Madison R. Winker

Associate

Madison Winker focuses on Colorado workers’ compensation claims for employers and their insurers. Ms. Winker also handles general liability matters and employment law.

Before joining Hall & Evans, Ms. Winker was an Associate at a small workers’ compensation firm in the Denver area. Ms. Winker earned her JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. During law school, Ms. Winker was a legal intern with the Cottonwood County Attorney’s office in Minnesota, a student law clerk with the Rocky Mountain Veterans Advocacy Project, and a law clerk at a small civil litigation firm in Denver. Ms. Winker graduated summa cum laude from South Dakota State University with a bachelor’s in psychology and a minor in applied statistics.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2024

Location

Denver Office

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2024
BS: South Dakota State University, 2020, Psychology, Minor in Applied Statistics, summa cum laude

Contact

winkerm@hallevans.com

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Alan Bogue Memorial Law Awards & Scholarship
  • Orrin S. Estebo Law Scholars
Professional Associations

  • Colorado Bar Association

  • Boulder County Bar Association

  • Professionals in Workers’ Compensation​

Business & Community Service
  • Developer, Eviction Advisor App for Colorado Residents, 2024
  • Volunteer, Northern Colorado Immigrant and Refugee Center, 2023
  • Volunteer, Public Book Exchange, 2016
Other Activities
  • Outside of the law, Ms. Winker’s interests include social sciences, Formula One, sailing, and crafting the perfect chai.
Languages
  • Hindi (Basic)

Paul R. Popovic

Counsel

Mr. Popovic litigates all aspects of Colorado workers’ compensation claims, including subrogation, penalty claims, medical billing disputes, and appeals to the Industrial Claim Appeals Office and Court of Appeals.  He has litigated cases in all venues throughout Colorado.  Mr. Popovic represents businesses of all sizes in the defense of workers’ compensation claims, from national companies to small business owners, and helps them navigate the specifics of these state systems, including statutory and procedural rule requirements, Medicare compliance, and loss mitigation.  Mr. Popovic has served as the lead and supervising attorney on complex claims involving fatalities and traumatic injuries that interact with civil tort claims, balancing the varied interests of his clients. 

Mr. Popovic also has helped insurers and employers develop and implement company-wide policies, procedures, and best practice standards for the most effective defense of workers’ compensation claims, and regularly provides training and presentations to employers and insurers across the nation on issues relating to workers’ compensation and subrogation law.  Additionally, Mr. Popovic spent several years working in-house at a title insurance company and is experienced with insurance coverage analysis, due diligence in connection with commercial and residential property instruments, and overall risk assessment in real estate deals. 

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2016
  • Utah, 2019
  • Illinois (inactive), 2011
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Location

Denver Office

Education

JD: University of Illinois School of Law, 2011, cum laude, Dean’s List
BS: DePaul University, 2006, Political Science

Contact

popovicp@hallevans.com

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Paul

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Career Distinctions & Honors

  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®; Workers’ Compensation Law, 2021-2022

Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Co-Presenter, “Utah Worker’ Compensation: Managing a Claim,” Client Seminar, 2022
  • Author, “Colorado Workers’ Compensation Rules See Significant Updates with HB 21-1050 and HB 21-1207,” Hall & Evans, LLC Blog, 2021
  • Co-Presenter, “Utah Worker’ Compensation Basics,” Client Seminar, 2020
  • Author, “Workers’ Compensation: The End of Forum Shopping in the Division IME Process? How the 2019 Legislative Update Has Affected Physician Selection,” Hall & Evans, LLC Blog, 2020
  • Co-Presenter, “Workplace Safety in the Hospitality Industry,” Client Seminar, 2019
  • Contributor, “Workers’ Compensation Practice Group Compendium, Montana Chapter,” ALFA International, 2019
  • Author, “Changing Dimes: Workers’ Compensation Division IME Rule Seeing Significant Updates in the New Year,” Hall & Evans, LLC Blog, 2018
  • Contributor, “Workers’ Compensation Practice Group Compendium, Montana Chapter,” ALFA International, 2017
  • Author, “A Workers’ Compensation Primer for Non-work Comp Attorneys” Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Newsletter, Volume 57-4, 2013
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Madisyn Schaus

Associate

Madisyn Schaus joined Hall & Evans, LLC as an Associate in 2025. Ms. Schaus’ practice centers on premises liability, products liability, professional liability, and workers’ compensation.

Ms. Schaus earned her JD from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada.  While in law school, she was a Legal Intern and a Legal Extern with the Clark County Public Defender’s Office.

Location

Las Vegas Office

Education

JD: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2025
BA: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2020, Criminal Justice

Contact

schausm@hallevans.com

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Business & Community Service
  • Volunteer, Central Christian Church with Central Youth

Sylvia Grace Acosta

Counsel

Sylvia Grace Acosta has over 25 years of wide-ranging litigation experience.  Ms. Acosta’s current practice includes insurance defense, construction defect, dram shop, premises liability, insurance bad faith litigation, and coverage disputes.  She also handles commercial litigation, real estate matters, estate planning, and workers’ compensation.   

Ms. Acosta is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where she instructs and mentors students on arbitration and negotiation. She is an active member and Past President of the Utah Minority Bar Association, and active with the Women Lawyers of Utah and Utah Center for Legal Inclusion.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Utah, 2003
  • Nebraska (inactive), 1997
  • California (inactive), 2002
  • Idaho (inactive), 2010

Location

Salt Lake City Office

Education

JD: University of Nebraska College of Law, 1997
BA: Auburn University, 1994, Psychology and English

Contact

acostag@hallevans.com

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Grace

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • Law Clerk, Utah Court of Appeals, Hon. William A. Thorne, Jr., 2002-2004
Professional Associations
  • Utah Minority Bar Association
  • Women Lawyers of Utah
  • Utah Center of Legal Inclusion

Kurt R. Bonds

Member

Kurt Bonds has practiced in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1997, focusing on litigation and transactional law. His litigation practice includes trucking and transportation matters, hospitality & retail, premises liability, employment, products liability, insurance defense, workers’ compensation defense, and toxic tort law. On the transactional side, Mr. Bonds handles corporate law, business transactions, banking law, contracts, real estate matters, and homeowners’ association matters.

Mr. Bonds serves as a court appointed Arbitrator for the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County and as a Referee/Arbitrator for the Nevada Real Estate Division. He also teaches risk reduction classes at the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors on various issues including trademark, licensing, advertising, and contracts.

An active participant in the legal community, Mr. Bonds is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, International Bar Association, American Inns of Court, the Clark County Bar Association, the Community Associations Institute, and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He is a frequent seminar speaker on transactional law issues, estate planning, and legal issues affecting homeowners’ associations and management companies. Mr. Bonds was named one of Nevada’s top business attorneys in the 2008 “Legal Elite” issue of the Nevada Business Magazine. He has also been recognized in Mountain States Super Lawyers® for his business and corporate law practice.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Location

Las Vegas Office

Education

JD: University of Nebraska College of Law, 1996
BS: Brigham Young University, 1993, International Finance, Minor in Business Composite

Contact

bondsk@hallevans.com

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2025-2026
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, Distinguished Peer Review Rated
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business/Corporate, 2016-2017, 2025
  • Nevada’s Top Attorneys, Nevada Business Magazine, 2008
Professional Associations
  • Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • Clark County Bar Association
  • Supreme Court Historical Society
  • International Bar Association
Professional Experience

  • Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Mr. Bonds served as Managing Partner and Chair of the Business Law department at Alverson Taylor & Sanders in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Speaker, “Negotiation Win/Win for Client”, Greater Las Vegas Area Realtors, June 2016
  • Speaker, “Legal Update,” Nevada Mutual Insurance Company Risk Management Seminar, May 2014
  • Speaker, “Advertising, Social Media Ethics and Liabilities,” Greater Las Vegas Area Realtors, May 2014
  • Author, “Conquering Contracts–Property Management Agreements and Landlord/Tenant Laws,” State of Nevada, Department of Business and Industry Real Estate Division, September 2012
Other Activities

  • In his spare time, Mr. Bonds enjoys playing and coaching basketball and spending time with his wife and their five children.

Languages
  • Portuguese

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