David Maxted
Denver civil rights and criminal lawyer.
David Maxted is an accomplished trial and appellate lawyer with over a decade of experience. In over 35 trials and numerous appeals, he has won at every level, from state court trials, to federal court, to the Tenth Circuit, to the Colorado Supreme Court. Dave has handled high-stakes wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits, dozens of high-profile murder cases, death penalty cases, as well as less-serious matters in state and municipal courts. No case is too big or too small.
Dave is originally from Durango, Colorado. After law school at Duke, he worked for 8 years at the Public Defender Service for D.C., one of the top trial lawyer training grounds in the nation. On return to his home state, Dave joined one of the premier litigation firms in the region, Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C. In 2020, Dave launched Maxted Law LLC, an innovative social justice law firm focused on civil rights and criminal litigation.
- Civil Rights
- Discrimination, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- White Collar Crime
- Securities Law
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Colorado
- Colorado Supreme Court
- ID Number: 52300
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- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
- ID Number: 991673
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- Owner and Attorney
- Maxted Law LLC
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- Associate
- Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C.
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- Trial Attorney, Supervising Attorney
- Public Defender Service for D.C.
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- Duke University School of Law
- J.D. (2009) | Law
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- Honors: High Honors, Order of the Coif
- Activities: Duke Journal for Constitutional Law and Public Policy Duke Forum for Law and Social Change
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- Duke University
- M.A. (2009) | Philosophy
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- Amherst College
- B.A. (2005) | Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought
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- Honors: Thesis awarded Magna Cum Laude
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- High Honors
- Duke University School of Law
- Thesis awarded Magna Cum laude
- Amherst College
- State Bar of Colorado # 52300
- Member
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- Colorado Bar Association
- Member
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- District of Columbia Bar # 991673
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- Representing Incarcerated Plaintiff During the COVID-19 Pandemic, CBA-CLE, Colorado
- Colorado Bar Association
- Civil Rights, Crimes, and CORA, CTLA Blockbuster, Colorado
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
- Opening Statements, CLE Litigation Nuts and Bolts, Colorado
- Colorado Bar Association
- Website
- Maxted Law LLC
