Attorney Profile

Areas of Practice

• Bad Faith Insurance
• Insurance Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Wrongful Death

Litigation Percentage

• 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1978
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2003

Education

• University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado, 1978
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1974
  B.A.
  Honors: With Distinction
  
  

Published Works

• Insurance Bad Faith in Colorado, May, 1995
• Topics in Bad Faith Litigation, Using Examinations Under Oath to Detect Fraud or to Support Payment, July, 1994
• First Party Bad Faith, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1987
• Selected Topics in First Party Insurance Bad Faith Litigation

Representative Cases

• Sheron v. Lutheran Med. Cntr., 18 P.3d 796 (Colo. App. 2000)
• Peterman v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company, 961 P.2d 487 (Colo. 1998)
• Hock v. New York Life Insurance Company, 876 P.2d 1242 (Colo. 1994 Trial Counsel )

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Presenter: "The Role of Personal Counsel", Colorado Block Buster Seminar, 2009
• Presenter: Bad Faith Seminar, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2002
• Disability Claims - Trials & Bad Faith, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Convention, 2001
• Insurance Bad Faith Seminar, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1999
• Lecturer: "Health, Life, and Disability Insurance", Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice, Insurance and Commercial Law Section
  Member
  
  
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
  Member
  
  
• Colorado Bar Association, Litigation Section
  Member
  
  
• Boulder County Colorado Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Miller & Harrison, LLC
  Of Counsel
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Boulder County Legal Services, 1997 - 2009
• Boulder County AIDS Project, 1997 - 2009
• Non-Profit Board Service

Birth Information

• October 23, 1952, East Orange, New Jersey