Practice areas: Personal Injury, General Litigation; view more
Licensed in Colorado since: 2003
Education: Syracuse University College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2026 Call today:
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Details
Michael P. Kane is a Colorado severe injury trial lawyer and founder of Kane Trial Law, PLLC. He focuses his practice on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. He is a former Deputy District Attorney in Arapahoe and Douglas Counties and a US Marine veteran. Mr. Kane has obtained multiple seven-figure jury verdicts and settlements and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, General LitigationFocus areas
Brain Injury, Litigation, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 90% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% General Litigation
First Admitted: 2003, Colorado
Professional Webpage: https://www.kanetrial.com/michael-kane
Bar / Professional Activity
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2026
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2025
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2024
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2023
- CTLA Legislative Affairs committee, 2023
- CTLA Executive Committee, 2023
- CTLA Executive Committee, 2022
- CTLA Legislative Affairs Committee, 2021
- Colorado Bar Association's Military and Veteran Affairs Section, Board Member, 2020
- Invited speaker at CTLA Trucking Litigation Seminar, 2019
- Spoke at Colorado State Legislature on behalf of proposed legislation, 2019
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association legislative affairs committee
- American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $426,000 judgment in severe personal injury case, 2025
- $1,250,000 wrongful death settlement, 2025
- High-seven figure settlement in catastrophic premises liability case, 2023
- $771,000 jury verdict in premises liability case, 2023
- $3,650,000 settlement in catastrophic burn injury case, 2023
- 8-figure confidential settlement in wrongful death trucking case in Weld County, 2022
- $3,000,000 settlement in contested liability truck crash, 2022
- $7,500,000 settlement in catastrophic truck crash, 2022
- $2,700,000 jury verdict in Douglas County District Court on behalf of client seriously injured in motor vehicle collision, 2021
- $2,450,000 jury verdict in Denver District Court against private ambulance company, 2020
- $2,500,000 motor vehicle accident settlement on behalf of seriously injured young woman, 2020
- $1,200,000 settlement in contested trucking case, 2020
- $5,000,000 settlement on behalf of victim of sexual abuse, 2019
- $8,000,000 settlement in contested liability trucking case on behalf of catastrophically injured client, 2018
- $6,012,000 jury verdict in Denver District Court against commercial bus company, 2016
- $782,000 jury verdict in US District Court against Knight Transportation, 2014
- $413,000 jury verdict in Denver District Court against drunk driver, 2014
Pro bono / Community Service
- Douglas County Veterans Monument Foundation, 2025
- Colorado Bar Association Military and Veteran Affairs Section, 2023
- Sponsor and volunteer for Colorado Veterans Project's 5k Veteran Day Race, 2018
- American Society of Legal Advocates
Educational Background
- Arizona State University, B.A., cum laude
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Spoke on a panel about conducting jury trials during the Covid pandemic, Invited Speaker, CTLA Blockbuster Convention, 2021
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Invited Speaker, Trucking Litigation Seminar, 2020
- Co-chaired presentation on litigating personal injury cases under Ferrer, Invited Speaker, CTLA Blockbuster Convention, 2020
Honors
- Plaintiff Personal Injury, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2024
- Best Lawyers - Colorado Personal Injury, Best Lawyers, 2025
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2023
- Super Lawyer - Personal Injury Colorado, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2022
- Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Best Lawyers in America, 2021 - 2022
- Best Lawyers - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Best Lawyers in America, 2021
- Best Lawyers - Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Best Lawyers in America, 2021
- Super Lawyer - Personal Injury, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2021
- Super Lawyer - Personal Injury, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2020
- One of the Top Injury Litigators in Colorado, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys
- Awarded "Top 40 Under 40" three consecutive years 2015 - 2017, Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
Selections
7 Years Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2026
