The firm emphasizes all aspects of litigation, with attorneys who specialize in the following practice areas:
Construction Litigation
Rider Kafer, P.C. routinely represents developers, general contractors and subcontractors in residential and commercial construction litigation throughout Colorado. In this regard, our firm aggressively analyzes the claimed scope of work related to the alleged construction defects, retains appropriate expert witnesses, assesses liability and damages, works towards a reasonable and efficient resolution and defends the construction client through the entire litigation process.
Insurance Coverage and Related Litigation
Rider Kafer, P.C. is one of the foremost insurance coverage firms in Colorado. The firm’s coverage attorneys are frequently retained at the outset of a claim to provide coverage and claim handling advice throughout the entire life of a claim. Alternatively, our clients also hire us to analyze a single question related to coverage or other aspects of an insurer’s rights or obligations under a specific policy.
Professional Liability
Rider Kafer, P.C. has extensive experience with professional liability claims and has represented insurance producers, lawyers, securities brokers, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, directors and officers, and many other types of professionals.
Commercial Trucking Defense
Rider Kafer, P.C. is highly adept at defending truck drivers, trucking companies, and their insurers. In this regard, we represent these parties in claims including accidents, property damage, and wrongful death cases. Truck accident litigation often involves high value claims and extensive investigations. The successful defense of a trucking case begins at the scene with a quick response team of accident reconstruction specialists who preserve the evidence at the accident site. This includes photographing the accident scene, taking measurements, and interviewing eye-witnesses, the truck driver, other participants involved in the accident, and the investigating police officers.
Personal Injury Defense
Rider Kafer, P.C. defends corporate and individual insureds, as well as self-insured corporations, in all types of personal injury cases throughout Colorado. Our firm has an extensive in-house research database on personal injury cases in Colorado, which it uses to effectively defend such cases.
Commercial Litigation
Rider Kafer, P.C. has attorneys who can assist in many aspects of commercial litigation disputes. The firm’s attorneys have represented all sizes and types of businesses from large publicly traded companies to small and medium sized businesses to individuals. We have handled contract disputes, business disputes, shareholder, member and partner claims, unfair competition claims and a wide variety of equitable claims. Our litigators are trained to spot issues, aggressively enforce agreements and resolve matters that stem from the break-up of businesses. We have represented clients in various fraud, misrepresentation, civil conspiracy, and consumer protection act claims. We understand the need for pro-active representation and we provide result oriented and often times unique approaches to the resolution of business and commercial disputes.
Governmental Defense Litigation
Rider Kafer, P.C. attorneys have defended governmental entities and public officials in civil rights cases involving issues of land use, employment, police liability, election contests, licensing, taxation, free speech, Open Records Act, and Open Meetings Law claims, as well as tort and constitutional claims.
