Legal Services & Lawyers

Gary S. Craw is a highly experienced Colorado personal injury lawyer. He has been a Colorado trial lawyer practicing in Colorado Springs since 1979. Gary works for persons and families who need expert legal help with personal injury and wrongful death claims. Gary has successfully handled personal injury cases involving car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, hospital malpractice, nursing malpractice, defective products, slip and fall injuries and other accidents that have resulted in serious personal injury or death claims.

In addition, Gary helps persons who have been treated unreasonably and unfairly by an insurance company. Often, insurance companies deny valid claims that should be paid. When an insurance company does this - which is known as "bad faith" - Gary has the necessary experience and skill to get his clients the insurance benefits they deserve, as well as money damages for the bad faith conduct of an insurance company.

Gary also handles probate litigation and will contest cases, as well as other civil litigation.

Gary is Board Certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, www.nbtanet.org. Gary has achieved an "AV" rating from Martindale Hubbell - the Highest Attorney Rating given, www.martindale.com. Gary S. Craw has twice been selected as one of Colorado's "Super Lawyers" by "5280 - Denver's Mile High Magazine based on the votes of other lawyers in Colorado who have actually seen him in action and a review of his qualifications by a Blue Ribbon panel, www.SuperLawyers.com. Gary has also achieved a "10" rating (highest rating)from the onlline lawyer rating service AVVO, www.AVVO.com.

Gary has served on the board of directors for Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity, and as the president and a director of a number of local homeowners associations in Colorado Springs. Gary started his legal career as a Colorado Public Defender in Colorado Springs. He worked as a Realtor before becoming a lawyer.

Todd R. Seelman is a litigation shareholder and a director at Grimshaw & Harring. He concentrates his practice on representing corporate clients in complex commercial litigation matters emphasizing antitrust, trade regulations, fraud, conspiracy, class actions, shareholder and partnership disputes, employment, securities, commercial contract disputes and appellate practice. Over the past eighteen years, he has represented corporate clients in multi-district, multi-party, class action and other complex litigation before state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. Mr. Seelman is an adjunct professor of antitrust law at the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver. Mr. Seelman has an AV® peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Cohen grew up in Denver. He earned his BA in economics at Whitman College 1980, then returned to Colorado and received his law degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1983. From 1983 to 1987 Mr. Cohen served as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Air Force. He also served two years as a Special Asst. U.S. Attorney in Nebraska. In 1986, he won the American Bar Association's Outstanding Young Military Service Lawyer award.

From 1987-1995 Mr. Cohen practiced law in Nebraska, where he represented an agricultural lender in collection and bankruptcy matters throughout the state. He also successfully represented defendants in several high profile criminal cases. In twenty-six years as a trial lawyer Mr. Cohen has conducted more than 100 jury trials. He has served as an on-demand military law expert for MSNBC.

Mr. Cohen and his family returned to the Denver area in 1995. He served as a Prosecuting Attorney for the Denver suburb of Westminster for seven years, and served as Interim Municipal Judge for the City of Boulder for eighteen months. He today serves as Municipal Judge for the Town of Lochbuie, portions of which are in Adams County and portions of which are in Weld County. He also served on the Executive Board of the Colorado Municipal League in Denver. He served as an elected member of his town's Board of Trustees and on his town's Board of Zoning Adjustment. He has tremendous experience in all aspects of local government.

Because of his diverse background, Mr. Cohen has experience in many areas of the law, but his practices emphasizes agricultural and equine law, business litigation, intellectual property and unfair competition, municipal law and special districts, real estate law and litigation, and tax-exempt organizations and trade associations. He currently serves as General Counsel for the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, a 501(c)(6) trade association with more than 8,000 members.

An accomplished writer, Mr. Cohen has authored six articles in the prestigious American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts series, including the primary article on piercing the corporate veil. He is a member of the Board of Editors of The Colorado Lawyer, a monthly magazine distributed to all members of the Colorado Bar Association. One of his interests is the use of "Plain English" rather than legal jargon in legal writing. Mr. Cohen also wrote two mysteries published by Time/Warner. His first mystery, The Fractal Murders, was a Book Sense mystery selection and a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. The sequel, Bluetick Revenge, won widespread praise from well known authors, including Kinky Friedman and Margaret Coel.

Mr. Cohen is a member of the Board of Directors of and a volunteer instructor for DART, Inc., a non-profit that offers training in preventing and responding to workplace violence, and with that background he drafts and reviews workplace violence policies. He holds a black belt in Shudokan karate and is an instructor at the Flatirons Karate Club.

Rob specializes in estate planning, estate administration and trusts. In his practice, Rob works with clients to create estate plans, which often include wills, trusts, living trusts, living wills, and powers of attorneys. He has also helped many clients obtain guardianships for loved ones that need someone to help care for them and conservatorships to help manage their loved one's finances. He helps clients in administering estates (probate) and trusts.

Erik Cansler has been Colorado resident since 1994 and a Westminster resident since 1998. Erik is licensed to practice law in Colorado and Wyoming. He specializes in civil litigation, including commercial and real estate disputes.

(Please note: The Wyoming State Bar does not certify any lawyer as a specialist or expert. Anyone considering a lawyer should independently investigate the lawyer's credentials and ability, and not rely upon advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise.)

A trial lawyer representing clients in criminal defense and related civil litigation in state and federal court in Colorado. Previously practiced in the State of Oregon from 1981 until 1998. Member of the Federal Criminal Defense Panel for the United States District Court of Colorado.

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