Personal Injury

Complicated catastrophic injuries, product liability, and medical malpractice.

CO, May 1977
Bar Number: 8037

Colorado State and Federal Courts (1977), Michigan State Courts (by examination - 1983), the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit (1981) and the United States Supreme Court (1981).

Faculty of Federal Advocates: Board of Directors, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, member; Board of Directors 2000 to 2004, President's Circle, American Association of Justice (formerly ATLA, member since 1980), American, Colorado, Denver, Michigan Bar Associations, Instructor and Diplomat - National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Thursday Night Bar Volunteer, and Pro Bono Award 1985.

• "Civil Law Practice, Jury Trials and Damage Awards in the United States," and "Ski

Accident in the United States" SKILEX February 2008, Tarvisio/Udine, Italy, February

2008.

• 3rd & 4 Annual Conferences, Recreation & th Adventure Program Law & Liability April

2005 & 2006.

• Ski Law in the United States, Law Education Institute, January 7, 2005, Snowmass, CO.

• How to Try a Medical Malpractice Case in Colorado, Colorado Bar Association Continuing

Legal Education, April 1, 2004.

• "Avalanche Liability Law & Ski Law in the United States, A Practical Guideline to Ski

Accident litigation for non-U.S. Attorneys" SKILEX 2004, Obergurgl/Sölden Austria.

March 21, 2004.

• Civil Litigation Update, Colorado Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, September

19, 2003.

• Ethics 2001 Conference, December 7, 2001, Denver, Colorado, Segment: Nine

Commandments of Malpractice Prevention.

• Faculty, "Preventing Legal Malpractice," Colorado Bar Association Continuing Legal

Education & Seabury and Smith, January 5th, 19th and 26th 2001.

• Faculty, Recreational Tort Law, Colorado Tort law update (Continuing Legal Education in

Colorado) October 25, 2000.

• Faculty, Current Topics in Legal Ethics, Colorado Continuing Legal Education Seminar,

Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado School of Law (September 1999).

• The Nine Commandments of Malpractice Prevention, National Continuing Legal Education

Seminar, Vail, Colorado, Practicing Law Institute (January 1999).

• American Inns of Court, Thompson G. Marsh Inn, Lead defense counsel, moot court

presentation, Jones v. Clinton (Feb. 1998).

• Faculty, LEX LEGIS, Avoiding Malpractice - "The Nine Commandments of Avoiding

Legal Malpractice" - December 1997.

• Faculty, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY, 1995- 1996.

• National Business Institute: "Trial Advocacy for the Occasional Litigator" May 1995.

• Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Western Regional Session 1994, 1995.

• "Persuasive Evidence in a Recreational accident Case," Faculty Sports Injury and the Law,

American Trial Lawyers of America, Accredited: Newport Beach, California, February 21,

1986.

• "Computer Assisted Legal Research," Accredited, Denver Bar Association, March 15, 1982.

• "Problems and Solutions in Representing the Plaintiff in a Ski Case," Accredited, Colorado

Trial Lawyers Association, April 16, 1982.

• "Ski Law," Accredited by the Colorado Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal

Education and presented to the bar associations for: Arapahoe County, Boulder County,

Denver County, Pitkin County, Routt County, Weld County, Southwest Colorado, Ninth

Judicial District, Fourteenth Judicial District, Texas Trial Lawyers and Dartmouth College

$18.5 Million in Damages When Air Bourne Jeep Crushes Homeowner
An Idaho Springs man was awarded $18.5 million for catastrophic injuries he suffered when a drunk driver left a mountain road and slammed into him as he was laying in his driveway, changing the oil in his wife's car.

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Colorado and Michigan.

The lawyers of Chalat Hatten & Koupal are committed to their clients and to their professional responsibilities to the community. The firm handles a wide range of catastrophic personal injury cases involving automobiles, trucking, and skiing accidents, medical and legal malpractice claims, explosions, and wrongful death cases. The lawyers in the firm have repeatedly appeared on the annual list of Colorado Super Lawyers. Jim Chalat has a national reputation in ski accident law. Handling ski cases across the United States, he has achieved several multi-million dollar awards for ski accident victims.

Jim Chalat began practicing law in Colorado in 1984, opening the law offices of James H. Chalat, P.C. The firm has since grown to five attorneys with over 75 years of combined trial experience.

Entered private practice in 1977 directly following admission to the bar, after two short lived partnerships, struck out on my own in 1984 and began James H. Chalat PC which evolved into the current firm.

Voted a Colorado "Super Lawyer," each year from 2006 through 2010.

(303) 861-0506

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Yes

No.

Our hourly rates depend upon the nature of the work, ranging from $500/hour to $200/hour.

We offer a free initial consultation, and will take the time needed to discuss your matter, answer your questions and present the options for pursuing a claim.

We do not require a retainer.