GENERAL LITIGATION THROUGH PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
SUPER LAW YERS / COLORADO 2012
DANIEL K. CALISHER
FOSTER GRAHAM MILSTEIN &
CALISHER, LLP
360 South Garfield, 6th Floor
Denver, CO 80209
Tel: 303-333-9810
Fax: 303-333-9786
calisher@fostergraham.com
www.fostergraham.com
GENERAL LI TIGATION
Daniel K. Calisher is a principal partner of Foster Graham
Milstein & Calisher, LLP. Dan focuses on complex civil litigation
and takes great pride in FGMC’s zealous client advocacy and
results-oriented approach. Dan’s broad experience includes
commercial matters, mortgage and real estate litigation, debtor
and creditor issues, business control and ownership, appeals,
licensing, and administrative proceedings. Following college
(CU) and law school (USF), Dan was awarded a Graduate
Fellowship (Tulane) and received a Master of Laws, with
distinction. Dan served as a law clerk in the United States Court
of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and is licensed to practice law in
Colorado and California.
For over 25 years, Darlene has worked with leaders in the
commercial and residential development community
and with local government representatives to facilitate the
financing of public infrastructure throughout Colorado. Her
extensive experience has included negotiation of complex
intergovernmental arrangements and the creation of multiple
district structures for large mixed-use developments. McGeady
Sisneros, P.C. is a boutique firm with a reputation for high-caliber
and responsive legal services. Darlene and the firm’s dynamic
team of lawyers have been involved with the organization of over
200 special districts and the financing of hundreds of millions in
tax-exempt municipal bonds.
LAND USE/ZONING
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
GOVERNMENT/CITIES/MUNICIPALITIES
DARLENE SISNEROS
MCGEADY SISNEROS, P.C.
450 East 17th Avenue
Suite 400
Denver, CO 80203
Tel: 303-592-4380
Fax: 303-592-4385
dsisneros@mcgeadysisneros.com
www.mcgeadysisneros.com
MICHAEL G. MILSTEIN
FOS TER GRAHAM MILSTEIN &
CALISHER, LLP
360 South Garfield, 6th Floor
Denver, CO 80209
Tel: 303-333-9810
Fax: 303-333-9786
michael@fostergraham.com
www.fostergraham.com
REAL ESTATE
GENERAL LI TIGATION
After graduating in 1993 with honors from George Washington
University in Washington, D.C., Michael returned home to Denver
and has worked in private practice for the last 17 years. In 2006,
Michael joined Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP, to work
with some of Denver’s best and most well-respected lawyers.
Michael handles a wide variety of litigation, including business
and real estate disputes, construction defect and insurance
defense, and appeals. Michael’s practice also includes real estate
and business transactions. Michael has been on the faculty for
the Colorado Real Estate Symposium and has lectured for the
Colorado Bar Association on real estate matters.
JOSEPH E. KOVARIK
SHERIDAN ROSS P.C.
1560 Broadway
Suite 1200
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: 303-863-9700
Fax: 303-863-0223
jkovarik@sheridanross.com
www.sheridanross.com
Joe Kovarik represents inventors and entrepreneurial ventures –
helping them to protect their technologies from a legal standpoint
and assisting them to commercialize on the opportunities that
arise from their innovations. Joe represents both plaintiffs and
defendants in intellectual property disputes and transactions
in the U.S. and internationally, with an emphasis on aggressive
assertion of patent rights and defenses to further their interests.
With strength gained through 25 years of experience in patent
prosecution and litigation strategies, Joe is able to promote
clients’ interests, whether before the Patent and Trademark
Office, in federal court, or across a negotiating table.
INTELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y LI TIGATION
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
INTELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y
THOMAS J. OVERTON
THE OVER TON LAW FIRM
1080 Kalamath Street
Denver, CO 80204
Tel: 303-832-1120
Fax: 303-832-5303
tom.overton@overtonlawfirm.com
www.overtonlawfirm.com
Thomas J. Overton has practiced exclusively as a trial attorney
for 30 years. He is Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the
National Board of Trial Advocacy, and he is an Associate of
the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is listed in the Bar
Register of Preeminent Lawyers and is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Trial Counsel. He was named in the Top 50 Colorado
Super Lawyers list in 2008, 2010, and 2011. This year he is on the
Top 100 Colorado Super Lawyers list. The Overton Law Firm was
selected as a Go-To Law Firm for America’s top companies as
listed in Fortune magazine in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Mr. Overton
acts as lead counsel in trials and appeals in both federal and
state courts in Colorado and nationwide. His experience includes
a wide variety of complex business litigation and cases involving
serious personal injuries and death.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
GENERAL LI TIGATION
CRAIG ADAMS
DICKINSON, PRUD’HOMME,
ADAMS & INGRAM, LLP
730 17th Street
Suite 730
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: 303-571-4428
Fax: 303-571-1604
cadams@dpai-legal.com
www.dpai-legal.com
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE
Craig Adams is a senior partner at Dickinson, Prud’Homme,
Adams & Ingram, LLP. Mr. Adams specializes in medical
malpractice defense and has also practiced in other areas of injury
and commercial la w. He has defended medical professionals and
institutions in complex medical litigation for 24 years, including
multiple high-profile cases. He is an active speaker to health
care professionals and institutions in a variety of topics involving
medical/legal claims and litigation. Mr. Adams is a Denver native
and remains active in his community, especially in youth sports.
GILBERT DICKINSON
DICKINSON, PRUD’HOMME,
ADAMS & INGRAM, LLP
730 17th Street
Suite 730
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: 303-571-4428
Fax: 303-571-1604
gdickinson@dpai-legal.com
www.dpai-legal.com
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Gil Dickinson is senior partner at Dickinson, Prud’Homme,
Adams & Ingram, LLP. Mr. Dickinson specializes in medical
malpractice defense and general insurance defense. He is a
member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and currently
serves as National Board Representative for the State of Colorado.
Mr. Dickinson has presented many instructional seminars. The
program topics have included medical malpractice defense,
neonatal injuries, chiropractic litigation, closing arguments, and
sensitive and high-profile cases. He has also participated in the
Masters in Trial mock trial presentations for the American Board
of Trial Advocates in Colorado and other states. Mr. Dickinson
was licensed in 1975, but began focusing his practice on hospital
and medical malpractice in 1985.
RICHARD J. DEHNCKE
AT TORNEY AT LAW
The Regency Plaza-DTC
4643 South Ulster Street
Suite 980
Denver, CO 80237
Tel: 303-771-6080
Fax: 303-771-6081
rjd@rjdlaw.com
www.rjdlaw.com
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
Richard Dehncke has proudly represented seriously injured
persons and their families confidently, competently, and
compassionately for over 30 years. His legal practice emphasizes
traumatic brain injury, spinal injuries, RSD, and wrongful death.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and University of Denver
College of Law, Mr. Dehncke has attended the prestigious Harvard
Law School Center for Legal Negotiation. He is an instructor with
the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Memberships include
the Brain Injury Association of Colorado, Colorado Trial Lawyers
Association, and Colorado Bar Association. He has been a warded
the highest national rating, AV Preeminent, for legal ability and
ethical standards. Mr. Dehncke was also named to the Super
Lawyers list in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
PHIL HARDING
HARDING & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
730 17th Street
Suite 650
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: 303-762-9500
Fax: 303-399-9689
phil@hlaw.org
www.hlaw.org
COMPLEX AND GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATION
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: GENERAL
Attorney Phil Harding is the founder of Harding & Associates,
P.C., a personal injury law firm in Denver, Colorado with over
20 years of experience. He has represented clients in a wide
variety of complex civil litigation claims, including dram shop/
liquor liability actions, wrongful death, auto accidents, breach of
contract issues, corporate disputes, and other concerns. Drawing
on his extensive experience, Mr. Harding has obtained many
successful verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients.
He is a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum,
which reserves membership only for those who have obtained
settlements or verdicts in excess of $1 million for their clients.
He was also named as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in
Colorado in 2009, 2010,and 2011, among many other awards
and recognition.
