Taffet, Steven
Taffet Law, P.C.
2305 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Phone: (303) 449-2830 / 1-888-816-2830 (Toll Free)
Fax: (303) 449-2198
Contact Us
Summary
Lawyer Overview
Areas of Practice
- Bad Faith Insurance
- Insurance Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Wrongful Death
Representative Cases
- Sheron v. Lutheran Med. Cntr., 18 P.3d 796 (Colo. App. 2000)
- Peterman v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company, 961 P.2d 487 (Colo. 1998)
- Hock v. New York Life Insurance Company, 876 P.2d 1242 (Colo. 1994 Trial Counsel)
West Practice Categories
Consumer Protection, Contracts, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Cleanup & Superfund, Water Pollution, Disability, Bad Faith, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety, Insurance Malpractice, Life & Health, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Professional Malpractice Law, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice, Hazardous Waste
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1978
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2003
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Association for Justice, Insurance and Commercial Law Section (Member)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Colorado Bar Association, Litigation Section (Member)
- Boulder County Colorado Bar Association (Member)
- Miller & Harrison, LLC (Of Counsel)
Classes and Seminars
- Presenter: "The Role of Personal Counsel", Colorado Block Buster Seminar, 2009
- Presenter: Bad Faith Seminar, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2002
- Disability Claims - Trials & Bad Faith, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Convention, 2001
- Insurance Bad Faith Seminar, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1999
- Lecturer: "Health, Life, and Disability Insurance", Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, 1997
Pro Bono Activities
- Boulder County Legal Services, 1997 - 2009
- Boulder County AIDS Project, 1997 - 2009
- Non-Profit Board Service
Education
- University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado,
1978
J.D. - University of Rochester, Rochester, New York,
1974
B.A.
Honors: With Distinction
Articles
Published Works
- Insurance Bad Faith in Colorado, May, 1995
- Topics in Bad Faith Litigation, Using Examinations Under Oath to Detect Fraud or to Support Payment, July, 1994
- First Party Bad Faith, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1987
- Selected Topics in First Party Insurance Bad Faith Litigation
Office Information
Address
2305 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Phones
(303) 449-2830
1-888-816-2830 (Toll Free)
Faxes
(303) 449-2198
