Stephen W. Wahlberg - Denver, CO
Attorney at Denver Trial Lawyers
Car accidents Lawyers in Denver, CO
4601 DTC Boulevard Suite 950 Denver, CO 80237
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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45
Years
Experience
Denver Car accidents Lawyer
Updated: 10/13/2026
Areas of Practice
- Car accidents
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Catastrophic injuries
- Wrongful death
- Defective products
- Medical malpractice
- Pedestrian and bicycle accidents
- Airplane accidents
- Uber and Lyft accidents
- Dangerous drugs
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
Since 1981, Steve Wahlberg has stood for the individual and battled insurance companies and giant corporations. He is one of the founding partners of The Denver Trial Lawyers ®, building a firm dedicated to helping those who have suffered serious injuries and wrongful death.
Steve is one of the most decorated trial lawyers in Colorado. In 1984, he obtained a $750,000 wrongful death verdict in Federal Court—even though he was only 2 ½ years out of Law School. Steve’s trial teams have received the largest verdicts in Colorado in 1984, 1989, 1999, 2004, 2012, and 2016.
Representative Cases
$750,000 wrongful death verdict in Federal Court (1984, just 2½ years after law school)
Lead counsel, McDonald v. Horizon Coach Lines — $6,000,000 jury verdict (December 2016)
Tried over 50 cases to verdict
$8.91 million — drunk driving rollover collision case (including $4,455,000 in physical impairment and punitive damages)
$6 million — largest personal injury verdict in Colorado in 2016 (pedestrian struck by a bus)
$4.44 million — jury verdict for the family of a driver killed in a highway speed collision
$2.73 million — case involving a passenger hit by a drunk driver (including $750,000 award and $1,365,000 in exemplary damages)
$2.6 million — settlement against a reckless truck driver (January 2016)
$2.2 million — judgment against a driver who caused injuries in a construction zone
$2.1 million — lead counsel in an airplane crash wrongful death case
$1.12 million — case involving a client injured by granite falling off a truck
$620,000 — settlement for a client injured in a motorcycle-to-motorcycle collision
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America, 2003 - 2006
- American Board of Trial Advocates Associate, 2003 - 2006
- Largest verdicts in Colorado in 1984, 1989, 1999, 2004, 2012, and 2016
- Best Personal Injury Attorney in Colorado, Law Week Colorado (2014, 2016)
- Top Lawyer – Plaintiff’s Personal Injury, 5280 Magazine (annually since 2016)
- People’s Choice for Best Personal Injury Attorney, Law Week Colorado Barrister’s Best Survey (2017 and 2020)
- Professionalism Award, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (2019)
Other Sources of Feedback About Stephen W. Wahlberg
Included on the 2027 Colorado Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2026 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2025 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Colorado Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Colorado Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1981
J.D.
Honors: With Honors
Non Legal Education
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University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1978
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Major: Liberal Arts -
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan, 1975
A.A.
Current Employment Position(s)
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Managing Partner
Past Positions
- Keller, Wahlberg, Morrato & Sloane, Managing Partner, 1991 - 2003
- Founding Partner, Denver Trial Lawyers® (since 1981/firm’s founding)
Classes and Seminars
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Voir Dire Opening Statements & Cross Examine, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), 2004
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Mock Trial - Trial Tactics & Strategies, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), 2005
- Speaker, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Convention (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Pro Bono Activities
- Metro Lawyers Referral Service - Civil Claims, 1981 - 2006
Representative Clients
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Columbine School Shooting Victims
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Coors Field Escalator Crash Victims
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Flight for Life Plane Crash Victims
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1981
Other Affiliations
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2002 - 2006 (Board of Directors)
- American Association for Justice
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - Present (Co-Chair of Auto Litigation Committee, Speaker)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - Present (Speaker - CTLA Convention )
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1998 - Present (Speaker - CTLA Convention)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - Present (Speaker - CTLA Convention )
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2006 - Present (Speaker - CTLA Convention)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2008 - Present (CTLA - Convention)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2008 - 2009 (President)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2007 - 2008 (Vice President)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2006 - 2007 (Secretary/Treasurer )
- American Association of Justice
- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, 2008 - Present
- Litigation Counsel of America
- Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
- Trial Lawyers Care, Inc.
- Colorado Bar Association, 1981 - Present
- Denver Bar Association, 1981 - Present
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