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Litigation: General Commercial

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Litigation: General Commercial - Colorado

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What the Team is Known For

Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP is a dominant litigation boutique celebrated for its talent in civil trials, most notably with respect to commercial litigation, product liability and mass tort actions. The team maintains unparalleled bench strength and continues to draw praise for its experience acting as national trial counsel to major clients on significant and sophisticated matters. Its clients include companies and individuals from the energy, technology and automotive industries.

Work Highlights

  • Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell represented the Southeastern Conference in antitrust class actions against the NCAA and major athletic conferences regarding name, image and likeness claims by former college basketball players.

Strengths

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Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell is the best at trial work, litigation and understanding client business needs. I wouldn't hesitate to send it any sort of litigation matter, regardless of size or magnitude.

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Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell is excellent by any metric and handles very significant matters.

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The firm has shown an ability and willingness to proactively, thoughtfully and aggressively mount a defense, while still respecting our corporate identity, mission and approach to litigation.

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The firm's lawyers are incredibly results-oriented and consummate team players who think about litigation in a three-dimensional way.

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Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell has top-notch trial skills and a deep bench. It is super responsive and works with us as a team, giving advice and judgment when requested and following our instructions.

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Notable Practitioners

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Hugh Gottschalk
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Senior Statespeople

Hugh Gottschalk is a highly experienced attorney with notable experience handling commercial disputes and personal injury-related litigation.

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Michael O'Donnell
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Eminent Practitioners

Michael O'Donnell has notable experience servicing a broad range of clients in business-critical litigation, including contractual disputes and product liability matters.

He has a sterling and well-earned reputation as an excellent lawyer. The growth of that firm is largely to his credit.

Michael is a terrific lawyer.

Michael is an unparalleled professional with great skills and experience.

He is the prototype of what you want in a litigator. He's unflappable, impeccably prepared, well spoken and with decades of experience to draw upon.

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Carolyn Fairless
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Carolyn Fairless operates a busy practice centering on professional liability defense and complex commercial matters. She is held in particularly high regard for her knowledge of legal malpractice claims.

Carolyn is an amazing lawyer.

She is outstanding and a tremendous trial lawyer.

Carolyn is so wise.

Carolyn is excellent, the best outside lawyer I work with.

Carolyn is best-in-class as a litigator and counselor for law firms.

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Frederick R Yarger
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Frederick Yarger enjoys an excellent reputation for his impressive appellate practice, which includes acting for clients in state and federal proceedings, as well as appearing before the US Supreme Court. He is also the former Solicitor General of Colorado.

He is an excellent attorney in his writing, analytical skills, judgment and presentation in court.

He's a great appellate lawyer.

He is an incredibly hard worker and a head down, by-the-book, dedicated appellate attorney for whom I have lots of respect.

Frederick is absolutely the best choice for appellate advocacy.

He is very knowledgeable, very well connected throughout the state and a pleasure to work with.

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Katie Reilly
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Katie Reilly focuses on high stakes commercial litigation, including class action defense, securities and antitrust on behalf of high profile clients.

Katie is sharp, savvy and easy to work with.

Katie is amazing and has the ability to really hone in and focus on what's important in a case and digest extreme amounts of data and facts in a way that makes sense. She is a phenomenal writer.

She is a standout who is relentless and always prepared. She has an unbelievable strategic sense and judgment about how to shape and manage a case from the outset.

Katie is detail-oriented and super skilled, extremely creative and incredibly bright. She is an analytical fast-thinker and a tremendous lawyer.

Katie is a superstar. Anything she touches gets better.

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Michael T. Williams
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Michael Williams focuses on product liability matters and other litigation involving multiple participants. He services large corporates with operations nationwide.

Mike is a supreme case strategist and manager of so many disparate matters. I appreciate his thoughtful approach.

Michael has a very strong reputation.

Michael is a good creative thinker.

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Joel Neckers
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Joel Neckers's varied litigation practice spans areas such as energy litigation and medical malpractice defense.

Joel is open and honest. He is extremely strategic and prompt, and takes feedback well.

He's responsive and generally always available.

Joel has a very rare combination of sophisticated legal skill with an approachable, common sense demeanor. He is an invaluable asset to us.

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Marissa S. Ronk
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Marissa Ronk is recognized for her expert handling of complex commercial litigation and class actions. She is frequently sought after by energy and manufacturing sector clients, among others.

She's tremendously professional and has a great read of things.

Marissa is terrific and works to the benefit of her clients. She is diligent, proactive and finds other angles.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Litigation: Appellate
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Frederick R Yarger
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Litigation: General Commercial
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Hugh Gottschalk
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Senior Statespeople
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Michael O'Donnell
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Carolyn Fairless
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Katie Reilly
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Michael T. Williams
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Joel Neckers
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Marissa S. Ronk
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