L. Michael Brooks Jr.
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AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

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Education:
University of Denver College of Law, J.D., 1995; Order of St. Ives

Regis University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1992

Professional Affiliations and Activities:

Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, Subcommittee Chair

Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

St. Thomas More Society of Colorado, President, 2008-Present

Denver Bar Association

Colorado Bar Association

Faculty of Federal Advocates

Colorado Catholic Lawyers Guild

Thompson G. Marsh Inns of Court

Representative Experience Includes:

• Participated as trial and appellate counsel in multiple state and federal court multi-plaintiff actions for Fortune 500 product manufacturers.
   

• Successfully defended appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court resulting in the announcement of a new, defense-favorable legal standard governing the accrual date of prejudgment interest in cases involving claims of latent property damage, resulting in combined savings of over $1 million to client in two product liability cases.
   

• Achieved successful Colorado Supreme Court review of a certified question of state law about the choice-of-law rule applicable to prejudgment interest, overruling an 85-year-old precedent and avoiding a potential interest award of up to $6 million for product-liability client.
   

• Successfully defended multiple appeals for liability insurance clients regarding the scope of the duty to defend or to reimburse defense costs, resulting in no-liability rulings for clients.
   

• Co-defense counsel in successful defense of original proceeding in the Colorado Supreme Court resulting in a ruling that the wrongful-death damages cap on non-economic damages applies on a per-claim basis regardless of the number of defendants.
   

• National defense coordinating counsel for clients in multiple mass-tort product-liability cases, including coordinating motions practice and briefing, discovery responses, deposition coverage, and trial preparation activities in multiple cases across several states, and serving as coordinator for client’s central document depository for pattern litigation.
   

• Authored over 100 motions and briefs for summary judgment and to exclude expert testimony in product-liability and insurance cases in various jurisdictions.
   

• Authored numerous legal opinion letters and memoranda on complex insurance coverage questions for both insurance companies and insureds addressing the interpretation and application of insurance policy language, with a particular emphasis on general-liability, property, and errors-and-omissions coverage.
   

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