April 17, 2017, DENVER – Sherman & Howard attorney Skip Netzorg has been inducted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL).  Skip joins a membership limited to 500 active trial lawyers under the age of 70 nationally.

Skip’s trial practice focuses on complex, multi-party commercial litigation, with an emphasis on partnership, limited liability company, and corporate disputes; officer and director liability, bond litigation, securities and fraud litigation; natural resources including oil and gas, mining disputes; lender liability, banking, real estate, and trust and estate litigation. In addition, Skip has served as an arbitration panel chair, panel member or sole arbitrator in a wide variety of major cases where arbitration demands have ranged from 6 to 10 figures.

He is a member of the American Arbitration Association National Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, the American Arbitration Association Large Case Committee, the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice, the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure and is a Colorado Charter Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.  Previously, Skip served as president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and American College of Trial Lawyers Colorado State Chair. Skip has received The Denver Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” award for securities litigation, has been listed in numerous categories of practice in Best Lawyers of America for the past 20 years, and has been selected as a “Top 10 Colorado Super lawyer” for the past five years.

About the International Academy of Trial Lawyers

The International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) is a group of truly elite trial lawyers representing both sides of the Bar – prosecutors and defense lawyers in criminal cases, and plaintiffs’ and defense counsel in civil litigation (including business and personal injury cases).  Their purpose is to promote reforms in the law, facilitate the administration of justice, promote the rule of law internationally and elevate the standards of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession.  Fellowship is by invitation only, and trial lawyers are invited to become Fellows only after an extremely careful vetting process.

About Sherman & Howard

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. is one of the nation’s leading law firms, assisting its clients in most aspects of law affecting businesses and public institutions. Sherman & Howard’s more than 180 attorneys currently practice law from 10 offices located in Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Missouri, and New Mexico. This year the firm is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

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