Attorney Profile

Hugh Q. Gottschalk

Hugh Gottschalk

Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
1801 California Street, Suite 3600
Denver, CO 80202
Contact Contact Hugh Q. Gottschalk
T: 303-244-1858
F: 303-244-1879

Visit: www.wtotrial.com
Practice areas: Business Litigation (60%), Intellectual Property (20%), Construction Litigation (20%)
Industry Groups: Construction & Construction Equipment, Energy, Financial Services, Industrial Equipment, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Professional Services

Profile

My practice focuses on commercial, product liability, and toxic tort litigation.  I have always enjoyed the trial practice because it provides me with the opportunity to present complex and technical information to a jury who are almost always trying to do the right thing.  Overcoming all of the technical arguments and issues and convincing a jury that the right thing to do is to render a verdict for my client is endlessly challenging and extremely satisfying.

Selected to:

Colorado Super Lawyers 2009
Colorado Super Lawyers 2008
Colorado Super Lawyers 2007
Colorado Super Lawyers 2006

About Hugh Gottschalk

Admitted: 1979, Colorado

Professional Webpage: www.wtklaw.com/bios.aspx?id=134

Honors and Awards: Colorado Super Lawyers Top 10, 2008; Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, Denver Business Journal, 2005
Bar/Professional Activity: American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow; American Bar Association, Litigation Section; Colorado Bar Association, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Section; Denver Bar Association; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Faculty; Product Liability Advisory Council, Sustaining Member, 1988-1992; Executive Committee, 1991-1992; American Civil Liberties Union
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Tips from the Bench, presented to Association of Corporate Counsel, Colorado Chapter (Feb. 2008); Automatic Disclosure in Discovery: The Rush to Reform, 27 Ga. L.Rev. 1 (1992); Lecturer, National Institute for Trial Advocacy; Lecturer, University of Colorado Trial Advocacy Program, 1985-1986.
Verdicts and Settlements: Obtained jury verdict for a limited liability company in a lawsuit that alleged its distribution of funds violated its operating agreement; Obtained a dismissal of an injunction to shut down a ski area for alleged trespassing; Castle Rock v. Conoco; Golan v. Ashcroft; Laser Tech v. BDO Seidman LLP; Stearns v. Jetway; CoPIRG v. Conoco; Denver v. Conoco; Denver v. Coors; Rider v. Hallmark; Diamond Shamrock v. Conoco; Scott v. Conoco; Cornerstone v. BDO Seidman LLP; Sonoco Products Company v. Neward Paper Products; Union Pacific v. International Insurance
Representative Clients: BDO Seidman; ConocoPhillips Regional Trial Counsel;  Duke Energy; FMC Regional Trial Counsel; Questar; Peaberry Coffee
Other Outstanding Achievements: AV Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell; Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation; Listed in Chambers USA for Litigation - Colorado.
Educational Background: University of Colorado School of Law, J.D.; University of Colorado Law Review, Articles Editor; Rothgerber Moot Court Competition, Finalist; Selected to Law School's National Moot Court Team, 1979, Northwestern University, B.S., Biochemistry, 1975
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