Adam R. Knecht

Member

Adam Knecht concentrates his practice on both transactional and business/civil litigation. Mr. Knecht’s civil work encompasses all aspects of civil trial work, including business litigation, landlord/tenant disputes, non-competition litigation, transportation law, premises liability, and insurance defense. His civil practice includes defending catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, defending healthcare professions against medical malpractice and nursing home lawsuits, workers’ compensation defense, defense of civil rights claims, and defending the manufacturers of various products including building products and medical products. Mr. Knecht’s transactional practice involves mergers and acquisitions, general business transactions, real estate law, and securities law.

Mr. Knecht represents clients in a wide variety of litigation and appellate matters in Federal and State courts in Nevada and Utah. He has successfully defended and prosecuted cases through trial, serving as lead trial counsel in more than 20 cases generally involving complex commercial, business, premises liability, personal injury, and real estate issues. Mr. Knecht has also been recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers® for his business litigation law practice.

Prior to law practice, Mr. Knecht had many years of business management experience in both the technology and construction industries. He also advised and provided management consulting services for various mid to large companies while working for global consulting firms Accenture and Bridge Strategy Group. Subsequent to that, Mr. Knecht was the general manager of a construction and real estate development company.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 2013
  • Utah, 2021
  • New Mexico, 2022
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  • U.S. District Court, District of Utah

Location

Las Vegas Office
1160 North Town Center Drive
Suite 330
Las Vegas, NV 89144

Education

JD: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2013

BS: Brigham Young University, 1998, Finance and Information Systems, Minor in Spanish

Contact

knechta@hallevans.com

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Adam

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America; Corporate Law, 2024-2025
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation, 2022
  • Outstanding Academic Achievement Full Scholarship
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing I (2010), Legal Writing II (2011), and Evidence, (2012)
Professional Associations
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • State Bar of Utah
  • Southern Utah Bar
  • State Bar New Mexico
  • Nevada Contractors Association
  • National Association of Home Builders
Business & Community Service
  • Volunteer, Boy Scouts of America, 2000-present
  • Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, 1989-present
Other Activities
  • Outside of work, Mr. Knecht enjoys spending time with his wife and children, running, boating, climbing, and hiking.
Languages
  • Spanish

Svetlana V. Scherr

Associate

Svetlana Scherr defends employers and insurers in a variety of legal matters stemming from workers’ compensation claims.  Ms. Scherr is also experienced with trusts and estates, employment agreements, tax compliance, business valuation, accounting, financial reporting, and auditing.

Before her legal career, Ms. Scherr spent a decade in the accounting and tax arenas.  She is a Certified Public Accountant and is Accredited in Business Valuations.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2022
  • Utah, 2024
  • South Dakota, 2025
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Location

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

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2021
BS: University of South Alabama, 2012, Business Administration, cum laude

Contact

scherrs@hallevans.com

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Svetlana

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Professional Associations
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants
License
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Accredited in Business Valuation by the AICPA
Languages
  • Russian

Taylor Feero

Senior Associate

Taylor Feero joined the Hall & Evans workers’ compensation practice group in 2022.  Before joining Hall & Evans, Mr. Feero served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge Shelley I. Gilman with the Second Judicial District in Denver, Colorado.

While attending the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Mr. Feero was an Editor of the Denver Law Review and a student attorney with the Criminal Defense Clinic.  He also served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Judge Ben Leutwyler with the Eighteenth Judicial District, a Student Intern with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and was a Law Clerk with a small immigration firm in Denver.  Prior to law school, Mr. Feero was an English instructor at Southwest Petroleum University through the Peace Corps in Xindu, Sichuan, China.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2019

Location

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

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2019
BA: University of Colorado, 2012, English & Film Studies
Certificates: Basic Legal Research and Advanced Legal Research, Constitutional Rights and Remedies Law, 2019

Contact

feerot@hallevans.com

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Taylor

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Denver Law Review; Associate Editor, 2018-2019; Staff Editor, 2017-2018

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Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Author, “A Small but Significant Reform that Could Have Put the Cap Back on Misdemeanor Sentencing for Colorado’s Noncitizens,” 95 Den. L. Rev. (online), 2018
Professional Experience
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Judge Shelley I. Gilman, Second Judicial District, Denver, CO, 2020-2022
  • Student Intern, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Denver, CO, 2018
  • Judicial Intern, Honorable Judge Ben Leutwyler, Eighteenth Judicial District, Centennial, CO, 2017

Tucker E. Allen

Senior Associate

Tucker Allen joined Hall & Evans, LLC as an Associate in 2021. Tucker routinely tackles complex and technical cases in state and federal court across a wide variety of industries. He coordinates customized strategies for clients at every stage of litigation from discovery, pre-trial motions, depositions of party and expert witnesses, to trial. Tucker also regularly handles the settlement of high-stakes cases at mediations and through informal settlement discussions. Tucker’s civil litigation practice is focused on transportation, premises liability, products liability, and professional liability.  He also has experience in construction surety bond litigation, construction defect and design litigation, workers’ compensation, and general commercial litigation.

Tucker earned his law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law along with an Environmental and Natural Resources and Environmental Law Certificate.  While in law school, Tucker was Vice President of the University of Denver Land-Use Law Society, Articles Editor for the University of Denver Water Law Review, and a member of the Natural Resource and Environmental Law Society.  Tucker also served as Law Clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, clerked for a lobbying firm, and a civil litigation firm specializing in real estate litigation.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Location

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

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2018

BA: University of Colorado, 2015, Journalism-News Editorial, Emphasis in Public Relations, Minor in Political Science

Certificate: Environmental and Natural Resources Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2018

Contact

allent@hallevans.com

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Tucker

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Career Distinctions & Honors

  • Vice President, University of Denver Land-Use Law Society, 2017-2018

  • Articles Editor, University of Denver Water Law Review, 2016-2018

Professional Experience
  • Law Clerk, United States Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado, Denver, CO, 2016
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars

  • Co-Author, “Key Implications of The Denver Green Roof Initiative,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, January 2018

  • Co-Author, “Legislature Passes ‘Standard Form’ Requirements,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, October 2017

  • Co-Author, “No-Pet Policies Don’t Apply to Service Animals,” Colorado Real Estate Journal, July 2017

  • Author, “Conflicts and Cooperation: The Past, Present, and Future of Interstate Water Compacts,” Colorado River Compact Issues Affecting the Navajo Water Projects, University of Denver Water Law Review, April 2016

Professional Associations
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Denver Bar Association
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Blog Posts About Tucker

Kendra G. Garstka

Member

Kendra Garstka’s practice focuses on the representation of insurance carriers and employers in Colorado and Utah workers’ compensation and subrogation cases.  Ms. Garstka defends and argues cases before the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Utah Labor Commission, and the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Ms. Garstka was an Associate for insurance defense firms in Denver and Chicago.  Ms. Garstka began her legal career in Chicago, Illinois as a Staff Attorney for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission where she drafted opinions and decisions on review, orders, and dissent consistent with the Commissioner’s rulings.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2017
  • Utah, 2018
  • Illinois (inactive), 2012

Location

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

Education

JD: Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2012
BA: American University, 2009, Journalism and Political Science, magna cum laude

Contact

garstkak@hallevans.com

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Kendra

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Professional Associations

  • Professionals in Workers’ Compensation

  • ALFA International, Steering Committee, Workers’ Compensation Practice Group

  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Denver Bar Association
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars

  • Panelist, “Emerging Trends in and Around Workers’ Compensation,” ALFA International Future Leaders Seminar, 2023

  • Presentation, “Marijuana and Colorado Workers’ Compensation,” Client Seminar, 2018
  • Presentation, “Evaluating Compensability and Causation Issues (Including the Role of Diagnostic Testing),” Client Seminar, 2018
Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America; Workers’ Compensation Law, 2021-2025

  • Colorado Super Lawyers®, “Rising Star,” Workers’ Compensation, 2024-2025

Business & Community Service
  • Co-Vice Chair of Administrative Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association, December 2013 – June 2016
  • American University Alumni Association, Leadership Team, Chicago Chapter, July 2013 – April 2017
  • Office of the Governor, Clemency Backlog Elimination Project, September 2012- December 2014
  • Field Associates, Program Committee Member, Field Museum, July 2013 – April 2017
Blog Posts About Kendra

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