Top Rated Workers' Compensation Attorney in Englewood, CO

Honors/Awards:

• Selected to Best Lawyers® in America, 2018 - 2020, Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2020
• AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2019
• Top Lawyer, 5280 Magazine, Top Lawyer , 5280 Magazine , 2016
• Up-and-Coming Lawyers, Law Week Colorado, 2010, Up and Coming Lawyers, Law Week Colorado, 2010
• Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2011
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Colorado, The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 National Trial Lawyers , National Trial Lawyers
• Selected to Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2012 - 2019, Colorado Super Lawyer - Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2019
• Top 40 Litigation Lawyers Under 40 in the state of Colorado, Top 40 Under 40, The American Society of Legal Advocates
• Named '10 Best' in Colorado, the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2015, Named '10 Best' in Colorado, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2015
• Arapahoe County Bar Association Fellow, Arapahoe County Bar Association Fellow, Arapahoe County Bar Association Fellow
• Claimant Attorney of The Year, Professionals In Workers' Compensation, 2016

Bar/Professional Activity:

• The National Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2011 - 2019, 2019
• American Association for Justice, Member, 2008 - present, 2019
• Colorado Bar Association, Member, 2008- present , 2019
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2008 - present , 2019
• American Bar Association, Member, 2008 -present , 2019
• Denver Bar Association, Member, 2008 - present, 2019
• Workers' Compensation Education Association, Board Member, 2014
• Colorado Judicial Institute, Member, Co-Chair Young Professionals Division, 2010, 2010
•  Workers' Compensation Education Association, Member, 2010, 2010
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2008
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2008
• Admitted to Colorado Bar, 2007
• Our Courts Colorado, Member, New Media Committee
• The American Society of Legal Advocates, Member
• Minoru Yasui Inn of Court
• Society for American Baseball Research – SABR

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Young Leadership Council Member, American Israel Public Affairs Committee
• Board Member, Friends of Denver Fire Department, 2011
• Craig Hospital 1907 Ambassador Circle, Member of the Steering Committee and Member of the Oversight Subcommittee
• Denver Softball League Champion, 2010 - 2011
• ZRBG Pension Project – Designed to Ascertain Pension Benefits for Holocaust Survivors
• Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Young Professionals Division and Ex-Officio Board Member. Colorado Judicial Institute, an organization whose goal is to preserve and enhance the independence and excellence of Colorado courts. 
• Director at Large - The Jeremy Bitner Fallen Officer Memorial Fund - involves a charity event to help support the family of Officer Jeremy Bitner, who was killed in 2012 in the line of duty.  The fund will be an annual event to help support the families of other officers who were killed in the line of duty or who have passed away., 2012
• Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado - Associates Advisory Board
• Burmese Refugee Legal Clinic.  A free legal clinic offered to Burmese Refugees in order to educate them on the legal system and their rights., 2010
• Our Courts Colorado - Executive Committee member and New media strategy committee member - a nationally recognized organization that provides educational programs throughout the state to further public knowledge and understanding of the state and federal courts in Colorado, 2011
• Appointed by Director of the State of Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Division of Workers'Compensation to the Traumatic Brain Injury Medical Treatment Guidelines Advisory Panel, 2012, 2012

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Gave a lecture to world's largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers regarding workers' compensation and civil law claims., Lecturer, Fraternal Order Of Police, 2012
• Gave a Lecture to Boulder police officers regarding workers' compensation and civil law claims, Lecturer, Boulder Police Officers' Association
• Gave lecture on workers' compensation and civil claims, Guest Speaker, International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers Local 111
• Frequently Lecturer, Workers' Compensation as well as provides Legislative Advice to First Responder and Labor organizations

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Global Settlement of $300,000+ involving permanent and total disability
• Global settlement of $500,000 involving a Claimant suffering from Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome.
• Global settlement of $500,000+ for Claimant with hernia and shoulder injuries, 2012
• 07CA0071 Safeway, Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado and Tearsa Sloan (Colo. App. 2008). Successfully argued at the Colorado Court of Appeals resulting in a published decision which gave Claimants the right to seek retroactive benefits in workers’ compensation claims.
• Received confidential settlement related to the death of an electrician at Coors Brewing Company.  The individual was found dead in front of a live electrical panel within the brewery., 2012

Representative Clients:

• Colorado Carpenters Local 1068
• The Fraternal Order of Police
• Association of Colorado State Patrol Professionals
• Local 1886 International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
• Local 858 Denver Fire Fighters
• Local 7 United Food and Commercial Workers Union
• Denver Sheriffs Fraternal Order of Police
• Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers, International
• Colorado Teamsters Local 17
• Denver Police Protection Association
• Cherry Hills Colorado Police Association
• Local 7 International Association of Stage Hands
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 111
• Local 435 Teamsters
• Denver Theatrical Stage, Film and Exhibition Employees' Union
• Local 9 International Union of Operating Engineers
• Aurora Police Association
• Boulder Police Officers Association

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Appointed by Director of the State of Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Division of Workers'Compensation to the Traumatic Brain Injury Medical Treatment Guidlines Advisory Panel, 2012
• Named as an Ex-Officio board member of the Colorado Judicial Institute., 2012

Newsletters:

• Article in the CJI Newsletter updating the membership on a special Our Courts Colorado project involving the production of educational videos on the judiciary.  I am one of the leaders of this project., Our Courts Launches YouTube Videos, Colorado Judicial Institute

Educational Background:

• University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, J.D., 2007
• University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, B.A. in International Affairs with an area of emphasis in Mandarin Chinese, 2003