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Chalat Hatten & Banker PC has become one of Denver’s most trusted personal injury law firms for legal services, guidance and information. In addition to fighting for injured victims and their families, our lawyers are frequently interviewed about legal developments and successes on behalf of our clients, publish articles and appear on local and national news outlets to provide their insight on current events and a range of personal injury matters.







- KUNC | Parents Tell Lawmakers Colorado Ski Lift Operators Lack Accountability
- 5280 Magazine | Serious Auto Accidents Require Experienced Lawyers
- The Colorado Sun | Fatal inbounds avalanches, like the one in Taos, often spur lawsuits against ski areas. They rarely get far.
- The Colorado Sun | Colorado Ski Safety Act tested in two trials involving in-bounds avalanches
- Lone Peak Lookout | How a “cat walk” crash turned into a contentious call for health coverage
- 5280 Magazine | Colorado's New Red Flag Law
- The New York Times | Prone to Error: Earliest Steps to Find Cancer
- The Aspen Times | Legal aspects of Conlin case more about behavior after Colorado Supreme Court’s decision kept out most avalanche evidence
- Aspen Daily News | Lawsuit over ski wreck appears headed for trial
- Law Week Colorado | Protected Against Liability
- The Denver Post | Woman sues skier who collided into her at Beaver Creek ski area
- The New York Times | Marijuana Moves Into the Open in a Ski Town

- Law Week Colorado: Injured Waiter Who Garnered $18.5M Verdict Returns Home
- 5280 Magazine | Jim Chalat talks safety on the slopes
- Summit Daily | Whiteout, Part 3: Colorado skier deaths take toll on families
- 5280 Magazine | Caring for Elderly Parents
- Denver7 | Texas mom dies on a Colorado ski lift; Could it have been prevented?
- Law Week Colorado | Legal Precedent, not Jury Verdict, at Heart of Conlin v. Vail
- The Los Angeles Times | Skiing accident has snowballed into a public dispute
- 5280 Magazine | For the Public Good
- The Aspen Times | Rare dynamic event’ cause of fatal accident on Ski Granby Ranch chairlift
- Westword | Why Tom Dubert Got $263K for Separated Shoulder in Keystone Skiing Accident
- Summit Daily | Snowboarder charged $260K in damages from collision at Keystone won’t have to pay
- Law Week Colorado | Ski Law Trends
- 5280 Magazine | 20th Anniversary Columbine
- Sidney Sun Telegraph | Slezak receives 20 years in prison for deadly 2012 accident
- The Denver Post | Colorado ski industry enjoys protection from law, waivers
- The Washington Post | How safe are ski lifts and cable cars, anyway?
- The Denver Post | Lack of snow in Colorado leads to more spills on ski slopes
- The Denver Post | Reckless skiers get red light
- ABC News | Skier's Manslaughter Trial to Start
- The Guardian | Crunch Time
- American Association for Justice: Speeding skier collides with another
- The Los Angeles Times | Runaway skiers on crash course
- The New York Times | Brakes Being Put on Reckless Skiers