Meet The Team
Denver Attorneys Mark H. Andrews and Chad A. Atkins bring years of extensive experience litigating the full range of personal injuries, accidents, and wrongful deaths.
Mark H. Andrews
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Rutgers University, BA in Political Science, graduated in 1997
University of Denver Sturm College of Law - Juris Doctor, graduated in 2006
University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the Daniels College of
Business – LLm., in Taxation, (Master of Laws in Taxation), graduated 2009
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Colorado Supreme Court – State Bar of Colorado (Admitted in 2008)
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
United States Tax Court
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Lead Counsel Rated
Recognized by The National Trial Lawyer’s Top 100 Trial Attorneys
Eagle Scout
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Mr. Andrews is a long-time resident of Colorado, and a founding partner at Accident Injury Attorneys. Mr. Andrews attended college at Rutgers University in New Jersey, graduating in 1997. Following college, he spent the first four years of his career in corporate finance working for a major international bank working in corporate tax compliance and corporate tax reporting relating to bond investment portfolios.
Just prior to moving to Colorado, Mr. Andrews worked for two years at the New York State Attorney General’s office at a regional office, north of Manhattan in the Hudson Valley region of New York State.
Mr. Andrews moved to Colorado in 2003, and attended the University of Denver where he earned a Juris Doctor, and later an LLm in Taxation (Masters Degree in Taxation).
Following law school and the University of Denver’s graduate tax program Mr. Andrews went into law practice, practicing personal injury law both from the Plaintiff’s side as well as from the Defense perspective. Over Mr. Andrews’ long legal career he has experience practicing law in the areas of: auto and trucking liability and litigation, personal injury, premises liability, medical malpractice, construction defect, commercial litigation, residential and commercial liability, subrogation and indemnification, bankruptcy law, tax conflict resolution, tax controversy, and tax dispute resolution, general liability and general liability defense, as well as criminal defense - focusing on DUI and DWUD defense representation.
As a founding partner at Accident Injury Attorneys, Mr. Andrews is a tireless advocate for his clients. Mr. Andrews’ legal practice is focused on ligation concerning commercial vehicle, and semi-truck collisions, automobile collisions, motorcycle collisions, e-scooter accidents, bicycle accidents, as well as premises liability, dog bites injuries, nursing home death and abuse cases, wrongful death cases, and DUI and DWUD defense cases.
In his free time, Mr. Andrews enjoys fishing, camping, exploring Colorado’s National Parks, and National Monuments. He also volunteers with a local cub scout pack in the Denver Metro area. -
What sets Mr. Andrews apart is his concern and compassion for his clients. Mr. Andrews has extensive experience battling with insurance companies and winning large awards for his clients. Mr. Andrews also knows that the practice of personal injury law is more than just a battling against insurance companies to ensure that they pay out large settlements and jury awards for his clients.
A great Plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer cares about people first. Caring about people means understanding how an injury affects the life of the injury victim.
A great personal injury attorney understands the emotional, personal, and economic costs associated for the injured person as well as the affect and the toll that the injury has on the injury victim’s family, their work life, and their social life. A great personal injury attorney takes the time to get to know their clients, and the families of their clients. No personal injury occurs in a bubble, there is a ripple effect that also affects people and the close personal relationships that the injured party has cultivated in their lives.
Mr. Andrews knows and understands the costs to both the individual and their families when a loved one is seriously injured due to the negligence of another person. He knows how to maximize settlements and jury awards by really getting to know his clients, their associated injuries, the emotional toll that the injury has had on them. He understands the challenges and difficulties that they will face during their recovery in the weeks, months, and years following an accident or other injury.
The practice of law is an art and not a science. Like any art, a mastery of that art takes patience, skill, and time, but most of all dedication and experience to achieve a mastery of this craft. Mr. Andrews has put in the time, effort, and dedication to become a great advocate for his clients, his nearly two decades of experience are a testament to this great opus. Mr. Andrews understands that the life of an injured person is a many-colored mosaic, where each piece of that life has great value, and touches and supports the other pieces surrounding it. Telling an injured client’s story by painting whole picture if you will, for a jury, the storytelling that is involved in relaying for a jury how their injuries have affected their lives, and the lives of their families and loved ones now, and in the future takes a special kind of lawyer; Mr. Andrews is that kind of lawyer.
Chad A. Atkins
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University of Denver; Denver, Colorado
Bachelor of Arts; Social Science consisting of History, Economics, Political Science; 1990
Masters International Business; International Trade; Coursework Completed:1994
University of Denver College of Law, Denver Colorado Juris Doctorate; 1994.
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Colorado, 1994
Texas, 1996
U.S. District of Colorado, 1994
U.S. District Northern District of Texas, 1997
U.S. District for the District of Arizona, 1997
U.S. District Western District of Texas, 1998
U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas, 1999
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1994
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995
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Chad Atkins moved to Colorado as a child and was raised in Colorado Springs. He attended the University of Denver, earning a BA in Economics, History and Political Science, a Masters in International Management and a Juris Doctorate. In Law School, he was General Editor on Law Review and published. He served as Captain of the Jessup Moot Court team and competed successfully interscholastically. He was admitted to law practice in 1994
Chad Atkins started practicing criminal law as a young attorney, and soon after expanded his law practice to include civil matters. He has served as plaintiff counsel, and defense counsel. He has conducted over 140 bench and jury trials.
He served as managing counsel for the state of Colorado for a fortune 50 company and managed a caseload of over 440 cases.
During his long legal career, Mr. Atkins has had extensive experience in the areas of construction defect, commercial litigation, general liability, residential and commercial liability, auto and trucking liability, subrogation and indemnification.
In 2012 Mr. Atkins began his tenure at a major insurance carrier as a defense trial lawyer in the Denver office and shortly thereafter assumed the Managing Attorney position for the firm. Prior to that managing attorney position, Mr. Atkins served as a staff counsel defense attorney for a different multinational insurer, practicing construction defect, commercial liability, general liability, commercial motor vehicle liability, Workers’ compensation, subrogation and indemnification. Mr. Atkins also served as an associate for a private insurance defense firm in the areas of general liability defense, personal injury, premises liability, and motor vehicle accident litigation. Mr. Atkins previously managed his own law firm, practicing in the areas of surety, surety and bonding company defense, State and Federal appeals, and criminal defense.
An avid outdoorsman, Mr. Atkins enjoys Colorado’s wide-open spaces in his free time.
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As a founding partner at Accident Injury Attorneys, Mr. Atkins is a tireless advocate for his clients. Mr. Atkins’ legal practice is focused on ligation wherein his clients have been injured in commercial vehicle and semi-truck collisions, automobile collisions, motorcycle collisions, e-scooter accidents, bicycle accidents, as well as premises liability, dog bites injuries, nursing home death and abuse cases, wrongful death cases, and DUI and DWUD defense cases, to name just a few.
It takes time and experience to sculpt and shape a young attorney into a good personal injury lawyer, but it takes an innate sense duty to, and compassion for the injured, to create a truly great personal injury attorney; this latter part you cannot teach. Mr. Atkins is this kind of personal injury attorney. Mr. Atkins takes the time to meet with and get to really know each and every one of his clients. He remains in contact with his clients and their families for years following the conclusion of their legal matters.
Mr. Atkins’ clients know that he is there for them when they need him most. The legal process of either achieving a settlement of a personal injury claim or in the alternate, the litigation of that claim can be a difficult and complicated process to fully comprehend. Mr. Atkins takes the time to explain to his clients the sometimes complex legal theories and strategies employed in their personal injury cases. Mr. Atkins ensures that his clients understand what is going on during their personal injury case at each phase of their case.
