Steven M. Hamilton
Member
Mr. Hamilton is a litigation, trial, and arbitration attorney with a diverse practice, but he mainly focuses on product liability defense and defense of claims for personal injury and property damage resulting from accident or other casualty. His experience in the product liability field is national in scope and covers a wide spectrum of insured and self-insured manufacturers of engineered stone, vehicles, bikes, power tools, batteries, infrastructure components, firearms and ammunition, food and food products, exercise equipment, and other machines. Mr. Hamilton’s experience in personal injury and property damage ranges from minor premises liability claims to major multi-vehicle accidents.
Mr. Hamilton is the Chair of the Hall & Evans Product Liability Practice Group. The Practice Group holds at least two meetings each year and discusses changes and hot topics in product liability law as well as the firm’s product liability cases and any product liability events attended.
Mr. Hamilton is a Product Liability Advisory Council member and a Steering Committee member of the Product Liability and Complex Tort Practice Group for the global legal network, ALFA International.
Mr. Hamilton also presents and instructs the firm attorneys on a multitude of litigation and legal practice issues at least twice every year.
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 2003
- Montana, 1997
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court, District of Montana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Location
Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Education
JD: University of Montana School of Law, 1997
BA: Montana State University, 1994, Business Administration, Marketing, University Honors Program
Contact
Career Distinctions & Honors
- Colorado Super Lawyers®, “Rising Star,” 2009-2011
- Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
- Member of Moot Court Team “Best Brief” at Regional Competition
- Order of Barrister’s Award
- Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing, University of Montana School of Law
Decisions
- Obtained a Defense Verdict for City in Alleged Negligent Intersection Design Case, 2025
- Motion to Dismiss Granted in Colorado Products Liability Case for a Stone and Tool Retailer and Fees and Costs Awarded, 2024
- Motion to Dismiss Granted in Colorado Products Liability Case for a Fitness Equipment Manufacturer and Fees and Costs Awarded, 2024
- Obtained a Defense Verdict for City in Wrongful Death Case, 2022
- Obtained a Defense Verdict for a Wood Chipper Manufacturer after an Eight-Day Jury Trial in Federal Court, 2012
- Obtained a Directed Verdict for a Casino Owner in a Premises Liability Case, 2011
- Obtained a Defense Verdict for a Highway Design Engineering Company in a Personal Injury Contribution Action after a Six-Day Jury Trial in Montana State Court, 2010
- Secured dismissals over the last few years for a chassis manufacturer, a glass bowl manufacturer, and a car dealership based on a lack of personal jurisdiction.
Professional Associations
- Product Liability Advisory Council, 2024 – present
- ALFA International Product Liability & Complex Torts Practice Group Steering Committee, 2008 – present; Chair, 2017 – present; Vice-Chair, 2016 – 2017
- Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
- Montana State Bar Association
- Silver Bow County Bar Association, President, 1999 – 2002
Business & Community Service
Tennyson Center for Children, Q and Brew Event Board Member
BLOG POSTS ABOUT STEVEN
- Hall & Evans Prevails on Motion to Dismiss in Colorado Products Liability Case for a Fitness Equipment Manufacturer
- Defense Verdict for Hall & Evans Client in Wrongful Death Case
- Steve Hamilton Moderates Panel at ALFA International’s Product Liability & Complex Torts Seminar
- Plaintiffs Limited to Presenting Evidence of Amounts Actually Paid to Health Care Providers Under New Montana Law
- Steve Hamilton & Mamie Ling Presenting in ALFA International Webinar on Expert Admissibility
- New Snow Removal Act May Ice Your Opportunity To Be Indemnified
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
- Moderator, “What Can We Learn from PR Blunders Made by Athletes? Strategies to Mitigate and Avoid Risk through Employee Communication Training,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, September 2024
- Moderator, “Covid Schooled Us: Lessons Learned and New Strategies Devised from Managing through the Pandemic,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, June 2022
- Moderator, “ALFA International Product Liability & Complex Torts Charlotte Regional Seminar,” April 2019
- Program Chair, “ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Regional Seminar,” April 2018
- Editor/Speaker, “When Legal Nightmares Become Reality,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, October 2017
- Program Chair, “Turning Up the Heat on Effective Litigation Strategies: The Hottest Topics in Product Liability and Complex Torts,” ALFA Product Liability and
- Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, May 2016
- Panelist, “Key Elements of In-House Expert Success,” ALFA Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, July 2014
- Speaker/Moderator, “Defending A Product in a Lawsuit Filed in the United States – Liability Theories and Defenses,” ALFA International, Inc., Asia Regional Seminar with Product Liability and IP/IT, May 2014
- Speaker, “Indemnity Agreements with Asian Suppliers and Vendors, Including Enforceability and Insurance,” ALFA International’s 2011 Product and Liability Practice Group Seminar, September 2011
- Editor, ALFA Product Liability Tri-Annual Newsletter, 2008 – 2009
- Editor, ABA-TIPS Products, General Liability, and Consumer Law Committee Newsletter, Summer 2006
