Attorney Profile

James Avery

James Avery

Avery Law Firm
44 Cook Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO 80206
Contact Contact James Avery
T: 303-840-2222
F: 866-333-2963

Visit: www.averylawfirm.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (50%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (30%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (20%)

Profile

Jim Avery has collected millions of dollars for his clients, handling some of the most complex cases, such as medical and legal malpractice, insurance bad faith, birth trauma, neuro-surgical and aviation law, and the first ever road rage case to hold two drivers liable. Jim Avery recently established the liability of a nonprofit organization for a heat related illness (heat stroke) suffered by a minor participant in a youth (basketball) athletic league, obtaining a $1.6 million verdict for his client.  A pilot and motorsports enthusiast, Jim is admitted to practice in all courts in the States of New York (1982), Colorado (1983), and Indiana (2003).  Jim has been extensively involved in humanitarian aid projects in Africa, where he lead teams which established 50 primary schools, churches and medical clinics in Southern Sudan. His firm, Avery Law Firm (Est. 1989), with offices in Colorado, New York and Indiana, emphasizes catastrophic injury claims. Typical cases involve auto, aviation and trucking accidents, insurance bad faith, medical, legal and professional malpractice, products liability and recreational accidents (eg., skiing).

Selected to:

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

About James Avery

Admitted: 1983, Colorado

Blog: www.coloradosuperlawyer.com/blogs/LEGAL%20BLOG.htm

Professional Webpage: coloradosuperlawyer.com/webdoc2.htm

Honors and Awards: Named one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" in Colorado by The American Trial Lawyers Association.  www.theatla.com, Top 100 Lawyers, The ATLA, 2007, Invited to become a Fellow and Inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America, a Trial Lawyer Honorary Society dedicated to the preservation of the civil justice system in America. www.trialcounsel.org, Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
Special Licenses/Certifications: Private Pilot License.  PADI Open Water Scuba certified.  Motorcycle License.  NASA sports car racing license.
Bar/Professional Activity: Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Colorado Bar Association, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Pro bono/Community Service: The Sudan Project; Home Christian Fellowship; Brain Injury Association of Colorado.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Discusses the imposition of joint liability of physicians after the enactment of new tort reform laws limiting joint and several liability of tortfeasors., Author, The Pro Rata Liability Act and Imposition of Joint Liability Against Physicians, The Colorado Lawyer Magazine, 1998
Verdicts and Settlements: James Avery's latest trial result: 2009- $1.6 million jury verdict in favor of 14 year old who suffered heat stroke in youth basketball league game operated by Gold Crown Foundation, Inc.  It is standard in the practice of medical malpractice and professional liability to include confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements; therefore, it is not permissible to publish these settlements.  Contact James Avery to discuss additional settlement and verdict results.
Representative Clients: Lawyer for ordinary people, not corporations.  See website for client testimonials. Thank you., 2009
Educational Background: Juris Doctor-University of Denver College of LawBachelor of Arts-Austin College, Sherman, Texas (1979), 1982
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