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Chuck has tried more than 400 civil and criminal cases in federal courts and in at least 20 states. He has also taught trial strategy and techniques in addition to negotiation and settlement skills to attorneys in the United States and abroad. A past president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, he has represented more than 50 attorneys and law firms in legal matters that include defending the district attorney of a large metro county in a trial against eight felony charges.Chuck has represented judges and their families in personal legal matters, and twice represented the Colorado Legislature in litigation matters. He has defended numerous homicide cases without a single first-degree homicide conviction.The University of Colorado and its athletic department have also been among Chuck's clients. He is a former U.S. Air Force jet pilot, which gives Chuck a pilot's perspective on the many air crash cases with which he has been involved. Chuck has also tried numerous cases in which his clients were awarded in excess of $1 million, and he successfully prosecuted one of only two defamation cases in Colorado against a newspaper that withstood appeal. Chuck has also handled two of the more important cases in Colorado that involve fiduciary duties, and tried and defended on appeal a case widely cited in matters of trade secret and unfair competition. | 