McDermott & McDermott, LLP
1890 Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80206  |  Tel. (303) 399-6037
Gerald P. McDermott
                                 

Gerald P. McDermott

Partner

    

Practice Areas:
Civil Trials; Personal Injury; Medical and Legal Malpractice; Commercial Torts; Product Liability; Insurance Law.

Admitted:
1969, Colorado; 1970, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals; 2005 West Virginia.

Law School:
University of Denver, J.D., 1969.

College:
Colorado State University, B.A., 1964.

Member:
Denver Bar Association (First Vice President, 1980-1981), Colorado (Member, 1971 - and Chairman, 1976-1977, 1977-1978, Interprofessional Committee Council Member, Negligence-Litigation Section, 1973-1976; Chairman, 1975-1976) and American Bar Association (Vice Chair, Committee on Medicine and Law, 1987-1988; 1988-1989);  Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1978-1981 Secretary/Treasurer, 1981-1982; Recording Secretary, 1982-1983 Vice President, 1983-1984; President, 1985-1986); Fellow International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1992); Western Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1994-1996).

Biography:
Recipient: Norm Kripke Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999; American Jurisprudence Award, 1969. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, + 20 years. Staff Member, Denver Law Journal, 1968-1969. Author: "Applicability of Miranda to a Criminal Tax Suspect," Denver Law Journal, Vol. 45, No. 5, 1968. Attorney, Public Defender's Office, Adams County, 1969. Founding Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Member: Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instruction, 1980; Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Effective and Efficient Use of Juries, 1996-1997; Colorado Governor's Task Force on Insurance and Tort Reform, 1985-1986; Colorado Governor's Insurance Task Force, 1989-1990; Colorado Governor's Civil Justice Reform Task Force, 1999-2000. Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1983-1985. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers.

Reported Cases:

Ballow v. PHICO Ins. Co., 878 P.2d 672 (Colo. 1994).

Bebo v. Mattox & O'Brien, P.C. 990 P.2d 78 (Colo. 1999); 998 P.2d 475 (Colo. 2000).

ITI v. Engineering Measurements Co., 678 P.2d 558 (1983 Colo. App.)

Born:
Reno, Nevada, February 4, 1941.

ISLN: 905005551

                                                            
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