W. Harvey Skees

Attorney W. Harvey Skees ("Harvey") is the owner of Mile High Defense in Centennial, CO serving Clients throughout the State of Colorado. He is a seven time peer nominated "Super Lawyer" and two time peer nominated "Super Lawyers - Rising Stars" and has more than 27+ years of experience having handled more than 4000 criminal defense and family law litigation matters and has made 15,000+ court appearances in Federal and State and Municipal Courts and is licensed to practice law in the states of Colorado, Minnesota, and North Dakota.

Harvey is well known for his aggressive and compassionate approach and is well respected in the legal community for his progressive approach to handling litigation matters that puts a focus on the Client's needs and a "best result possible" mentality as evidenced by his peer recognitions across numerous jurisdictions. 

Representative matters

• Sexual assault defense – Obtained not guilty verdict on felony charges with potential for life in prison based on allegations of ongoing sexual assault 

• Wrongful death and product liability litigation – Obtained a seven-figure settlement from events leading to the death of two young women and injury to several others after a driver using a diet medication caused a crash at speeds of 80MPH

• Parenting time for mother – Secured an additional 150 days of parenting time for mother who was not represented by counsel for the original parenting plan agreement

• Insurance coverage defense – Defended client named in consumer product defect claim from $6 million liability through insurance coverage arbitration action

• Traffic accident defense – Obtained not guilty verdict on felony and misdemeanor driving charges for a client accused of crossing the centerline into oncoming traffic and causing a head-on collision

• DUI defense – Obtained not guilty verdict for client charged with  DUI and probation violation. A six-person jury, including a sitting U.S. Senator, concluded police did not follow proper testing procedures, rendering breath test results invalid, and the field sobriety test did not support a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt