Boulder, CO

Franklin D. Azar

Franklin D. Azar founded Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers in 1987. He is recognized as one of Colorado’s top plaintiff’s attorneys, specializing in car accidents, wage and hour violations, insurance bad faith, products liability, and mass torts. He was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Multi-District litigation involving DePuy’s faulty Pinnacle hip implants and actively assists whistleblowers. Mr. Azar secured an $11.5 million verdict against a football helmet manufacturer in 2013 and was involved in class action lawsuits against Walmart, resulting in over $750 million in settlements. He previously served as an Assistant District Attorney and has represented clients from all 50 states.

J. Todd Tenge

J. Todd Tenge is the founder and managing partner at Tenge Law Firm, LLC, with over 30 years of experience in personal injury law. He has a reputation as one of the premier personal injury attorneys in Colorado, handling various personal injury matters and representing hundreds of injured people and their families. He is highly rated by clients and peers, and is an active member of several bar associations.

Scott Jurdem

Scott Jurdem's skills as a trial lawyer were honed over the course of a 42-year career and are well known in the State of Colorado. His achievements include selection to the Best Lawyers in America, with the additional designation as Lawyer of the Year 2022 by Best Lawyers in America, nomination and admission to the exclusive American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), over fifteen years selected to Colorado Super Lawyers, an honor reserved for the top five percent of Colorado attorneys, and Board Certification as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. His successes in the personal injury and civil arena include two verdicts in excess of ten million dollars and many others in excess of one million dollars. A licensed attorney in Boulder since 1976, Scott Jurdem has broad experience including serving as Director of the Denver and Colorado Springs Public Defender Offices.

Ryan Kalamaya

Ryan Kalamaya is a 5th-generation Coloradoan and trial lawyer. His work involves the most painful, stressful, and emotional situations in a person’s life. He understands loss and can empathize with what clients face. He is the Chairman for the Board of Directors of Alpine Legal Services, a legal organization ensuring access to justice for those less affluent. He has served on the board of directors for 5Point Film, an adventure-film festival. He was president for the Ninth Judicial Bar Association. Along with Amy Goscha, he hosts Divorce at Altitude, a weekly podcast. He is a published author, including an article in COLORADO LAWYER. He is an avid skier, mountain biker and rafter, and has traveled extensively.

Emily Benight

Emily Benight is an Attorney focusing on personal injury cases, particularly motor vehicle, motorcycle, and trucking crashes. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Finance and her J.D. and master’s in public administration in 2013. She is admitted to practice in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington, and has held leadership positions on the F-Warrior Board (alumni association of the Trial Lawyer’s College). She has received multiple recognitions including "10 Best Attorneys - Colorado" by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys (2017) and "Nationally Ranked - Top 10 under 40" by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys (2017, 2018).

Debbie Taussig

Colorado personal injury attorney Debbie Taussig was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. She became a trial lawyer in 2001, fighting for individuals' rights against large corporations, insurance companies, and the government. Since 2008, she has owned her law firm in Boulder, representing individuals across Colorado in personal injury, civil rights, medical negligence, and school bullying cases. She is a past president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, a current member of the Board of Directors for the Boulder County Bar Association, and teaches with the Trial Lawyers College. She has been selected to the Colorado Super Lawyers List for 9 consecutive years (2017-2025) and was named to the Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Colorado by The National Trial Lawyers.

Peter L. Ney

Pete’s practice focuses primarily on the areas of complex and product liability litigation. He has active and extensive pretrial, trial, and appellate experience with a concentration on product liability, high exposure and complex matters, commercial litigation, and insurance matters in numerous states across the country. Although a vast majority of Pete’s work is for defendants, he does have additional experience representing plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, and/or insurance matters and has obtained substantial settlements for his clients. When not practicing law, Pete can usually be found on a sports field or court where he has been coaching soccer, baseball, and basketball teams for years.