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Meryl Mills works on the preventive side of employment law. Her practice focuses on compliance strategy, policy development, and management training—the infrastructure that aims to reduce litigation risk and support defensible employment decisions. She advises on wage and hour compliance, leave administration, performance management, and termination protocols across industries. What distinguishes her approach to problem solving is a practical understanding that effective employment poli...

Keith Lapuyade has more than 30 years of litigation experience. His knowledge of insurance law and bad faith, coupled with his extensive understanding of medical issues, is of particular value in medical malpractice litigation and often brings this special skill-set to bear in the personal representation of physicians, attorneys, and other professionals for purposes of establishing their rights with respect to their insurance coverage and financial well-being. Keith Lapuyade, of the law firm ...

Monica L.C. Lester is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Insurance Law. Monica L.C. practices law in Denver, Colorado Best Lawyers has recognized Monica L.C. Lester since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Monica L.C. Lester is held by other lawyers.

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...

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...

Dylan H. Metzner is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Dylan H. practices law in Denver, Colorado Best Lawyers has recognized Dylan H. Metzner since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Dylan H. Metzner is held by other lawyers.

Ron Sandgrund is a well-known trial lawyer and Colorado’s most prolific author of articles and books on Colorado construction and materials defect law and related insurance coverage issues. Mr. Sandgrund has extensive experience litigating construction defect, construction materials, product liability, multi-family community, class action, and insurance lawsuits, and he has argued many cases before the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court, and U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Ap...

Ms. Frances McCracken, a founding Partner of Brown Gren Abraham & McCracken, was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1988 after graduating from the University of Colorado School of Law, where she was a Rothgerber Moot Court finalist and Professorial Assistant teaching appellate advocacy. Ms. McCracken clerked for the late Honorable James M. Robb before joining a Colorado insurance defense firm, where she became a shareholder. For the past 30 years, Ms. McCracken’s practice has concentra...

Cory Rutz represents property owners and developers in the acquisition and entitlement of commercial, residential and industrial projects. Cory’s practice includes assisting clients with local government approval of annexations, subdivisions, rezonings and development agreements. Her recent work includes advising clients on incorporating various types of short-term rental uses into their properties. With joint degrees in law and urban planning, Cory is also a certified member of the Ame...

Mark R. Goldschmidt is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law and Corporate Law. Mark R. practices law in Denver, Colorado Best Lawyers has recognized Mark R. Goldschmidt since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Mark R. Goldschmidt is held by other lawyers.