Miles M. Dewhirst – Equity Member

mdewhirst@dewhirstdolven.com

EDUCATION
Juris Doctor: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987.

Bachelor of Science: University of Nebraska, 1982. Major: Business Administration and Marketing. Honors: Dean’s List. Also completed course work at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

BAR ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of the United States 2019; State of Colorado 1987; United States District Court, District of Colorado 1987; United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit 2000; State of Utah 2008; State of Texas 2013; State of Nebraska 2020; State of Wyoming 2020.

DISTINCTIONS
Intern, The White House, Washington, D.C., 1981; Staff Assistant, United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., 1982 to 1983; Staff Assistant, United States Department of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, D.C., 1983 to 1984. United States Attorney General Special Achievement Award, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

America’s Most Honored Lawyers Top 1%; (Certified by the American Registry) Super Lawyers; (only 5% of Colorado attorneys selected) Lawyers of Distinction; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA), Prime Member (only one defense trial attorney is selected to be a prime member per one million in population area); Fellows of the Colorado Bar Foundation (membership restricted to 5% of Colorado lawyers); Listed in Who’s Who in Practicing Attorneys; Leadership Program of the Rockies (LPR); Member, Council for National Policy (CNP); Member, Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM); Deacon, First Presbyterian Church; Foundation Board Member, Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs; Board of Directors, Chair, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Pikes Peak Region; Board of Directors, The Broadmoor Rotary Foundation.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Colorado Bar Association; Denver Bar Association; Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (CDLA); Defense Research Institute (DRI); Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF); Utah Claims Adjusters Association; Utah Defense Lawyers Association, Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC).

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Recent Developments in Colorado Construction Defect Law, Zurich NA, Schaumburg, Illinois.
Speaker: “Recent UM/UIM Court Decisions,” Denver Claims Association; “Failure to Diagnose Myxoma in Condyle – a Case Review,” Dentists’ Professional Liability Trust Board of Directors.
“Court Rulings Effecting Colorado’s No-Fault Act,” Colorado Springs Claims Association; “Informed Consent,” The Dentists’ Professional Liability Trust Board of Directors.
Insurance Bad Faith Seminar, San Francisco, California.

Publications: “Colorado Court Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Decisions,” Colorado Claims Association Newsletter (also distributed at the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association Annual Seminar); Clergy Liability for Sexual Misconduct, Chapter 6, of Clergy Sexual Misconduct: A Systems Approach to Prevention, Intervention, and Oversight by Gentle Path Press, 2011; “Texas CIP Changes Swaddle Subs,” Construction Claims magazine, a CLM publication, 2016.

FOCUS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Dewhirst’s practice involves representation of corporations in commercial litigation matters, as well as lawsuits concerning claimed construction defects in the design and construction of residential and large commercial buildings.

Mr. Dewhirst’s practice further emphasizes representation of professionals, home health care providers, mental health therapists, physicians, dentists, nursing homes and hospitals. He also provides representation in civil litigation areas of premises liability, products liability, personal injury, cyber liability, Toxic tort, and Environmental law.

Mr. Dewhirst litigates private passenger and commercial vehicle accidents and advises on insurance law including coverage and bad faith matters.