Theresa A. Vogel

Member

Theresa Vogel has a diverse practice that includes construction defect, gig-economy, premises liability, transportation, and immigration matters. She represents companies, property owners, architects, engineers, and contractors in complex civil litigation and appeals before Colorado appellate courts and the Tenth Circuit.  Ms. Vogel also represents businesses and individuals in immigration proceedings with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of State, and immigration courts and in I-9 compliance audits conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Ms. Vogel has been an Adjunct Professor with the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, co-teaching the Civil Litigation Clinic and teaching the course, Immigration Law & the Workplace.  Previously, she was a Research Assistant at the Jagiellonian University Human Rights Centre where she taught courses on human rights and refugee law and implemented projects funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2005
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Education

JD: The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 2005, International and Comparative Law
BA: Macalester College, 2000, Classics and Religious Studies

Contact

vogelt@hallevans.com

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Theresa

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Commission Member, Denver Immigrant and Refugee Commission, 2024-present
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law: Immigration Law & the Workplace, 2018; Civil Litigation Clinic, 2017
  • Law Clerk, 2nd Judicial District Court, Hon. Shelley I. Gilman, Denver, Colorado, 2005-2007
  • Intern, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, International Development Section, 2004
  • Legal Intern, Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative of the American Bar Association, Legislative Assistance and Research Program, 2003
  • Research Assistant/Instructor, Jagiellonian University Human Rights Centre: Human Rights and Refugee Law, 2000-2002
Professional Associations
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Denver Bar Association
  • Colorado Women’s Bar Association
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Presenter, “Documents: Are Not Just for Lawyers,” Van Oppen & Co. 2 Risk Control Seminar, June 2024
  • Presenter, “Coverage Issues Arising out of CGL Policies,” Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, June 2024
  • Presenter, “Asylum and Domestic Violence,” Social Work Policy and Advocacy Course, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, May 2022 & February 2020
  • Presenter, “The Impact of Populism on Asylum Seekers in America,” Populism and Constitutional Crises in Europe Seminar, Jagiellonian University Faculty of Law and Administration, Krakow, Poland, June 2019
  • Author, “Critiquing Matter of A-B-: An Uncertain Future in Asylum Proceedings for Women Fleeing Intimate Partner Violence,” University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, March 2019
  • Presenter, “Changes in Asylum Law for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence,” University of Michigan Law School, March 2019
  • Presenter, “I-9 Compliance Update,” High Country Human Resource Association, February 2017
  • Presenter, “I-9 Compliance and Tips for Avoiding Potential Pitfalls,” High Country Human Resource Association, Edwards, Colorado, February 2016
  • Presenter, “Immigration Advisements Post-Padilla,” Colorado Criminal Justice Act Panel, December 2014
  • Presenter, “Green Building – Exposure Risks v. Benefits,” 2012 ALFA International Construction Law Seminar, July 2012
  • Co-Author, “Tenth Circuit,” ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits, 2012
  • Co-Author, “Expert Witnesses in Colorado Construction Defect Litigation,” Colorado Construction Litigation and Coverage, 2010 & 2012
  • Co-Author, “Attorney Fees in Colorado Construction Litigation,” Colorado Construction Litigation and Coverage, 2010 & 2012
Business & Community Service

Regularly provides pro bono representation on immigration matters.

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Ryan P. Browne

Member

Ryan Browne practices in our Montana office.  He has maintained a diverse civil litigation practice over the past nine years.  His experience includes representing individuals; local, regional, and national businesses; public entities; and non-profit organizations.  Mr. Browne’s practice areas include construction and design defect and deficiency, premises liability, workers’ compensation, realtor/broker professional negligence, fire suppression system ITM professional negligence, transportation, and general tort defense.

Mr. Browne has successfully defended large national retailers in complex and high exposure cases.  He has successfully obtained the dismissal of claims and cases by way of dispositive motion practice on numerous occasions.  Mr. Browne has represented clients in the justice, tribal, state, and federal courts across Montana and at all stages of litigation including mediation and trial.

Mr. Browne has been on the Board of Trustees for the Yellowstone County Bar Association since 2017 and has been Montana’s Young Lawyer Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates since 2019.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Montana, 2010
  • U.S. District Court, District of Montana

Location

Billings Office

175 North 27th Street
Suite 1101
Billings, MT 59101

Education

JD: University of Montana School of Law, 2010
BA & BS: Regis University, 2007, History & Political Economy, Dean’s List

Contact

browner@hallevans.com

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Ryan

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America; Construction Law, Litigation ­­- Real Estate, and Transportation Law, 2022-2025
Professional Experience
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Susan P. Watters, Montana’s 13th Judicial District, 2010-2011
  • Clinical Intern, United States Attorney’s Office, Billings, MT, 2009-2010
  • Special Deputy County Attorney, Yellowstone County Attorney’s Office, Billings, MT, 2008-2009
Professional Associations
  • American Bar Association
    • House of Delegates, Montana’s Young Lawyer Delegate, 2019 – present
  • State Bar of Montana
  • Yellowstone Area Bar Association
    • Board of Trustees, 2017 – 2021
Business & Community Service
  • Score, Billings Chapter
Blog Posts About Ryan

David B. Gelman

Member

David’s practice focuses on healthcare, employment, and commercial disputes. David has represented clients in litigation, regulatory matters, employment, and business disputes.  With 30 years of experience, David has gained an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the delivery of healthcare including both private and correctional settings.  He represents health care facilities including nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities and assisted living residences, as well as licensed professionals including physicians, nurses, therapists, dentists, and chiropractors.  David regularly defends claims involving professional liability, catastrophic injury, product liability, and wrongful death. In the area of commercial disputes, David has represented clients in all aspects of litigation including appeals.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 1996
  • Illinois (inactive), 1992
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Education

JD: Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1992,
magna cum laude
BA: University of Colorado at Boulder, 1988, Philosophy and Psychology

Contact

gelmand@hallevans.com

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David

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Medical Malpractice Law, 2018-2025
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • Colorado Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice, 2014-2025
Professional Associations
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • The American Association of Nurse Attorneys
  • Colorado Assisted Living Association
Professional Experience

Prior to joining Hall & Evans, David was a Director/Shareholder at Fennemore Craig, P.C. and a Shareholder at Kennedy Childs, P.C.

Appeals
  • Boles v. Colo. Dep’t of Corr., 2020 U.S. App. Lexis 42494 (10th Cir. 2020); 2021 U.S. App. Lexis 38795 (10th Cir. 2021)
  • Fischer v. Colorow Health Care, LLC, 420 P.3d 259 (Colo. 2018)
  • Fischer v. Colorow Health Care, LLC, 2016 Colo. App. LEXIS 1277 (Colo. App. 2016)
  • Adair Group, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 477 F.3d 1186 (10th Cir. 2007)
  • Moore v. Middlebrook, 96 Fed. Appx. 634 (10th Cir. 2004)
  • Von Loh v. Synthes, Inc., 106 Fed. Appx. 665 (10th Cir. 2004)
  • Employers Ins. v. Bodi-Wachs Aviation Ins. Agency, 39 F.3d 138 (7th Cir. 1994)
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Co-Presenter, “Dental Risk Management,” Denver Dental Study Club, 2020
  • Speaker, “Medical Records and Depositions in Long Term Care Litigation,” Charitable Service Providers Risk Management Seminar, 2017
  • Speaker, “Medical Records in Litigation,” 2012, 2013
  • Speaker, “Arbitration in Long Term Care,” 2008, 2010-2013
  • Speaker, “Long Term Care Litigation in Colorado,” 2007, 2010-2013
Business & Community Service
  • Colorado Lawyers Committee/Hate Crime Task Force, 2016, 2017
  • Extreme Community Makeover, 2016, 2017
Blog Posts About David

Benton J. Barton

Member

Benton Barton is a hardworking, versatile trial lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, retained to assist clients wherever and whenever needed. His thirty-year practice currently focuses on resolving disputes and accidents arising from troubled design, construction and environmental projects, and their use of new processes and products. He has taken to trial numerous high-exposure cases, and his appellate work has generated new and notable law.

In addition to previous service in Firm management, Benton is contact partner for leading designers, general contractors, specialty subcontractors, product suppliers and carriers. His tenacity and attention to detail have been applied successfully in matters of the highest complexity throughout Colorado, and also in Arizona, Connecticut, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Parties also regularly hire Benton to arbitrate and mediate disputes through the American Arbitration Association’s National Panel of Construction Arbitrators, where he has presided over eighty matters as a neutral.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 1999
  • Texas, 1992
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
  • U.S. District Court, District of Montana
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Education

JD: University of Texas School of Law, 1992

BA: Austin College, 1989

Contact

bartonb@hallevans.com

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Benton

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Construction Law; Arbitration; and Litigation – Construction
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • Colorado Super Lawyers®, Professional Liability Defense; Construction Law
  • American Arbitration Association, Construction Law Arbitrator
Appeals
  • Stan Clauson Associates, Inc. v. Coleman Brothers Construction, LLC, 297 P.3d 1042 (Colo. App. 2013)
  • Hamon Contractors, Inc. v. Carter & Burgess, Inc., 229 P.3d 282 (Colo. App. 2009)
  • Tyler Car & Truck Ctr. v. Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2 S.W.3d 482 (Tex.App. – Tyler 1999)
  • Chasewood Oaks Condo. Homeowners Ass’n, Inc. v. Amatek Holdings, Inc., 977 S.W.2d 840 (Tex.App. – Fort Worth 1998)
  • Andrade Garcia v. Columbia Med. Ctr. of Sherman, 996 F.Supp. 605 (E.D. Tex. 1998)
  • National Indus. Sand Ass’n v. Gibson, 897 S.W.2d 769 (Tex. 1995)
  • Doe v. Rains Co. Ind. School Dist., 76 F.3d 666 (5th Cir. 1996)
  • Tarrant Co. Hosp. District v. Curry, 907 S.W.2d 445 (Tex. 1995)
  • Doe v. Rains Co. Ind. School Dist., 66 F.3d 1402 (5th Cir. 1995)
  • Humphreys v. Caldwell, 888 S.W.2d 469 (Tex. 1994)
  • Humphreys v. Caldwell, 881 S.W.2d 940 (Tex.App. – Corpus Christi 1994)
  • Smith v. L.D. Burns Drilling Co., 852 S.W.2d 40 (Tex.App. – Waco 1993)
Professional Associations

  • ALFA International: Construction Practice Group (Past Chair); Board of Directors (Past)

  • Colorado Bar Foundation, Fellow
Articles // Publications // Presentations // Webinars

  • Author/Speaker, “Blurred Lines? How Product Failures Amplify Exposures Facing Designers, Contractors and Insurers,” ALFA International, 2023

  • Speaker, “Sailing the High C’s: Contracts, Communication, Coordination,” Professional Underwriters Design Professional Seminar, 2023

  • Author/Speaker, “Get Smart! Smart Construction Concepts, Trends and Risks,” ALFA International, 2022

  • Speaker, “CLAIM Is a Five-Letter Word: What Happens When It Happens to You?” Van Oppen & Co. 2 Risk Control Seminar, 2021

  • Program Chair, “Leaving It Better Than You Found It: How to Lead, Inspire and Improve in Business and Law,” ALFA International, 2018

  • Speaker, “Public-Private Partnerships,” Beazley Design Professionals, 2017

  • Author/Speaker, “Catastrophic Litigation: Lessons from Defending Headline Cases,” ALFA International, 2015

  • Author/Editor, “Colorado Construction Defect Litigation and Coverage,” 2010 (Book)

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Steven M. Hamilton

Member

Mr. Hamilton is a litigation, trial, and arbitration attorney with a diverse practice, but he mainly focuses on product liability defense and defense of claims for personal injury and property damage resulting from accident or other casualty.  His experience in the product liability field is national in scope and covers a wide spectrum of insured and self-insured manufacturers of engineered stone, vehicles, bikes, power tools, batteries, infrastructure components, firearms and ammunition, food and food products, exercise equipment, and other machines.  Mr. Hamilton’s experience in personal injury and property damage ranges from minor premises liability claims to major multi-vehicle accidents.

Mr. Hamilton is the Chair of the Hall & Evans Product Liability Practice Group.  The Practice Group holds at least two meetings each year and discusses changes and hot topics in product liability law as well as the firm’s product liability cases and any product liability events attended.

Mr. Hamilton is a Product Liability Advisory Council member and a Steering Committee member of the Product Liability and Complex Tort Practice Group for the global legal network, ALFA International.

Mr. Hamilton also presents and instructs the firm attorneys on a multitude of litigation and legal practice issues at least twice every year.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2003
  • Montana, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, District of Montana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Education

JD: University of Montana School of Law, 1997
BA: Montana State University, 1994, Business Administration, Marketing, University Honors Program

Contact

hamiltons@hallevans.com

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Steven

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Colorado Super Lawyers®, “Rising Star,” 2009-2011
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • Member of Moot Court Team “Best Brief” at Regional Competition
  • Order of Barrister’s Award
  • Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing, University of Montana School of Law
Decisions
  • Obtained a Defense Verdict for City in Alleged Negligent Intersection Design Case, 2025
  • Motion to Dismiss Granted in Colorado Products Liability Case for a Stone and Tool Retailer and Fees and Costs Awarded, 2024
  • Motion to Dismiss Granted in Colorado Products Liability Case for a Fitness Equipment Manufacturer and Fees and Costs Awarded, 2024
  • Obtained a Defense Verdict for City in Wrongful Death Case, 2022
  • Obtained a Defense Verdict for a Wood Chipper Manufacturer after an Eight-Day Jury Trial in Federal Court, 2012
  • Obtained a Directed Verdict for a Casino Owner in a Premises Liability Case, 2011
  • Obtained a Defense Verdict for a Highway Design Engineering Company in a Personal Injury Contribution Action after a Six-Day Jury Trial in Montana State Court, 2010
  • Secured dismissals over the last few years for a chassis manufacturer, a glass bowl manufacturer, and a car dealership based on a lack of personal jurisdiction.
Professional Associations
  • Product Liability Advisory Council, 2024 – present
  • ALFA International Product Liability & Complex Torts Practice Group Steering Committee, 2008 – present; Chair, 2017 – present; Vice-Chair, 2016 – 2017
  • Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
  • Montana State Bar Association
  • Silver Bow County Bar Association, President, 1999 – 2002
Business & Community Service

Tennyson Center for Children, Q and Brew Event Board Member

BLOG POSTS ABOUT STEVEN
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Moderator, “What Can We Learn from PR Blunders Made by Athletes? Strategies to Mitigate and Avoid Risk through Employee Communication Training,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, September 2024
  • Moderator, “Covid Schooled Us: Lessons Learned and New Strategies Devised from Managing through the Pandemic,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, June 2022
  • Moderator, “ALFA International Product Liability & Complex Torts Charlotte Regional Seminar,” April 2019
  • Program Chair, “ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Regional Seminar,” April 2018
  • Editor/Speaker, “When Legal Nightmares Become Reality,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, October 2017
  • Program Chair, “Turning Up the Heat on Effective Litigation Strategies:  The Hottest Topics in Product Liability and Complex Torts,” ALFA Product Liability and
  • Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, May 2016
  • Panelist, “Key Elements of In-House Expert Success,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, July 2014
  • Speaker/Moderator, “Defending A Product in a Lawsuit Filed in the United States – Liability Theories and Defenses,” ALFA International, Inc., Asia Regional Seminar with Product Liability and IP/IT, May 2014
  • Speaker, “Indemnity Agreements with Asian Suppliers and Vendors, Including Enforceability and Insurance,” ALFA International’s 2011 Product and Liability Practice Group Seminar, September 2011
  • Editor, ALFA Product Liability Tri-Annual Newsletter, 2008 – 2009
  • Editor, ABA-TIPS Products, General Liability, and Consumer Law Committee Newsletter, Summer 2006

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