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Total number of clients served in 2022
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2022 also reminds us how much we have to be grateful for. relationships steeped in trust and confidence create diverse opportunities to do our best work, every day.
1 NEW PARTNER ELECTED
Clarissa Collier
2 new of counsels promoted
Daniel Guisbond | Matthew Rotbart
OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE WOMEN
OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE RACIALLY DIVERSE
OF ATTORNEYS ARE WOMEN OR OTHERWISE DIVERSE
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- Trials & arbitrations
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Trials & arbitrations
Directed verdict in a $100 million arbitration
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Directed verdict in a $100 million arbitration
Won a directed verdict in a $100 million arbitration involving a novel insurance coverage claim.
Defense jury verdict in Montana
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Defense jury verdict in Montana
Won a defense jury verdict in Montana for a medical center and pediatric neurologist facing up to $30 million in damages. Courtroom View Network named it one of the Top 10 verdicts of 2022.
Favorable jury verdict in a $350 million personal injury trial
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Favorable jury verdict in a $350 million personal injury trial
Won a favorable jury verdict in a $350 million personal injury trial for a motorcyclist accused of negligence. WTO’s defense compelled the jury to find our client just 5% liable.
Arbitration win for nation-leading beauty and wellness franchisor
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Arbitration win for nation-leading beauty and wellness franchisor
Won an arbitration for one of the nation’s largest beauty and wellness franchisors against a franchisee, and successfully countersued for preliminary and permanent injunctions, liquidated damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs.
Defense verdict in $20 million Texas case
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Defense verdict in $20 million Texas case
Hired a month before trial, won a defense verdict in Texas for an oil and gas company in a $20 million personal injury case.
Jury verdict in $12 million California commercial dispute
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Jury verdict in $12 million California commercial dispute
Won a jury verdict in a $12 million commercial dispute involving breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, and embezzlement claims in a two-week trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Historic medical malpractice defense verdict in New Mexico
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Historic medical malpractice defense verdict in New Mexico
Won the first medical malpractice defense verdict in more than 35 years in plaintiff-friendly Las Vegas, New Mexico, in a $40 million case.
Defense jury verdict in North Carolina asbestos trial
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Defense jury verdict in North Carolina asbestos trial
Won a complete defense jury verdict in a 12-day wrongful death mesothelioma trial in federal court in North Carolina.
Permanent injunction victory
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Permanent injunction victory
Won a permanent injunction for an AmLaw 200 law firm following a bench trial.
Defense verdict in Utah
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Defense verdict in Utah
Called in two weeks before trial, won a defense verdict in a multimillion-dollar trial in Utah for an orthopedic surgeon and physician’s assistant.
Directed verdict for bank client
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Directed verdict for bank client
Won a directed verdict for a large regional bank to defeat a former senior executive’s Colorado Wage Claim Act lawsuit.
Complete defense verdict for Iowa psychiatrist
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Complete defense verdict for Iowa psychiatrist
Won a complete defense verdict for a psychiatrist serving an Iowa county jail in a $34 million medical malpractice trial.
Breach of contract bench verdict
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Breach of contract bench verdict
Won a bench trial in a breach of contract case against an interior design and construction company, securing judgment on all claims and for the full amount in dispute.
APPEALS
Fourth Circuit opinion for Fortune 500 client
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Fourth Circuit opinion for Fortune 500 client
Won a Fourth Circuit appeal for a major shipping and logistics company to dispose of class action wage-and-hour claims.
Groundbreaking win in $150 million appeal
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Groundbreaking win in $150 million appeal
Won a groundbreaking appeal to vacate a $150 million arbitration award for the majority owner of a Colorado cannabis corporation.
Colorado Supreme Court victory
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Colorado Supreme Court victory
Argued and won in the Colorado Supreme Court for a major auto manufacturer clarifying Colorado law and affirming that when a defendant appeals a judgment, market-based interest must be applied from the date of the first judgment until satisfaction of the final judgment.
First Circuit opinion for Fortune 500 client
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First Circuit opinion for Fortune 500 client
Won a First Circuit appeal for a major shipping and logistics company to affirm dismissals of wage theft and other claims under state and federal law.
Tenth Circuit noncompete opinion
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Tenth Circuit noncompete opinion
Won a Tenth Circuit appeal for two mortgage brokers in a noncompete case against a leading financial institution.
Victory in appeal of medical malpractice case
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Victory in appeal of medical malpractice case
Won a precedent-setting victory in an appeal of a medical malpractice case involving the Colorado Health Care Availability Act’s collateral source provision and $1 million damages cap.
Professional liability opinion involving $500 million underlying dispute
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Professional liability opinion involving $500 million underlying dispute
Won an appeal to preserve the dismissal of professional liability claims against WTO’s law firm client arising from an underlying $500 million dispute.
Award preserved for law firm client
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Award preserved for law firm client
Won an appeal to preserve an award for WTO’s law firm client following a three-week legal malpractice arbitration.
Lead appellate counsel in nine-figure commercial dispute
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Lead appellate counsel in nine-figure commercial dispute
Serving as lead appellate counsel in the appeal of an adverse bench trial judgment in a complex commercial dispute with claimed damages in the hundreds of millions.
Protecting a $41 million jury verdict
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Protecting a $41 million jury verdict
Leading the appeal to protect a $41 million jury verdict, one of the year’s largest jury trial awards in Colorado.
Lead counsel in a $50 million Colorado Supreme Court appeal
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Lead counsel in a $50 million Colorado Supreme Court appeal
Serving as lead counsel in a Colorado Supreme Court appeal to overturn an adverse $50 million judgment in a complex commercial case.
litigation
Nine-figure insurance class action victory
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Nine-figure insurance class action victory
Defeated class certification and won summary judgment a month before trial in a nine-figure, 80,000 member class action brought against a major insurer in Washington and involving how insurers value total loss vehicles.
Defeated novel antitrust challenge for insurer
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Defeated novel antitrust challenge for insurer
On the eve of trial, obtained settlement for a leading nationwide insurer facing a novel antitrust challenge to its method of handling property damage claims.
Resolved decade-old class action for global client
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Resolved decade-old class action for global client
Successfully resolved a decade-old class action for a Fortune 500 appliance manufacturer involving more than 10.5 million allegedly faulty dishwashers.
Victory for precious metals refiner
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Victory for precious metals refiner
Obtained significant monetary recovery and public withdrawal of all claims for a 100-year-old precious metals refiner against allegations of civil theft.
Class action trifecta in California bellwethers
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Class action trifecta in California bellwethers
Defeated class certification in three separate putative class actions involving over 50,000 claimants seeking joint employment and wage-and-hour claims against a Fortune 500 shipping and logistics company following bellwether cases in California.
Affirmative summary judgment in cross-border contract dispute
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Affirmative summary judgment in cross-border contract dispute
Won affirmative summary judgment for a Canadian company in a multimillion-dollar dispute to recognize a breach-of-contract judgment entered in Canada and subject to the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
Summary judgment victory in Minnesota birth case
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Summary judgment victory in Minnesota birth case
Won summary judgment for an obstetrician-gynecological practice in a high-exposure case in Minnesota involving an alleged birth injury and $30 million in damages.
$100 million suit for land and water owner
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$100 million suit for land and water owner
Representing a land and water owner in a $100 million suit against a publicly traded oil company for breach of a surface use and water purchase agreement.