email: Stephen A. Justino | | Mac Hestor (Of Counsel) born Abbeville, South Carolina, November 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, South Carolina; 1989, Colorado, 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Clemson University (B.S., Economics, 1982); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1986). Co-Editor, Trial Talk Magazine, Auto Litigation Section, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; Author: Chapter 1: Overview of Auto Litigation, CTLA Auto Litigators Handbook, 2006; "Model Disclosure of Expert Testimony: Great, Rather Than "Good Enough' Disclosure Drives Settlements and Verdicts," Trial Talk Magazine, October/November 2005; "Premises Liability," Fall Torts Update, Colorado Bar Association, 2005; "Zen and the Art of Litigation," Trial Talk, October/November 2005; "There is No Such Thing as a Sudden Emergency Defense," Trial Talk; "Simple and Affordable Demonstrative Evidence," Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2000; "Insurance Claim File Myths Busted (Again) by the Colorado Supreme Court," Trial Talk. Adjunct Instructor in Law: Colorado State University, 1993-1997; Commission on Judicial Performance for District 8. Member: The Colorado, South Carolina and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Truck Accidents; Uninsured Motorists Claims; Workers Compensation; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Medical Malpractice; Animal Attacks; All Terrain Vehicle Products Liability; Automotive Products Liability. Email: Mac Hestor |
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