ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH CRIMINAL DEFENSE
SUPER LAW YERS / COLORADO 2012
JOAN MCWILLIAMS
MCWILLIAMS
MEDIATION GROUP, LTD.
PO Box 6216
Denver, CO 80206
Tel: 303-830-0171
Fax: 303-830-8422
joan@mcwilliamsmediation.com
www.mcwilliamsmediation.com
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
A recipient of Best Lawyers’ 2012 Denver Family Law Mediation
Lawyer of the Year, Ms. Mc Williams has served in numerous
leadership positions with the Colorado and Denver Bar
Associations. She was an adjunct professor at the University of
Denver Sturm College of Law. She is an Advance Practitioner
Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and is listed
in The Best Lawyers in America. She is the recipient of the Alumni
Professional Award from the College of Law and the Family Law
Icon Award from the Colorado Bar Association. In addition to
numerous articles, she is the author of the award-winning books
The PeaceFinder and Parenting Plans For Families After Divorce.
She is AV-rated and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent
Women Lawyers.
DAVID L. LENYO
GARFIELD & HECH T, P.C.
601 East Hyman Avenue
Aspen, CO 81611
Tel: 970-925-1936
Fax: 970-925-3008
dlenyo@garfieldhecht.com
www.garfieldhecht.com
David L. Lenyo is a shareholder in the Aspen-based law firm
Garfield & Hecht, P.C., a full-service, AV-rated firm. He has
practiced civil litigation for 27 years. Before joining Garfield &
Hecht, P.C., in 1994, he developed extensive trial experience with
litigation departments of major Denver firms. He has appeared
in trials and hearings in state and federal courts, arbitration
proceedings, and quasi-judicial administrative hearings. He has
handled diverse business, commercial, construction, and real
estate disputes. He graduated from the University of Colorado
at Boulder in 1984 as a member of the Order of the Coif and
the Law Review and is a 1984 recipient of the Wolf Scholarship.
CONSTRUC TION LITIGATION
GENERAL LITIGATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
KENNETH S. FELLMAN
KISSINGER & FELLMAN, P.C.
3773 Cherry Creek North Drive
Suite 900
Denver, CO 80209
Tel: 303-320-6100
Fax: 303-327-8601
kfellman@kandf.com
www.kandf.com
Ken Fellman specializes in telecommunications law, with
additional emphasis on local government and utilities law. He
works with governments and non-profit entities in cable and
utility matters, broadband deployment, and tower siting, and
represents clients in all courts and before the Public Utilities
Commission and Federal Communications Commission. He
is immediate past president of the National Association of
Telecommunications Officers and Advisors and was appointed
by Governor Ritter to the Colorado Innovation Council and the
Colorado Channel Authority. Ken is a former City Council member
(1993-1999) and Mayor (1999-2007) of Arvada, Colorado. During
Arvada’s centennial celebration, he was recognized as one of the
100 most influential citizens in the city’s history.
GOVERNMENT/CITIES/MUNICIPALITIES
UTILITIES
COMMUNICATIONS
ANTHONY VIORST
THE VIORST LAW OFFICES, P.C.
950 South Cherry Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80246
Tel: 303-759-3808
Fax: 303-333-7127
tony@hssspc.com
www.viorstlaw.com
Anthony Viorst has a diverse practice focusing on appellate
matters, plaintiffs’ personal injury, and criminal law. He is
AV-rated, the highest rating available to an individual lawyer,
and has been named to Super Lawyers since 2006. As a former
member of the Public Defenders’ Appellate Division and a
current private practitioner, Mr. Viorst has handled hundreds of
appeals in the Colorado appellate courts, and has prevailed in
many significant cases, such as Preston v. Dupont, voted Case
of the Year by the CTLA. Mr. Viorst is a graduate of Georgetown
Law School and was an editor of the Georgetown La w Journal . He
has written extensively for Trial Talk and The Colorado Lawyer and
in 2011 served as the chairman of The Colorado Lawyer’s Board
of Directors. He represents criminal defendants and victims of
personal injury, medical malpractice, and legal malpractice.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
APPELLATE
CHARLES W. STEESE
STEESE, EVANS & FRANKEL,
P.C.
6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle
Suite 1820
Denver, CO 80111
Tel: 720-200-0676
Fax: 720-200-0679
csteese@s-elaw.com
www.s-elaw.com
Charles Steese represents companies in complex commercial,
intellectual property, and telecommunications disputes before
federal and state courts and regulatory bodies across the United
States. Mr. Steese has an engineering degree that equips him to
handle complicated technical cases efficiently and effectively. He
has successfully tried over 30 cases to finality. In 2001, Mr. Steese
founded what has evolved into Steese, Evans & Frankel, based
upon a unique economic model that allows the firm to serve
clients at significantly reduced rates.
COMMUNICATIONS
INTELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y LI TIGATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
H. KEITH JARVIS
Mr. Jarvis began his legal career in Norfolk, Virginia where
he practiced insurance and maritime defense until 1981. At
that time, he joined the legal department of Johns Manville
Corporation, where he supervised Manville’s defense of personal
injury asbestos litigation for the southern United States. He
returned to private practice in 1984. Since then, he has been
responsible for complex litigation involving construction, major
personal injury and property damage claims. His practice focuses
on defending construction defect lawsuits against general
contractors, developers, subcontractors, and material suppliers.
He also successfully defends products liability, fire cause and
origin, medical products liability, toxic tort, and environmental
litigation. Furthermore, he has worked as a mediator to resolve
construction defect matters.
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION
HARVEY SENDER
SENDER & WASSERMAN, P.C.
1660 Lincoln Street
Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80264
Tel: 303-296-1999
Fax: 303-296-7600
sender@sendwass.com
www.sendwass.com
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDITOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Harvey Sender is a founding member and shareholder of the
Denver boutique bankruptcy firm of Sender & Wasserman, P.C.
Mr. Sender has specialized in the area of complex bankruptcy for
30 years. He has been an active panel bankruptcy trustee since
1984 and during that time has administered over 15,000 cases.
As a lawyer for debtors, creditors, committees, and trustees, he
has been involved in reorganizing and liquidating a wide variety
of businesses. Mr. Sender’s reorganization experience ranges
from family-owned and public companies to Ponzi schemes,
including many different types of industries, such as real estate,
manufacturing, construction, oil-and-gas, restaurant, and hotel.
He is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy.
RICHARD VERMEIRE
RICHARD S. VERMEIRE, P.C.
1106 Cascade Avenue
Boulder, CO 80302
Tel: 303-907-8615
rvermeire@vermeirelaw.com
Rich has more than 35 years of experience throughout the
U.S. and abroad as an accomplished litigator and has tried
over 100 jury trials. His AV-rated practice focuses on complex
business litigation, securities litigation, class actions, internal
investigations, corporate governance, SEC enforcement
proceedings, and white collar crime defense. He served as an
Assistant U. S. Attorney in D.C. and Colorado between 1971-1980,
where, as Chief of the Fraud Section, he tried numerous white
collar crime cases. As Chief Trial Counsel for the Central
Regional Office of the SEC, he successfully prosecuted securities
fraud cases. In private practice since 1982, he served on firm
management committees, headed up a litigation department,
and was a top producer. Rich is recognized as one of Colorado’s
premier trial lawyers.
SECURITIES LITIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
TIMOTHY R. BUSSEY
THE BUSSEY LAW FIRM, P.C.
12 East Boulder Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Tel: 719-475-2555
Fax: 719-475-0046
tim@timothybussey.com
www.timothybussey.com
Tim Bussey has been practicing criminal defense and personal
injury law for over 20 years. His dedication in pursuit of justice
and maximum compensation for personal injury victims is
matched by his commitment to protect his clients’ legal rights
in criminal proceedings. He has handled criminal defense cases
from both sides of the aisle: at the Office of the Area Defense
Council at Peterson AFB; as a Fourth Judicial District Deputy
District Attorney; and at his private practice, The Bussey Law
Firm. Tim Bussey understands the science behind Colorado DUI
cases, having been trained in Forensic Chromatography; is an
NH TSA Field Sobriety Test Instructor; and is certified to use and
maintain the Intoxilyzer 5000EN.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/D WI
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
