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Education
Mr. Steinberg graduated from the University
of Massachusetts in 1978, cum
laude (with honors) with a B.A. in Legal
Studies/Honors Studies. Thereafter he graduated from the University
of Oregon Law School in 1982. and came to the great state of
Colorado. His first position as an attorney was to work side by side
with one of the great District Court judges of the Denver bench, the Honorable
Alvin D. Litchenstein. Judge Litchenstein taught Mr. Steinberg the meaning
of hard work to accomplish just results in, and out, of the
courtroom.
Former Senior Felony
"Career" Prosecutor
As a career district attorney for over
twelve years, Mr. Steinberg has handled
several
thousand serious felony cases and countless misdemeanor and traffic cases.
He has taken dozens of jury trials to
verdict and has argued hundreds of contested adversarial hearings while actively engaged in the practice of trial
and appellate law in the Denver
Area area for the last seventeen years.
Trial
Lawyer: 12+ years as a Senior Deputy District Attorney
From
1984 to 1997, Mr. Steinberg was a Senior Trial Deputy District Attorney for the
Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office - the second largest judicial
district in the State of Colorado. Mr. Steinberg prosecuted numerous top level
felony cases, including several high profile felony crimes of violence and white
collar criminal cases (see below).
Among the trials prosecuted...
...by Mr. Steinberg have been multiple cases of
first and second degree murder, rape, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, strong arm robbery, first,
second and third degree burglary, sex crimes including crimes against children, child
abuse resulting in death, criminally negligent homicide, domestic violence, securities fraud and
all forms of white collar crimes, including crimes against the elderly and other
"at risk" victims, arson, insurance fraud and, many, many other
crimes
**Click
Here to View Mr. Steinberg's case history**
Adjunct
Professor
Mr. Steinberg stays
up to date with the ever changing area of criminal law - for many years he
has been an instructor at the Community
College of Aurora.
Police Academy
Instructor
Mr. Steinberg also teaches law enforcement officers and cadets at sheriff and police academies
along the front range...among them the Colorado Sheriffs Training Institute
, and the
Arapahoe County Sheriff's Training Academy as well as the retraining of the
security forces at Rocky Flats -(which involves the retooling of the armed and unarmed
uniformed protective force involved in the physical protection of the DOE/Rocky
Flats ETS property site).
Expert in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Among the courses he regularly teaches are Constitutional
Law - emphasis on all aspects of search and seizure law, Juvenile Law, Torts and Personal Injury Law, Evidence, Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminology, Use of
Force, Courtroom Testimony, the civil liability of police officers and several other courses relating to
law enforcement issues.
Appellate Lawyer
Mr. Steinberg's experience also includes an extensive foundation in
appellate work. As a former
Special
Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado, Criminal
Enforcement Section, he has pursued several complex appeals in
the Colorado Court of Appeals and in the Colorado Supreme Court on behalf of the
the State. Several of those cases have made new law in the state. He
now brings that appellate experience to bear on behalf of his clients Many of
Mr. Steinberg's cases have been published by the Colorado Court of Appeal and
the Colorado Supreme Court. Three of those case follow:
Colorado Case Law People
v. J.M., 22 P.3d 545 (Colo. App. 2000) No.
99CA0867 2000.
Colorado
Case Law People
v. Esquivel-Alaniz, 985 P.2d 22 (Colo. App. January 7, 1999)
No. 97CA1272
January
7, 1999 Rehearing Denied Jan. 28, 1999. Certiorari Denied Sept. 7, 1999.
Colorado Case Law People
v. Luman, 994 P.2d 432 (Colo. App. April 15, 1999) No.
96CA1561 April 15,
1999
Continuing Legal
Education
Mr. Steinberg is an active
member of the Colorado and Arapahoe Bar Associations, the Colorado Trial
Lawyer's Association, the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Association and the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He strives to remain up to
date on changes in the criminal law and on issues bearing on successful criminal
defense
Professional
Affiliations
National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Colorado
Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Colorado
Trial Lawyers Association; Colorado and
Arapahoe County Bar Associations; Board
Member - Community Corrections for Arapahoe County Colorado
Background in Complex
Civil Litigation
After retiring from the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office, and before opening his own law firm, Mr. Steinberg
associated with the prestigious Denver
Firms of Burg,
Simpson, Eldredge Hersh and Houliston P.C
and Walberg, Dagner and Tucker P.C.
practicing in the area of complex civil litigation and representing both
plaintiffs and insurance defense clients. He has practiced in such legally
complex areas as products liability law, medical malpractice defense, insurance
defense law, personal injury, computer, internet and environmental
law.
Aggressive
and Thorough Representation Using Advanced Technology
Mr. Steinberg is known for lengthy
and thorough pretrial challenges, motions, trial preparation, trial strategy,
juror selection, and every aspect of trial law. He has over 20 years
experience in the utilization of advanced
technology including state-of-the-art computer hardware and software for legal
research and writing and case management and the use of a high speed cable
access link to the internet for expansive fact and medical research. He
Built this website and three others like it from scratch.
Mr. Steinberg's strong interest and
use of the these technologies (he built and maintains this website) greatly enhances the successful representation of
his clients.
H. Michael
Steinberg lives in Arapahoe County with his wife and two children. They have
been residents of Denver since 1982.
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