Maureen Reidy Witt

Maureen Reidy Witt


Holland & Hart LLP

Recognized since 2013

Denver, Colorado

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

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Maureen has over 40 years of experience in cutting-edge, high-stakes, complex litigation locally and nationally.

She has first-chaired significant cases of first impression and precedent-setting trials and appeals. Her experience includes jury trials, bench trials, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution such as mediation and arbitration. She has tried cases in numerous jurisdictions across the country and has handled appeals in the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Maureen has argued before the Colorado Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Maureen leads the Products Liability team, co-leads the firm’s International Arbitration team, and handles ICSID, ICC, ad hoc and other arbitrations throughout the world.

Although Maureen’s experience spans a wide variety of subject matters, her primary areas of focus are product liability, labor and employment, and commercial litigation. Her product liability work has encompassed pharmaceutical and medical devices, blood and blood products, food and beverage, agricultural products, asbestos, oil and gas equipment, radiant heating systems, and numerous other products. She has led multi-week/month trials and negotiated national class action settlements. She has also handled cases involving business torts, personal injury and medical malpractice, antitrust, oil and gas, toxic torts, and other areas.

Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Maureen was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert H. McWilliams of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1992, Maureen was one of three nominees by the Governor for a judgeship on the Colorado Court of Appeals. Maureen served as Holland & Hart’s Managing Partner from 1988 to 1991 and served on the firm’s Management Committee from 2004 to 2006.

Maureen teaches annually at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and lectures frequently on trial advocacy. She has published articles on topics related to trial advocacy, product liability, employment law, and other subjects.

Maureen has served the firm in a number of strategic leadership roles, including as the first female Managing Partner, and most recently as the Commercial Litigation Practice Group Leader.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3200
    Denver, CO 80202-3979
Languages
  • German
Education
  • Gonzaga University, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Colorado, Colorado Bar Association
Affiliations
  • Alliance of Professional Women - Member
  • American Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • American, Colorado, and Denver Bar Association - Member
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association - Member
  • Colorado Supreme Court Commission on Jury Reform - Member
  • Colorado Women’s Bar Association - Member
  • Faculty of Federal Advocates - Member
  • Litigation Counsel of America - Member
  • National Institute of Trial Advocacy - Faculty Member
  • Notre Dame Law Association - Board Member

Holland & Hart LLP
Headquarters: Denver, Colorado

169 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Denver (2023)
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Denver (2017)
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Denver (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Awards:
  • Award Recipient, Colorado Super Lawyers, Top 50 Women Lawyers in Colorado
  • Award Recipient, Colorado Super Lawyers, Top 25 Women Lawyers in Colorado
  • Award Recipient, Denver's Outstanding Woman in Business (Professional), Denver Business Journal, 2007
  • Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
  • Designated with an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell
  • Listed as a Colorado Super Lawyer, 2006-2022
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • International Arbitration - Commercial

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