Law Firm Overview

Scott Robinson is a trial and appellate specialist handling criminal and personal injury cases. A Colorado native, Scott graduated from the University of Denver and the University of Colorado Law School with honors including Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif, and Law Review. Scott has successfully argued cases all over the state and in the United States Supreme Court, including such high-profile cases as the United Bank and Kathy Denson murder trials and the Jeffery Truax shooting lawsuit. He is the legal analyst for 9 News and KOA, writes legal columns for the Rocky Mountain News , and provides legal commentary for the BBC, NBC, and Court TV.

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• White Collar Crimes
• Personal Injury Plaintiff: General 50%
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Criminal Law-Federal
• Premisis Liability
• Criminal Defense 50%

Honors and Awards

• 5280 Magazine Colorado Super Lawyer, 2005 - Present
• Top "AV" Martindale-Hubbell Rating, 1982 - Present
• Colorado Super Lawyers, 2008
• Colorado Super Lawyers, 2007
• Colorado Super Lawyers, 2006

Published Works

• "Rules v. Approaches:Choosing a Choice-of Law Principle for Colorado", University of Colorado Law Review, Volume 46 No. 1
• "Strategies in Defending Eyewitness Identification Cases", Colorado Lawyer, February, 1988
• "Eyewitness Identification; Suggestive Procedures in the Wake of Wade", Trial Talk, May, 1991

Pro Bono Activities

• LawLine 9, 1998 - Present

Representative Clients

• Heavyweight Boxer Ron Lyle
• Former Green Beret Eugene Tafoya
• Iranian Student Afshin Shariati
• Income Realty Mogul William Riley
• Eagle Rancher Kathy Denson
• Jeffery Truax

Representative Cases

• Espinoza v. O'Dell, 633 P.2d 455 (Colo. 1981)
• People v. Riley, 708 P.2d 1359 (Colo. 1985)
• People v. Briggs, 709 P.2d 911 (Colo. 1985)
• Neil v. Espinoza, 747 P.2d 1257 (Colo. 1987)
• United States v. Gillis, 942 F.2d 707 (10th Cir 1991)
• White v. Adamek, 907 P.2d 735 (Colo. App. 1995)
• People v. Janes, 982 P.2d 300 (Colo. 1999)

Ancillary Businesses

• Legal Analyst, 9News KUSA Denver
• ABC
• BBC
• CBC
• CBS
• CNN
• Court TV
• The Denver Post
• Fox News
• Legal Analyst, KOA Radio-Denver
• NBC
• The New York Times
• People Magazine
• Legal Columnist, The Rocky Mountain News

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, White Collar Crimes, Premises Liability -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice