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J. Keith Killian - Grand Junction, CO
202 North Seventh Street Grand Junction, CO 81501
Killian Davis Richter & Kraniak, PC
Grand Junction Personal Injury Lawyer
Overview
Keith is a past president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and is a current board member. He is a Leaders Forum Member of the American Association for Justice. He is or has been a member of the Legislative Policy Committee of the Colorado Bar Association, Plaintiff's Employment Law Association, National Employment Law Association, and Faculty of Federal Advocates. Keith has been practicing law since 1978. He started his own practice in 1991. He was designated an Advocate by the National College of Advocacy in 1994. He has been recognized as practicing in the top 5 percent of his profession by the Colorado Bar Fellows. Keith has been designated a Colorado Super Lawyer by Denver's Super Lawyer magazine (2007-2013). Keith has also been selected as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the state of Colorado. Keith has helped multiple families involved in mining accidents, chemical or propane explosions, and radiation exposure involving serious injuries and death. These cases include roof fall and methane or hydrocarbon explosions. He is also a member of the Navajo Nation Bar Association.
About J. Keith Killian
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Workers' Compensation
- Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)
Current Employment Position(s)
- Shareholder
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Navajo Nation
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court District of North Dakota
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice, Leader's Forum (Member)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (President 2006 - 2007; Board Member 1997 - Present)
- Plaintiff's Employment Law Association (Member)
- National Employment Law Association (Member)
- Faculty of Federal Advocates (Member)
Education
- University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado
J.D.
Law Review: University of Colorado Law Review - University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Honorary Society, Pi Sigma Alpha
Major: Political Science
Past Positions
- Elder & Phillips, P.C., Attorney and Shareholder
- Mesa County Public Defenders' Office, Deputy Public Defender
- United States Air Force, Judge Advocate General (Attorney)
- Russell & Warkentine, Associate Attorney
Classes and Seminars
- Uncovering the Real Basis of an Expert’s Opinion(with Damon Davis) – CTLA Convention, August 2010
References
References
- References available
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About J. Keith Killian
Included on the 2025 Colorado Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 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
- 2012 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
Honors
- Colorado Bar Foundation Fellow, 2006-present
- Colorado Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2013
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the state of Colorado
Office Information
Address
202 North Seventh Street Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone
Fax
- 970-242-8375
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Publication
Articles
- Coauthor: Chapter 23 “Discovery” in The Practitioner’s Guide to Colorado Employment Law, 2 (2ndEd. 2008)
Representative Cases
- Bowe v. SMC Elec. Prods., Inc., 945 F. Supp 1482 (D. Colo. 1996)
- Community Hosp. v. Fail, 969 P.2d 667 (Colorado Supreme Court 1998)
- Reynolds v. Staff Administrators, 977 P.2d 866 (Colorado Supreme Court 1999)
- Hall v. Claussen, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 3404
- Hall v. Claussen, 246 F. 3d 681 (10th Cir. 2001)
- Black v. Waterman, 83 P. 3d 1130 (Colo. App. 2003)
- McManus v. Indus Claim Appeals Office, 81 P.3d 1074
- Donohue v. Hoey, 109 Fed. Appx. 3420 (10th 2004)
- Collard v. Vista Paving Corp., 292 P.3d 1232 (Colo. App. 2012)
- Howe v. Navarrette, 15 SC 56 (Colorado Supreme Court 2015)
- Foster v. Mountain Coal Co., LLC, 830 F.3d 1178 (10th 2016)
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