James H. Chalat

Medical Malpractice, Mediation
1900 Grant Street, Suite 1050
Denver, Colorado 80203


Medical Malpractice

Admitted

1977, Colorado; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, Michigan

Law School

University of Denver, J.D., 1977

Law School Graduation Year

1977

College

University of Michigan, B.G.S., 1974

Memberships

Denver and Colorado Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member); Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court; National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Instructor & Diplomate).

Biographical

Author: Ski Law in Colorado: The Tomorous No Longer Stay at Home, 31 The Colorado Lawyer 9 (Feb. 2002); Restitution in Criminal Actions: Considerations for Civil Trial Lawyers (Co-Author), 50 Trial Talk Issue 6 (October 2001); Ski Law for beginners, intermediates, and experts (Co-Author), 37 Trial No.8 26-35 (August 2001); The Nine Commandments of Malpractice Prevention (Co-Author), 22 Trial Lawyer 183-198, 1999; Liability of Skier for Collision with Another Skier, 46 Am Jur Proof of Facts 3d 1 (West's 1998); Liability of Ski Area Operator for Skiing Accident, 45 Am Jur Proof of Facts 3d 115 (West's 1998); Colorado Ski Law, Vol. 27, No. 2 The Colorado Lawyer 5 (February 1998); Colorado Narrows Construction of the Inherent Danger Rule, 45 Trial Talk 10-15 (April 1996); $2,150,000 Verdict-General Negligence-Skiing Accident, 9 National Jury Verdict Reporter, Issue 12 (11/94); The Constitutional Foundations of Modern American Tort Law, 16 The Colorado Lawyer 970 (September 1987); The Development of the Standard of Care in Colorado Ski Cases, 15 The Colorado Lawyer 373 (March 1986); From Wright to Sunday and Beyond, with Feurhelm et al. 4 The Utah Law Review 885 (December 1985); Ski Collision and Ski Equipment Cases, 34 Trial Talk 303 (10/85); Michigan's Ski Law, 63 The Michigan Bar Journal 355 (May 1984); Continuing Changes in Colorado's Ski Law, 13 The Colorado Lawyer 407 (March 1984); Ski Law, Ski Area Management, Vol. 21, No. 3 (National Ski Area Assn., May & June 1983); The Changing Role of the Ski Patroller, The National Patroller (The National Ski Patrol System, Inc., Winter 1982); Colorado Ski Act Update, 10 The Colorado Lawyer 161 (July 1981); Ski Tips for Attorneys, 9 The Colorado Lawyer 452 (March 1980). Section Contribution: Stein, ed. Closing Argument, The Art and The Law, 331 Jury-Function, p.53-56 (Clark Boardman Calahan, Cum. Supp. 1995). Publisher: Ski Safety News (1989—). Faculty Member: Nine Commandments of Malpractice Prevention, Continuing Legal Educat

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