Civil Rights & Criminal Defense Laywer in Denver, CO

Results

Success at Every Level

 

Notable Civil Rights Results

  • $3.7 million total verdict (litigated pretrial by David Maxted, trial litigation by his prior firm)

  • $1.1 million settlement in jail wrongful death

  • $550,000 settlement for sheriff excessive force

  • $500,000 settlement for jail wrongful death

  • $450,000 settlement of prison wrongful death

  • $350,000 settlement for police excessive force

  • $325,000 settlement of jail excessive force case

  • $250,000 settlement of police excessive force K-9 dog bite case

  • $185,000 settlement of jail excessive force case

  • $145,000 settlement of assault by security guard case

  • Won appeal in the Colorado Court of Appeals against the governor regarding COVID-19 dangers to people in prison

  • Won Tenth Circuit interlocutory appeal against Denver, police shooting case

  • Settled First Amendment and excessive force civil rights case for client in prison

  • Settled civil rights lawsuit for client wrongfully detained

Notable Criminal Results

  • Won time-served First Step Act sentence reduction (2022)

  • Won 12-year First Step Act sentence reduction in federal criminal case (2022)

  • Won expungement of wrongful disciplinary violation for client in DOC state prison (2021)

  • Won challenge to DOC state prison time computation error (2021)

  • Won acquittal in jury trial on assault charges (2021)

  • Secured the release of individual whose parole had been unjustly denied (2021)

  • Succeeded in challenging a DOC time computation error (2021)

  • Won dismissal of multiple state felony cases (2020)

  • Won dismissal of federal criminal case (2019)

  • Won decision in the Colorado Supreme Court (2019)