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James Avery
Colorado’s Top Personal Injury Law Firm
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Biography
Nationally recognized top high stakes trial lawyer with the talent, toughness and tenacity to get you top dollar for your case. Over 38 years experience in serious personal injury and death cases nationwide (licensed in New York, Indiana, Colorado and all federal courts). Also handling complex and catastrophic personal injury, civil rights, hospital liability, wrongful death, insurance law and product liability cases.
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Practice Areas
- Legal Malpractice
- Health Care Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- White Collar Crime
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Animal & Dog Law
- Nursing Home Abuse
Additional Practice Areas
- Semi Tractor Trailer Accidents
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Pharmaceutical litigation
- Hospital Liability
Fees
- Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
Typical fee is 33 1/3 percent (one-third) for negligence cases.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Colorado
- Colorado Supreme Court
- ID Number: 13037
- Indiana
- Indiana Supreme Court
- ID Number: 23855-18
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 1918820
- 2nd Circuit
- 5th Circuit
- 7th Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- 10th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- ID Number: 308419
Languages
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Lead Trial Lawyer & President
- Avery Law Firm
- - Current
Education
- University of Denver
- J.D. (1982) | Law
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- Honors: Barrister's Cup
Awards
- SuperLawyer-Plaintiff Personal Injury
- Superlawyers
- Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel.
- High Stakes Litigator
- America's Top 100
- Denver trial lawyer James Avery is again awarded America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigator award for 2021. Membership among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is meant to identify and highlight the accomplishments of the nation’s most esteemed and skilled litigators in high stakes legal matters.
- SuperLawyer Plaintiff: Personal Injury
- Superlawyers
- Over ten years named as SuperLawyer in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from 70+ practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition & professional achievement.
- High Stakes Litigator
- America's Top 100
- Membership among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is meant to identify and highlight the accomplishments of the nation’s most esteemed and skilled litigators in high stakes legal matters. To be considered for selection, an attorney must have litigated (for either plaintiff or defendant) a matter (1) with at least $2,000,000 in alleged damages at stake or (2) with the fate of a business worth at least $2,000,000 at stake (i.e. bet-the-company litigation valued in excess of $2,000,000).
- High Stakes Litigators
- America's Top 100
- Award limited to the top 100 high stakes (cases over $1,000,000 value) litigators in the State.
Professional Associations
- NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Member
- - Current
- Indiana State Bar
- Member
- - Current
- New York State Bar  # 1918820
- Member
- - Current
- Denver Bar Association  # 11358
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Civil Rights Law Section Medical Malpractice Section Legal Malpractice Section
- Colorado Bar Association  # 11358
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Civil Rights Law Section Medical Malpractice Law Section Legal Malpractice Law Section
Publications
Articles & Publications
- Colorado Lawyer
- Colorado Bar Association
Speaking Engagements
- Litigation Strategies for High Stakes Litigation
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Certifications
- Barrister's Cup Fellow for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy
- Barrister's Cup
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Colorado’s Top Personal Injury Law Firm
Legal Answers
27 Questions Answered
- Q. My family dr wellness checkup asthma checkup nurse steps out he ask me disrobe sticks speculum inside me then his two
- A: A sexual assault which should be reported to the local police or Sheriff office. Send certified letter with all the details of they won’t take your statement. Get therapy through Victims Assistance if you can not afford it.
- Q. Does every civil cause of action have a statute of limitation in NY?
- A: Yes, there is a 6 year catch-all statute which applies if there is not a specific one.
- Q. This question is in regards to the Supreme Court Case "National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra."
- A: Petitioners in licensed clinic won. The District Court denied their motion for a preliminary injunction, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed. Holding that petitioners could not show a likelihood of success on the merits, the trial court concluded that the licensed notice survived a lower level of scrutiny applicable to regulations of “professional speech,” and that the unlicensed notice satisfied any level of scrutiny.
The SCOTUS held:
1. The licensed notice likely violates the First Amendment.
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