Honors and Awards:

• Woman of the Year, National Association of Professional Women, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• • American Bar Association• Colorado Bar Association• Denver Bar Association• American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• For four years, Linda served on the Jeffco School District Strategic Plan Advisory Council, chairing the committe for 2007-2008. Linda served two years as Secretary of the International Baccalaureate Parent Assoc., Lakewood Senior High School and the PTA Chair of the school's After Prom 2008 and 2009.  For 2006 and 2007 she was an Attorney Coach, for the Evergreen High School Team, Mock Trial Program, which placed in the top five teams state wide in last year’s competition, and which EHS made into a varsity letter activity.   She was appointed to the Citizen Review Committee, for the 2005/2006 Budget Development, Jeffco Public Schools.  Linda has chaired the Mountain Area Forum, and the Bergen Leadership Councils; and she served as the co-president of Bergen Elementary Schools PTA. 

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Co-author, The Nine Commandments of Malpractice Prevention, Trial Lawyer, American Association For Justice, 1999
• Author, Restitution in Criminal Actions: Consideration for Civil Trial Lawyers, Trial Talk , Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2001
• Faculty, Preventing Legal Malpractice 2001, Colorado Bar Association/CLE Seminar, 2001
• Faculty, Ethics 2001, Continuing Legal Education Conference, 2001
• Co-author, Ski law for beginners, intermediates and experts., Trial Lawyer, American Association For Justice, 2001
• Faculty, Trial Advocacy Program - Ethics Sections, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Annual Conference, 2003
• Presenter, Focused Marketing of Multiple Practice Areas, FindLaw Webinar, WEST, 2006
• Faculty, The Business of Practicing Law, Colorado Bar Association/CLE Seminar, 2007
• Faculty Member, Ethics Hot Topics: Internet Marketing, Attorney’s Fees and Attorney Fee Agreements, Colorado Bar Association CLE Program, 2009

Verdicts and Settlements:

• $325,000 Settlement for Hand Injury - Defective lab equipment injures lab tech, nearly amputating her hand. Manufacturer of equipment settles before trial., 2001
• $778,200 Damages for Loss of Arm - Defective design of ski resort "Magic Carpet" results in traumatic amputation of arm. During the trial, the parties reached a confidential settlement, 2003
• TBI Victim Suffers $1.1 Million Loss - Assistant principal at an Aurora middle school slipped in a puddle of glycol which had been leaking from the ceiling of a classroom. The glycol was leaking from a pipe in the ceiling, which had recently been installed as a part of a retrofit of the school’s entire HVAC system. Our client fell, striking her head first on the edge of a large, wooden teacher’s desk, and then on the tile floor. She suffered a traumatic brain injury. Claims were filed against the mechanical engineering firm who designed the HVAC system and the mechanical company who installed the system. The matter settled for a confidential amount weeks before trial., 2009
• Breast Cancer Cases - Ms. Chalat routinely reviews breast cancer cases, and has successfully represented victims of failure to diagnose and misdiagnosis. In each case, the claims were settled prior to trial with a very restrictive confidentiality clause, prohibiting publication of details of the claims.  Read a recent article in The New York Times about one of our breast cancer misdiagnosis cases., 2010

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Jeffco PTA Jane Hammond Award Recepient, 2009
• Interviewed by KJCT8, Grand Junction, CO, on her ski safety blogging and tips for skiing safety, 2011

Video:

• Chalat Hatten & Koupal in the News, 2010

Educational Background:

• Colorado School of Mines, B.S. Chem.Engr., 1983