Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Lawyer Overview

Art Karstaedt has been licensed in Colorado since 1976 and is one of the firm's six founding shareholders. He currently manages the firm and has an active litigation practice.

His caseload concerns complex litigation involving insurance coverage and insurance bad faith disputes, environmental/toxic tort matters and construction defect litigation. In addition, he has a broad range of litigation and insurance coverage experience representing:

• Insurance companies in litigation and in administrative hearings before the Division of Insurance
• Employers in litigation and in administrative proceedings before the State Civil Rights Division
• Generators of hazardous wastes, managers of storage facilities for toxic substances, insurers from whom environmental coverage is sought and parties being pursued for superfund liability, property damage and personal injury
• Numerous governmental entities, including local housing authorities, boards of county commissioners, and Colorado State agencies

Mr. Karstaedt has tried a variety of products liability, environmental, toxic tort, discrimination and insurance bad faith cases since the Firm's formation in 1994. In 2001, he obtained a defense verdict after a seven week trial brought by 41 plaintiffs alleging brain and respiratory injuries as well as increased susceptibility to cancer in the trial of a $6 million tort case in Pueblo, Colorado concerning air borne toxins. His extensive background in providing and performing coverage and pre-litigation opinions, evaluating cases, and apportioning liability and responsibility is key to the firm's commitment to the efficient delivery of quality legal services.

Arthur R. Karstaedt III

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Areas of Practice

• Complex Litigation Involving Environmental/Toxic Tort Matters
• Construction Defect Litigation
• Insurance Coverage and Insurance Bad Faith Disputes
• Extra-Contractural
• Personal / Homeowner's Liability

West Practice Categories

Insurance Law, Bad Faith Insurance, Complex Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1976
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1976
• U.S. Tax Court, 1977

Certification/Specialties

• AV-Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
• Litigation Counsel of America

Honors and Awards

• 2009 Colorado Super Lawyer
• 2008 Colorado Super Lawyer
• 2007 Colorado Super Lawyer
• 2006 Colorado Super Lawyer

Education

• University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1975
  J.D.
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1972
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science

Address

188 Inverness Drive West
Suite 300
Englewood, CO 80112

Phones

(720) 875-9140

Faxes

(720) 875-9141

Emails

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Websites

http://www.hkjp.com