Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Denver, CO

From his Denver, Colorado, office, Michael Keating, of the legal firm Keating Wagner Polidori Free, P.C., represents clients throughout the state of Colorado. His practice is focused on civil litigation in both federal and state courts, representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases. The types of cases he handles include premises liability, motorcycle accidents, product liability, wrongful death and motor vehicle accidents.

After earning his Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Indiana University Bloomington, Mr. Keating completed his Juris Doctor at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law, graduating in 2001. He then spent the next few years as a deputy district attorney for Adams County before joining his current firm in 2004. Since that time, Mr. Keating has won several significant cases, including the largest personal injury verdict in the history of Arapahoe County, the largest verdict awarded in a product liability case in a Colorado federal district court and, with Bill Keating, the largest personal injury verdict in the history of Colorado.

Mr. Keating was admitted to practice in Colorado in 2001 and was admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 2004. He is a member of the Denver Bar Association, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, the Thompson G. Marsh American Inn of Court and the Colorado Supreme Court Jury System Standing Committee. He served as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver from 2003 until 2006, and he has been a presenter at various seminars and conferences. Mr. Keating has received several honors over the course of his legal career, including the New Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and, with Deirdre Ostrowski, he was named the 2014 Barrister's Best Litigator by Law Week Colorado.