About Rick Carmickle

Rick Carmickle is an attorney at Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers (Franklin D. Azar & Associates) in Aurora, Colorado, where he focuses on personal injury, accident litigation, and workers' compensation cases. He has more than 30 years of experience.

A Colorado native, Carmickle coaches student mock trial teams. He earned his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 1991.

His recognitions include American Institute of Legal Advocates Top Lawyer (2023), American Institute of Legal Professionals Lawyer of the Year (2025), Million Dollar Advocates Forum membership, Best of Colorado Business Choice (2024), Best Workers' Compensation Attorneys in Denver (2022), and inclusion in The National Top 100 Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers

These results are credited to Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$188 millionVerdict

A Philadelphia jury found that Walmart had denied nearly 188,000 Pennsylvania workers paid rest breaks and pay for off-the-clock hours, and the judgment entered on that verdict grew to roughly $188 million.

Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 2006Class ActionsRead the full story →
$11.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #14

A Las Animas County jury awarded Rhett Ridolfi $11.5 million after finding helmet maker Riddell negligent for failing to warn players about concussion danger, assigning 27 percent of the fault, roughly $3.1 million, to the company.

Las Animas County District Court, Trinidad, Colorado · 2013Product LiabilityRead the full story →
~$2.27 millionVerdict

A 24-year-old rider with a shattered femur and nearly $940,000 in medical bills won a $2.5 million verdict from a Denver jury in November 2022, a sum the firm reports fell to about $2,272,500 after a 20 percent comparative-fault reduction and interest.

Denver, Colorado · 2022Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1991

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Colorado, admitted 1991
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

American Institute of Legal Advocates Top Lawyer (2023)
American Institute of Legal Professionals Lawyer of the Year (2025)
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Best of Colorado Business Choice (2024)
Best Workers' Compensation Attorneys in Denver (2022)
The National Top 100 Trial Lawyers

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