Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Associate – Real estate and corporate practice, with some civil litigation and complex criminal defense litigation. Real estate and corporate responsibilities included: documenting all aspects of real estate lending, sale, and purchase transactions; negotiating and documenting commercial real estates leases and property management agreements; and, performing due diligence in connection with corporate acquisitions and financings. Litigation experience included: drafting pleadings, trial memorandums, and appellate court briefs and conducting depositions.
• Misdemeanors
  Deputy District Attorney – Prosecuted misdemeanors, petty offenses, misdemeanor traffic offenses, and traffic infractions. Duties included a full time courtroom practice encompassing a substantial number of jury and court criminal trials.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  The Workers' Compensation Act protects employers from suits for liability by injured workers while limiting the injured worker’s benefits. Any rights arising under the Workers' Compensation Act are created by statute and problems arise most frequently when the employer fails to do some act which it is required to do under the law. These rights are then prosecuted at hearing before the Division of Administrative Hearings. You should retain counsel well prior to this point.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
  Assistant United States Attorney – Two years (1/96-1/98) in Civil Division with responsibility for defending actions against employees, agencies, and departments of the United States of America including, for example, tort actions, Title VII actions, medical malpractice claims, and Bivens claims.
• Social Security Disability
  He also successfully argued before the Federal Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court on First Amendment issues involving the evaluation of citizen initiatives. Neil was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1979 and has practiced in the fields of workers’ compensation and social security disability for over a quarter of a century. Neil was a Peace Corp volunteer in India 1966-68, after which he worked overseas for CARE for six years providing food relief and development assistance in numerous developing and war-torn countries.