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General Defense

7400 East Caley Avenue, Suite 300, Centennial, Colorado 80111-6714

Established: 1983

Practice Areas

  • Insurance Defense
  • Automobile
  • Product Liability
  • General Liability
  • Property
  • Coverage Issues
  • Opinions
  • Appellate Practice
  • Bad Faith
  • Construction Defect
  • Special Investigative Unit Claims

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Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • Apria Healthcare, Inc.
  • Dollar General Stores
  • Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.
  • United Parcel Service, Inc.
  • Wagner Equipment Company
  • Zodiac Pool Systems, LLC

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Personnel Information

Shareholders


Bradley D. Tucker

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 1990
  • Colorado, 1993
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1991
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1996
Memberships:
  • The Colorado, Oklahoma and Denver Bar Associations
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
Education:
  • The University of Tulsa, B.S., 1987
  • The University of Tulsa, J.D., 1990
Fraternity Information:
Phi Alpha Delta

Matthew A. Holmes

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Colorado, 1991
  • New Mexico, 1997
  • Wyoming, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1992
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 2006
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2006
Memberships:
  • Federal, American, The Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
  • State Bar of New Mexico
  • Wyoming State Bar
  • Wyoming Defense Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
  • New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
Education:
  • Columbia University, 1985
  • Colorado College, B.A., 1988
  • University of Denver, J.D., 1991

Kurt H. Henkel

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Colorado, 1992
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1997
Memberships:
  • The Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Westminster College, B.A., 1989
  • University of Denver, J.D., 1992

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Associates


Cheri R. Lazar

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Florida, 1992
  • Colorado, 2012
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1993
Memberships:
  • The Colorado Bar Association
  • The Florida Bar
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • University of Florida, B.S., 1988
  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1992

Justin H. Zouski

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Colorado, 2004
  • California, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2011
Memberships:
  • Denver Bar Association
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • University of Colorado at Boulder, B.S.P.S., 1999
  • University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 2004

Gregory G. Morris

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Illinois, 2005
  • Michigan, 2009
  • Colorado, 2016
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2005
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2016
Memberships:
  • The Colorado Bar Association
Education:
  • Fairfield University, B.A., 2001
  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2004

Michael T. Sullivan

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Colorado, 2012
  • Wyoming, 2014
  • New Mexico, 2015
  • Montana, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2013
  • U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, 2016
Memberships:
  • The Colorado Bar and Arapahoe Bar Associations
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
  • Defense Lawyers Association of Wyoming
Education:
  • The University of Tulsa, B.A., 2009
  • The University of Tulsa College of Law, J.D. (with highest honors), 2011

Winslow R. Taylor, III

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Colorado, 2014
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2015
Memberships:
  • The Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • University of Northern Colorado, B.A., 2009
  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D., 2013

Robert S. Hunger

Centennial, CO

Admitted
  • Illinois, 2012
  • Colorado, 2019
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2013
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2014
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2016
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2017
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2018
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Memberships:
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A. Political Science, 2006
  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2012

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Retired


  • Frederick W. Long

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In Memoriam


Leigh C. Anderson — (1979-2016)

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