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About Sean Dormer

Sean Dormer is a personal injury attorney and partner at Dormer Harpring Denver Personal Injury Lawyers. He focuses on difficult cases that other attorneys have rejected, including challenging insurance settlement offers to secure higher judgments.

Notable verdicts include a $2.51 million verdict in a multi-car crash and a $1.77 million jury verdict in a 2017 grocery store injury case (which settled for $2.1 million after additional costs and damages). He has been recognized in the Top 20 Colorado Verdicts (2023), Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Forbes Best Personal Injury Attorneys, and the Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.

Dormer earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. During law school, he was significantly influenced by his work as a student attorney in CU Law School's Defense Clinic, representing clients with limited financial means in criminal and immigration matters.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$4 millionVerdict

A federal jury returned a $4 million verdict against Saguache County Jail officials after finding that staff ignored repeated suicidal statements made by 27-year-old Jackson Maes before his death in November 2019.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Colorado
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Top 20 Colorado Verdicts (2023)
Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers
Forbes Best Personal Injury Attorneys
Top 100 High Stakes Litigators

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Denver firms

Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers
Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers
$188 million · The $188 Million Walmart Rest-Break and Off-the-Clock Verdict
Leventhal Puga Braley
Leventhal Puga Braley
$67.35 million · Colorado's Largest-Ever Medical Malpractice Verdict: $67.35 Million for Infant Left with Permanent Brain Damage After Open-Heart Surgery
Ramos Law Personal Injury & Accident Lawyers
Ramos Law Personal Injury & Accident Lawyers
$18.8 million · A Denver Jury's $18.8 Million Verdict for a Disabled Passenger Paralyzed in a Rear-End Crash
Zaner Law Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys
Zaner Law Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys
$30 million · Federal Jury Awards Oilfield Worker $30 Million After a Frac Tank Explosion Took His Leg
The Wilhite Law Firm
The Wilhite Law Firm
$5.3 million · $5.3 Million Verdict After Homeowner Abandons Ladder, Fracturing Worker's Spine