Gene R. "Gene" Commander

Megan is the President and CEO, as well as a founding shareholder of Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC. She is a seasoned attorney with an extensive background in family law. Megan served as a Deputy District Attorney, where she earned an appointment from District Attorney Bill Ritter to lead a juvenile federal grant program. Through the grant program she managed a team of professionals from multiple agencies and departments. Megan has litigated, mediated, and settled all types of family law cases...

William Sterck has over 35 years’ experience as an attorney in workers’ compensation law. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Sterck attended college earning an A.A., B.A. and M.A. Mr. Sterck started in the workers’ compensation field as a vocational rehabilitation counselor in 1983. He was a law clerk for CCIA (Now Pinnacol) and worked in a small firm where he began his own general practice in the areas of contracts, property, domestic and workers’ compensation claims...

Garth Gersten is an attorney based out of Otteson Shapiro’s Denver office and a fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. He has decades of experience representing and advising policyholders on all types of insurance claims, and proactively assisting clients in managing their insurance programs by reviewing policies for gaps and overlaps, and negotiating insurance and indemnity provisions in contracts. Garth’s practice also includes litigating coverage and bad faith clai...

Tim Tarr is an attorney with Cheney, Galluzzi & Howard Law Firm in Denver, Colorado . His practice focuses on Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, where he represents individuals who have been harmed by the negligence of others. Tim joined CGH in 2025 after more than a decade working in plaintiff-focused personal injury matters, first beginning in the field in 2013 and practicing as a personal injury attorney since 2017. Tim handles personal injury matters at both the pre-litigation a...

Strategic thinker skilled in navigating complex environmental, land, and water issues. Known by clients for insightful solutions and negotiating skills. Mike Smith helps clients untangle increasingly complex regulatory regimes and resolve disputes. Clients turn to Mike for help navigating a range of challenging natural resources matters, often involving water rights, water quality, solid and hazardous waste, protected species, land use, floodplains, and oil and gas royalty disputes. His diver...

Stephen Shapiro, senior counsel and co-founder, is based in Otteson Shapiro’s Denver office. He provides clients and the firm’s insurance recovery team with insights that help guide strategy, including litigation support, personal counsel representation and mediations. With more than 30 years of experience as an insurance coverage and bad faith lawyer, Steve is well respected among defense and coverage counsel, and his peers. His reputation is justified by his focus on working tow...

Kate Schroepfer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Finance Law. Kate, who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kate is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dawn P. Bookhardt is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Public Finance Law. Dawn P., who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dawn P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Meredith has over 20 years of experience defending and advising public and private entities in a variety of matters, including employment, civil rights, professional liability, torts and contract matters. She represents clients in all aspects of litigation, both in state and federal court. As part of her practice, Meredith’s focus includes the defense of corporate and public entities and representatives in claims related to discrimination under federal and state law, wrongful terminatio...

Mr. Fishman joined Ridley, McGreevy & Winocur at its founding in January 2006. His practice focuses on appellate representation, and he is routinely retained by other law firms seeking to defend or challenge results obtained at the trial level, particularly in cases involving complex and/or novel questions of law. Mr. Fishman has argued civil and criminal appeals involving a wide array of federal and state constitutional, statutory and common law matters in numerous federal and state appe...