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About Rich Hood
Rich Hood is a Mass Torts Attorney at The Wilhite Law Firm in Colorado, with over 18 years in complex litigation. He specializes in product liability, pharmaceutical cases, and medical device mass torts with national practice scope.
Hood was judicially appointed to plaintiffs' leadership in federal multidistrict litigations (Mirena IUS, Hydroxycut, transvaginal mesh cases) and as Court-appointed eDiscovery Liaison in high-profile federal cases. He is a contributing editor for The Sedona Conference publications on electronic discovery and cross-border data protection.
Before his legal career, Hood served as Senior Instructor and Course Developer at the U.S. Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, training Civil Affairs and Military Governance officers. He held leadership positions across Southeast Asia, East Africa, Eastern Europe, and Korea as an infantryman and civil affairs officer.
Hood earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in Cross-Cultural Communications from Metropolitan State University of Denver.
He is admitted to the Colorado State Bar (No. 38565), U.S. Supreme Court, multiple U.S. District Courts (California, Colorado, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
He has received multiple Best Lawyers and Super Lawyer designations, holds an AV Preeminent rating, and received the Client Champion Gold award (2025).
Proven verdicts and settlements at The Wilhite Law Firm
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A Boulder jury awarded $5.3 million to a man who fractured his spine after falling from an unsteady ladder when the homeowner walked away without warning.
A University of Colorado basketball player was struck from behind in a Denver alley by a police patrol car and dragged beneath it when the officer reversed. After a four-day trial, a Denver jury found the officer 90% at fault and awarded $579,795.65 in damages. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act cap, which includes costs and interest, limited the judgment to $387,000, and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed in May 2025. The Colorado Supreme Court denied review that September.
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