Craig A. Sargent

Member

With over 35 years of experience handling civil litigation matters, Craig Sargent’s litigation practice includes medical cases involving malpractice defense, medical practice management, and drug and medical device litigation. Throughout his career, Craig has represented healthcare providers from virtually all medical and surgical specialties, psychologists/psychiatrists, nurses, and other ancillary and physician extenders in professional negligence cases and in licensing and disciplinary proceedings. Craig has served as a Hearing Officer in hospital credentialing matters including all aspects of pre-hearing discovery, pre-hearing evidentiary and legal issues, presiding over credentialing hearings, and post-hearing matters. Craig also handles business and commercial litigation, trucking accident litigation, and catastrophic injury cases. He has experience in breach of contract, insurance bad faith, general insurance defense, and construction litigation.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

Colorado, 1988
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

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Location

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

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Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1988
BA: The Ohio State University, 1984, Philosophy

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Contact

1-303-628-3352

sargentc@hallevans.com

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Career Distinctions & Honors

Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Colorado Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense, 2008-2019
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association and Defense Research Institutes: Exceptional Performance Citation, 2008-2009
National Association of Distinguished Counsel – Recognizing Nation’s Top One Percent, 2017-Present

Appeals

Craig v. Carlson, 161 P.3d 648 (Colo. 2007)
Sereff v. Steedle, 167 P.3d 135 (Colo. 2007)
Sereff v. Steedle, 148 P.3d 192 (Colo.App. 2005)
Craig v. Carlson, 2005 Colo. App. LEXIS 1513 (Colo.App.2005)
Hardesty v. Pino, 2004 Colo.App. LEXIS 1519 (Colo.App.2004)
Liscio v. Pinson, 83 P.3d 1149 (Colo.App. 2003)
Russel v. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 44 P.3d 1063 (Colo. 2002)
Sereff v. Steedle, 30 P.3d 754 (Colo.App. 2000)
Russel v. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 15 P.3d 288 (Colo.App.2000)

Professional Associations

American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association, Member of the DBA/CBA combined Professionalism Committee, 2004-present and Board of Governors – 2009-2010
Colorado Bar Foundation, Fellow
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Past President, 2008-2009 and Board of Directors 2005-2010
Defense Research Institute, Professionalism, Medical Liability and Health Care Law, and Litigation Committees
Denver Bar Association
Arapahoe County Bar Association

Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars

Craig has been an invited lecturer for local and national legal and medical organizations on issues dealing with medical practice, office management, and medical malpractice issues in general.

Author, Colorado’s Ex Parte Meeting Law: Fact vs. Fiction, Colorado Claims Magazine, First Quarter 2012, Volume 10, Number 1
Speaker, “Professionalism in the Courtroom,” Colorado Defense Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, August 2008
Speaker, “You’ve Been Sued, Now What?” BONES Society – Annual Meeting, New Orleans, June 2005
Speaker, “Avoiding Malpractice In Your Practice,” University of Colorado School of Medicine – Continuing Medical Education – Renal Disease and Electrolyte Disorders Annual Meeting, Aspen, Colorado, July 2004
Speaker, “You’ve Been Sued, Now What?” BONES Society – Annual Meeting, Denver Colorado, April 2003
Speaker, “Pre-Litigation Considerations, Selection of Medical Experts, Depositions Strategy, Document Production, Civility, Motions Practice, Settlement Strategies, Trial Strategies, Jury Selection, Order of Proof, Exhibits, Opening Statements, Closing Arguments,” Rocky Mountain Legal Education, Inc., November 2002

Business & Community Service

Cherry Creek School District Community Assets Project, Board of Directors
Colorado Youth Tennis Foundation, Board of Directors, 1998-2001
Rotary Club of Denver Southeast – June 2011-2017
Community Service Committee, Board of Directors 2012- 2014
Doctors Care, Board of Directors, 2016-Present

Professional Experience

Trained as a mediator and serves as a trial and litigation consultant.