Colorado Trial Lawyer Connection

Keith Fuicelli, Fuicelli & Lee
Colorado Trial Lawyer Connection

The pursuit of justice starts here. Join host Keith Fuicelli as we uncover the stories, strategies, and lessons from Colorado trial lawyers to help you and your clients achieve justice in the courtroom. Our goal is to bridge the gap between theory and practice—connecting you to the proven strategies that work from the state’s most accomplished litigators—to sharpen your own skills in the pursuit of justice. If this podcast is bringing value to your practice, be sure to subscribe and join us on every episode as we dissect real cases, learn from Colorado's top trial lawyers, and empower our legal community to reach greater heights of success. Keep your connection to Colorado’s best trial lawyers alive at https://www.TheCTLC.com Ready to refer or collaborate on a case? The personal injury attorneys at Fuicelli & Lee can help. Visit our attorney referral page at https://TheCTLC.com/refer or call our Denver office at (303) 444-4444. Fuicelli & Lee (https://coloradoinjurylaw.com) is a personal injury law firm dedicated to representing clients across Colorado who have suffered catastrophic injuries due to someone’s reckless or careless actions. Our top areas of focus include: car accidents, brain injury/TBI, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death claims, pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents, drunk driving accidents, dog bites, construction accidents, slip & fall/premises liability, and product liability. The information contained in this podcast is not intended to be taken as legal advice. The information provided by Fuicelli & Lee is intended to provide general information regarding comprehensive injury and accident attorney services for clients in the state of Colorado.

  1. 7月4日

    Spencer Kontnik – Securing a $500,000 Verdict for a Denied Job Accommodation

    Born with profound hearing loss, Spencer Kontnik spent a long time distancing himself from any fields of law related to disability. Then, the “light bulb” went off, and today he advocates for people with disabilities – like the client whose job offer from Denver Health was rescinded after she requested disability accommodations. In this case breakdown with host Keith Fuicelli, Spencer discusses how his team approached the issue of proving discrimination. “It's very difficult to prove that individual, that person, is a discriminatory person,” he explains. So the team focused on cultivating evidence and cross-examinations that showed that the defendant’s actions toward his client were discriminatory. Spencer secured a jury award, pre-judgment interest, back pay, and front pay totalling $500,000.  Learn More and Connect with Colorado Trial Lawyers☑️ Spencer Kontnik | LinkedIn ☑️ Kontnik | Cohen on Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | X ☑️ Keith Fuicelli | LinkedIn ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers Website ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Episode SnapshotSpencer's transformation from defense attorney to disability rights advocate after defending a case involving a deaf job applicant.Employment law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities that limit major life functions, with the burden shifting to employers to prove fundamental alteration or undue burden.The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) offers similar remedies to the ADA but allows cases to proceed faster in state court versus federal court.Spencer's client, a biostatistician with 130-plus peer-reviewed publications, was denied a job at Denver Health after...

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  2. 5月23日

    Kylie Schmidt and Nicole Quintana – Landing $400,000 for Flight Paramedic's Ear Injury

    Two routine medical flights turned catastrophic when the cabin rapidly depressurized, leaving a flight paramedic with permanent tinnitus and hearing loss. In this case break-down with host Keith Fuicelli, Nicole Quintana and Kylie Schmidt of Ogborn Mihm discuss how they navigated complex aviation maintenance records, fought an admission of liability that wasn't truly an admission, and overcame defense arguments about their client's recreational shooting and explosives training to secure verdicts totalling nearly $400,000 for both incidents. Learn More and Connect with Colorado Trial Lawyers☑️ Kylie Schmidt | LinkedIn ☑️ Nicole Quintana | LinkedIn ☑️ Ogborn Mihm on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube ☑️ Keith Fuicelli | LinkedIn ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Episode SnapshotThe case involved a flight paramedic who suffered permanent tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and hearing loss after cabin depressurization incidents in an air ambulance.The trial team identified maintenance failures that caused the rapid loss of cabin pressure that damaged their client's ears.Focus groups encouraged the team to disclose their client's recreational activities –  shooting and explosives training – upfront rather than let the defense use them as a "gotcha" moment.The client's annual hearing tests for his job proved invaluable in showing that he had...

    58 分鐘
  3. 5月9日

    Allison Pritchard and Phil Meinkoth – Surveillance, Strategy, and a $240K Slip-and-Fall Verdict

    When a 68-year-old woman shattered her kneecap after slipping in Walmart, defense attorneys expected an easy win—ignoring that surveillance footage revealed employees had walked past the water spill without action for 30 minutes. Allison Pritchard and Phil Meinkoth of Olson Personal Injury Lawyers reveal to host Keith Fuicelli how they meticulously built their case, leveraging surveillance footage, strategic witness cross-examinations, and a perfectly calculated damage ask that delivered a $240,000 verdict—exceeding their pre-trial demand by nearly $70,000. Learn More and Connect with Colorado Trial Lawyers☑️ Allison Pritchard | LinkedIn ☑️ Phil Meinkoth | LinkedIn ☑️ Olson Personal Injury Lawyers on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube ☑️ Keith Fuicelli | LinkedIn ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers Website ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Episode SnapshotThe client slipped in a pool of water that had been present for 30 minutes after ice delivery, breaking her kneecap so severely that she permanently lost the lower half of her patella.Surveillance footage revealed four Walmart employees walking directly through the area without addressing the hazard.The team fought to obtain complete surveillance footage, initially receiving only 5 minutes...

    54 分鐘
  4. 4月21日

    Courtney Samuel – Train Like Your Practice Depends On It

    Lawyers have a stressful job and, as host Keith Fuicelli explains, “keeping our bodies in peak optimal performance is critical to success.” That’s why he invites his personal trainer, Courtney Samuel, to the show to encourage lawyers to take up a physical fitness regimen. Courtney lays out why maintaining muscle mass becomes increasingly crucial as we age and offers practical fitness guidance for busy professionals. Tune in for Courtney’s insights about the importance of treating your body as professionally as your legal practice. Learn More and Connect with Colorado Trial Lawyers☑️ Courtney Samuel | LinkedIn ☑️ Bodies By Perseverance on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X ☑️ Keith Fuicelli | LinkedIn ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers Website ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Episode SnapshotCourtney's path from NFL prospect with a computer science degree to fitness entrepreneur.Why beginners should look to personal trainers as they embark on their fitness journey. How maintaining muscle mass becomes increasingly crucial as we age, particularly to prevent conditions like osteoporosisWhy boxing is an excellent low-impact, high-intensity cardio option.Courtney recommends starting with two weekly strength training sessions (45-60 minutes) that focus on upper and lower body.Simple body-weight exercises anyone can do in limited time: push-ups, sit-ups, dips, squats, and jumping jacks.The mindset necessary to overcome the "inner voice" that wants to skip workouts.Bodies By Perseverance has two Denver locations: the main 10,000-square-foot facility (30th and Downing) and a personal training studio in Cherry Creek...

    24 分鐘
  5. 2月7日

    Melanie Sulkin – Turning a Low-Impact Crash into a $583K Verdict

    At a glance, the two large vehicles involved in a rear-end collision – a Toyota 4Runner and a Nissan Xterra – didn’t appear visibly damaged. And Melanie Sulkin’s client didn’t appear injured.  But Melanie pursued the case beyond surface images. She recounts her methods with host Keith Fuicelli. From proving the significant frame damage to her client’s car and the permanent injury to her client’s rotator cuff, Melanie describes an approach that yielded a jury verdict of nearly $583,000. Learn More and Connect with Colorado Trial Lawyers☑️ Melanie Sulkin | LinkedIn ☑️ Krivit Law | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook ☑️ Keith Fuicelli | LinkedIn ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Episode SnapshotMelanie found her calling as an undergraduate when she founded Northern Illinois University’s mock trial team.Early in her career, Melanie was on the team that tried the first M2a Magnum Biomet case in the country.In a recent case, Melanie represented a client who was rear-ended, but both her client’s car and the defendant’s car showed little to no visible property damage.Even though the defendant originally admitted fault, his stories changed during trial in an attempt to place some blame on Melanie’s client.In arguing that the crash caused her client’s rotator cuff tear, Melanie showed photos of the car, and her client testified that she had the entire frame repaired.  Melanie struck many jurors who said during voir dire that her client “looks fine.” When the “mechanism of injury” became a question at trial, Melanie elicited an answer from the defense surgeon.The defendant’s insurance carrier initially agreed to a demand of $300,000, but then backed off. For Melanie’s client, the decision...

    55 分鐘
  6. 1月31日

    Clay Wire and Jason Wesoky – The Contract Dispute with a “Mean Girls” Plot

    Text messages, complete with poop emojis, revealed that a charter school’s board members targeted the executive director because they just didn’t like her. “It was like ‘Mean Girls,’” recalls Jason Wesoky, who, with colleague Clay Wire, represented the director. Tune into this case breakdown with host Keith Fuicelli as Jason and Clay describe how they framed the contract dispute as a set-up by board members hoping to boot their client off the job. In the end, she won a jury verdict of about $950,000. Learn More and Connect with Colorado Trial Lawyers☑️ Clay Wire | LinkedIn ☑️ Jason Wesoky | LinkedIn ☑️ Ogborn Mihm on LinkedIn | Facebook ☑️ Keith Fuicelli | LinkedIn ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers Website ☑️ Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Episode SnapshotWhen he realized that he was making more as a bartender than he would as a political scientist or journalist, Clay turned to law school.Jason grew up in the legal world and went to college knowing he wanted to be a lawyer.Clay and Jason represented the executive director of a Colorado charter school when a new board refused to honor her contract.Because the team couldn’t bring tort claims against a governmental entity, they focused on a contract claim for economic damages through the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act.Their client used the state’s social security replacement for public employees to draw on her retirement and then return to work under the contract. The defense argued that their client had, in fact, retired and that she wasn’t honoring her contract.Text messages provided through...

    58 分鐘

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The pursuit of justice starts here. Join host Keith Fuicelli as we uncover the stories, strategies, and lessons from Colorado trial lawyers to help you and your clients achieve justice in the courtroom. Our goal is to bridge the gap between theory and practice—connecting you to the proven strategies that work from the state’s most accomplished litigators—to sharpen your own skills in the pursuit of justice. If this podcast is bringing value to your practice, be sure to subscribe and join us on every episode as we dissect real cases, learn from Colorado's top trial lawyers, and empower our legal community to reach greater heights of success. Keep your connection to Colorado’s best trial lawyers alive at https://www.TheCTLC.com Ready to refer or collaborate on a case? The personal injury attorneys at Fuicelli & Lee can help. Visit our attorney referral page at https://TheCTLC.com/refer or call our Denver office at (303) 444-4444. Fuicelli & Lee (https://coloradoinjurylaw.com) is a personal injury law firm dedicated to representing clients across Colorado who have suffered catastrophic injuries due to someone’s reckless or careless actions. Our top areas of focus include: car accidents, brain injury/TBI, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death claims, pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents, drunk driving accidents, dog bites, construction accidents, slip & fall/premises liability, and product liability. The information contained in this podcast is not intended to be taken as legal advice. The information provided by Fuicelli & Lee is intended to provide general information regarding comprehensive injury and accident attorney services for clients in the state of Colorado.

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