Nick Fogel
Nick Fogel
Attorney at Law
Nick Fogel joined the firm in 2008. His practice is devoted to helping those who have been injured while working on the job and in the line of duty.
While at the University of Denver School of Law, Nick worked in several capacities including:
- Legislative Intern for State Senator Dan Grossman, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees
- Judicial Law Clerk for the Office of Administrative Courts
- Intern for the Office of the Denver District Attorney
- Research Intern for the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council
- Judicial Law Clerk for Denver District Court Judge Michael A. Martinez
In addition, Nick served as a Legislative Law Clerk and Registered Professional Lobbyist for Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck during the 2006 and 2007 Colorado legislative sessions.
Recently Nick has Co-founded the Young Professional's Division of the Colorado Judicial Institute, an organization whose goal is to preserve and enhance the independence and excellence of Colorado courts. Nick has also been named as a board member of the Friends of Denver Fire Department, an organization devoted to supporting the needs of the Denver Fire Department and Denver Firefighters.
In 2010, Nick was selected by Law Week Colorado as one of Colorado's Up-and-Coming Lawyers, a distinction given to attorneys who are at most in their sixth year of practice and have already accomplished tremendous things professionally and in the community. Recently, Nick has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association for inclusion in The Top 40 under 40 Association. Membership into The Top 40 under 40 Association is by invitation only and is extended exclusively to those individuals who exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership as a young trial lawyer. Additionally, Nick has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the state of Colorado. The selection is based on superior qualifications, leadership, reputation, influence, statute, and profile in the Trial Lawyer community.
Practice Areas:
Workers' Compensation and Personal Injury
Bar Admissions:
Colorado, 2007
U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2008
Published Decisions:
07CA0071 Safeway, Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of
Education:
University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 2007 J.D.
University of Colorado, Boulder, 2003 B.A. - International Affairs with an area of emphasis in Mandarin Chinese
Legal Memberships, Activities & Honors:
- Colorado Bar Association, Member since 2008
- Denver Bar Association, Member since 2008
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Member since 2008
- American Bar Association, Member since 2008
- American Association for Justice, Member since 2008
- Minoru Yasui Inn of Court
- Workers' Compensation Education Association, Member since 2010
- Colorado Judicial Institute, Member since 2010, Co-chair Young Professionals Division
- ZRBG Pension Project - Designed to ascertain pension benefits for Holocaust survivors
- Burmese Refugee Legal Clinic, 2010
- Law Week Colorado's Up-and-Coming Lawyers, 2010
- The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 40 Under 40
- The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers - Colorado
Additionally, Nick frequently lectures on Workers' Compensation as well as provides legislative advice to First Responder and Labor organizations.
Other Memberships / Activities:
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee – Young Leadership Council Member
- Society for American Baseball Research - SABR
- 2010 & 2011 Denver Softball League Champion
- Friends of Denver Fire Department - Board Member
Representative Clients:
Local 1886 International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Local 9 International Union of Operating Engineers
Denver Police Protection Association
Local 858 Denver Fire Fighters
Aurora Police Association
Cherry Hills Colorado Police Association
Local 7 United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Local 435 Teamsters
Colorado Teamsters Local 17
Boulder Police Officers Association
Local 7 International Association of Stage Hands
Denver Sheriffs Fraternal Order of Police
Colorado Carpenters Local 1068
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 111
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers, International
Association of Colorado State Patrol Professionals
Denver Theatrical Stage, Film and Exhibition Employees' Union