Firm Overview
At Chalat Hatten & Koupal, we are Colorado lawyers who specialize in serious personal injuries or wrongful death cases caused by the negligence of others, including car accidents, ski accidents, recreational sports accidents and medical malpractice cases. We understand the nature of serious injuries and the details of the law, and we can help.
For many accident victims, the thought of pursuing a legal claim is unpleasant and perhaps intimidating. This is why you need an experienced personal injury attorney to help evaluate your situation. We provide free legal advice during this evaluation period to help you decide the best way to proceed. The free legal advice we offer is a preliminary step we take as a law firm to understand the scope of possible claims and give potential clients a clear view of their situation from a legal perspective.
We have assisted countless individuals receive the compensation they deserve for serious injuries sustained as the result of an accident. Among our clients are former Olympic athletes and professional skiers. We have also acted as counsel for the National Federation of the Blind and the Colorado Center on Deafness.
But we are also very involved in the greater community. Our community support is typically donation funds coupled with significant volunteer time commitments. As a small firm, we believe it is essential for our donations to be effectively utilized, and by volunteering directly to work with a community organization we give even more back to our community as well as ensure good use of the donated monies.
Being committed advocates for quality public education, we have offered significant support to these educational programs:
Colorado Bar Association High School Mock Trial Program
The goals of the Colorado High School Mock Trial Program are to promote an appreciation for American judicial system and court procedures; to build and improve basic life skills such as critical thinking, public speaking, reading, reasoning, team collaboration, persuasive argument, and advocacy; and to increase communication and cooperation between the legal and educational communities.
Great Education Colorado
Great Education Colorado is a nonpartisan, statewide, grassroots organization of parents and other public school supporters that advocates for adequate funding for public education in Colorado.
DBA Community Action Network Annual School Supply Drive
This past school year, more than 60 law firms collected enough school supplies to fill an entire DPS classroom! The Community Action Network donated the items to DPS's Educational Outreach Program, an entity of DPS that provides assistance to the more than 800 children that are identified as homeless in the Denver school system.
DBA Community Action Network Snow Carnival
The Denver Bar Association's CAN Snow Carnival was a great success in 2008. Close to $25,000 ($10,000 more than in 2006) was raised for Children's Outreach Project, which provides early childhood and kindergarten education to "typical, gifted, and developmentally delayed children" in the Denver-metro area.
Lakewood Senior High School After Prom
After Prom is a free, safe party at Lakewood High School open to all LHS juniors and seniors as an alternative to unsupervised parties following Prom.
Havern School's Annual Garden Party
Havern School provides a specialized education program for elementary and middle school students with learning disabilities.
The nature of our work brings us in contact with many families who have suffered the terrible loss of a child. Witnessing this grief firsthand informs our decision to provide support to:
The Children's Hospital Neuro-Oncology Research Fund
Fund supports research efforts being conducted in neuro-oncology and other areas of childhood cancer
Colorado SIDS Program
The mission of The Colorado SIDS Program, Inc. is to provide support and counseling to families, friends, and communities who experience or are affected by a SIDS death; educate first responders and other professionals who deal with SIDS deaths; and provide education throughout Colorado about SIDS, risk reduction, and latest research; and help fund and support SIDS research.
And finally, having represented hundreds of injured skiers, we appreciate the beauty of the sport as well as the need for adequate safety equipment. To these two ends we support:
St. Anthony Health Foundation Ski Helmet Program
A large research and surveillance effort to track both the use of helmets on-slope and the impact of ski helmets on head injury reductions.
RMD United States Ski and Snowboard Association
Rocky Mountain Divisions of the USSA, an Olympic sports organization dedicated to fielding the best skiing and snowboarding teams in the world
The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD)
NSCD began in 1970 as a one-time ski lesson for children with amputations for the Children's Hospital of Denver. Today, the NSCD is one of the largest outdoor therapeutic recreation agencies in the world. Each year, thousands of children and adults with disabilities take to the ski slopes, mountain trails and golf courses to learn more about sports - and themselves. Chalat Hatten & Koupal proudly sponsors a competitive disabled skier through this program.
All our efforts may not be novel or ground-breaking, but we feel notable none the less for consistency and dedication!
$8.3 Million Verdict for Minor Suffering Traumatic Brain Injury
$6.1 Million for Fireman After Plunge Over Open Edge of Ski Run
$700,000 for Stationary Skier After Being Hit by Minor Snowboarding Recklessly
$1.2 Million in Damages When Utility Truck Kills Grandmother
$10.1 Million Med Mal Verdict for Failure to Treat Claim
$778,200 Damages When Defective Design Results in Traumatic Amputation of Arm
$325,000 Settlement for Near-Amputation of Hand by Faulty Lab Equipment
$1.5 Million Settlement in Snowbird Ski Collision Case
$2.4 Million Verdict for Broadway Ballerina Run Down on Ski Slope
$1.3 Million Verdict for Family In Wrongful Death Med Mal Case
