CO Insurance and Construction Lawyers

Brian K. Stutheit is an accomplished attorney with approximately thirty years experience.  Mr. Stutheit is soft spoken, but has a special talent for persuasion, whether persuading a jury, a hearing officer, or a mediator. 

CAREER OVERVIEW

1998 to  Present.  Founding partner, Stutheit & Gartland, P.C.   

1983 to 1998.  Montgomery Little & McGrew, P.C. (Now Montgomery Little & Soran)
Greenwood Village, Colorado

Civil litigation and probate law. Civil litigation emphasized construction defect litigation, fire and water damage liability and insurance matters, personal injury claims, professional malpractice defense and employment litigation, as well as litigation related to employer benefits and insurance plans.  Mr. Stutheit handled the firm's probate litigation, including will contests, spousal disinheritance matters, trust litigation, and fiduciary misconduct claims.

Prior to 1983  Colorado Medical Society

Represented the Society as a lobbyist before the Colorado General Assembly and State and Federal agencies.  

 Education

 Mr. Stutheit earned a J.D. degree from the University of Texas.  He is a Colorado native, born in Greeley and raised in Littleton. 

 Sample Of Current Work

 In the past year, Mr. Stutheit litigated court cases concerning construction defects in commercial and residential buildings, discriminatory employment practices by a residential care facility, wrongful withholding of a salesman's commissions, mechanics lien enforcement and challenges,  and personal injury from a fall at a medical office building.  He handled numerous unemployment hearings, and appeared for State employees before the Division of Administrative Hearings.   
 
SELECT  PRESENTATIONS

* What to Do When the State Board of Accountancy Comes Calling - News Account (Journal of the Colorado Society of C.P.A.s)
* New State Insurance Law Offers Protections for Small Employers - Denver Business Journal.
* Multi-Unit Construction Defect Litigation - Integrity Builders group
* "Searching for Fraud in   Claims- Western   meeting of American Trucking Association
* Accident Liability Investigation and Resolution:   America Moving and Storage Association
* "Subrogation - What to Look For" * Colorado Claims Association.
* A Walk Through A Case Gone Wrong- Colorado Claims Managers Council
* "Sexual Misconduct Claims Against People in Positions of Authority" Sponsored by Professional Information Exchange.
*"Nursing and Liability for Patient Falls."  Colorado Hospitals.  Sponsored by Phico Insurance.
* Real estate broker obligations and clandestine drug labs Presented to Boulder Area Realtor Association