Practice areas: Appellate
Licensed in Colorado since: 1984
Education: University of California Berkeley School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2007, 2009 - 2010, 2015 - 2018, 2022 Springer & Steinberg, P.C.
1400 South Colorado Blvd.Suite 500
Denver, CO 80222 Phone: 303-861-2800 Email: Michael P. Zwiebel Visit website
Michael P. Zwiebel has practiced law since 1984 and specializes in appellate litigation. He has briefed and argued dozens of cases involving issues in criminal, civil and domestic law before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Court of Appeals.
Mr. Zwiebel graduated with honors from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984. After clerking for Justice Jean Dubofsky of the Colorado Supreme Court in 1984-85, he practiced as a trial attorney until 2000, when he began specializing in appellate law. In addition to his appellate experience, Mr. Zwiebel has tried over 100 jury trials, and thus brings a deep knowledge of trial practice to his appellate practice.
Mr. Zwiebel has been named an AV Preeminent* attorney, a designation that results from peer review by judges and attorneys, and which recognizes the outstanding practice of law and high ethical standards of an attorney.
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
First Admitted: 1984, Colorado
Bar / Professional Activity
- Colorado, 1984
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2003
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2015
Representative Clients
- Krutsinger v. People, 219 P.3d 1054, Colo., 2009
- U.S. v. Santistevan, 701 F.3d 1289 (10th Cir. 2012)
- In re M.W., 292 P.3d 1158 (Colo. App. 2012)
- People v. Guatney, rev'd 214 P.3d 1049, Colo., 2009
- Lederman v. Frontier Fire Protection, 685 F.3d 1151 (10th Cir. 2012)
- People v. Jiminez, 863 P.2d 9981, Colo., 1993
- In re Marriage of Chalat, 112 P.3d 47, Colo., 2004
- Bovard v. People, 99 P.3d 585, Colo. 2004
- Aloi v. Union Pacific Railroad, 129 P.3d 999, Colo., 2006
- United States v. Finn, 375 F.3d 1033, 10th Cir., 2004
- People v. Guatney, 183 P.3d 620, Colo.App., 2007
- In re Marriage of Slowinski, 199 P.3d 48, Colo. App., 2008
- People v. Maestas, 199 P.3d 713, Colo., 2009
- Accident & Injury Med. Spec. v. Mintz, 279 P.3d 658 (Colo. 2012)
- Schneider v. Caterpillar, Inc., 301 Fed. Appx. 755, 10th Cir., 2008
- Klen v. City of Loveland, 661 F.3d 498, 10th Cir., 2011
- People v. Pollard, 307 P.3d 1124 (Colo. App. 2013)
Educational Background
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, J.D., with honors, 1984
- Colorado State University, M.A. in English, 1981
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A., 1974
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Accepted as expert witness in criminal defense in Adams, Routt, and Denver County District Courts.
Honors
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell®**
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 through 2017, in the field of Appellate Practice; 2014 through 2017 in the field of White Collar Criminal Defense; and 2016 through 2017 in the field of Non-Whie Collar Criminal Defense.*
- Boalt Hall Law School American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law, 1995
- Colorado State Public Defender Attorney of the Year Order of the Coif, 1995
Office location for Michael P. Zwiebel
1400 South Colorado Blvd.
Suite 500
Denver, CO 80222
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2007, 2009 - 2010, 2015 - 2018, 2022