Stephanie A. Montague
Member
Ms. Montague focuses on first-party insurance bad faith litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and other tort liability cases in both state and federal courts. She has expertise in sales, marketing and coverage matters for personal and commercial lines of insurance, emphasizing lawyers’ professional liability, motor vehicle, and homeowners insurance. Her experience includes all phases of civil litigation from discovery and pre-trial matters, trials, mediations, arbitrations, and appeals at the state and federal levels.
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1995
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Location
Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Education
JD: University of Denver College of Law, 1995
BA: University of Texas at Austin, 1991, Government
Contact
Career Distinctions & Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell®, Distinguished Peer Review Rated
Professional Associations
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American Bar Association
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Colorado Bar Association
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Denver Bar Association
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Defense Research Institute
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Colorado Women’s Bar Association
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Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Vice President, 2024-present; Treasurer, 2023-2024; Secretary, 2022-2023; Legislative Committee Member
Decisions
- Pompa v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 506 F. Supp. 2d 412 (D.Colo. 2007)
- American Standard Ins. Co. v. Savainano, 298 F. Supp. 2d 1092 (D.Colo. 2003)
Appeals
- State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Stein, 940 P.2d 384 (Colo. 1997)
- Carlisle v. Farmers Ins. Exch., 946 P.2d 555 (Colo. App. 1997)
- Martinez v. Allstate, 961 P.2d 531 (Colo. App. 1997)
- Travelers v. Mid-Century Ins. Co., 961 P. 2d 509 (Colo. App. 1997)
- Mid-Century Ins. Co. v. Travelers, 982 P.2d 310 (Colo. 1999)
- Fazio v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 520 F.3d 1139 (10th Cir. 2008)
- Browning v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., 396 Fed. Appx. 496 (10th Cir. 2010)
License
- Licensed Colorado Property and Casualty Insurance Producer, 2008-2014
Business & Community Service
- Colorado Bar Exam Grader, Colorado Supreme Court, 2019 to present
- Volunteer, Attorney Auditor and Monitor Program, Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation, 2011 to present
- Volunteer, Mentoring Program, University of Denver Strum College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 2012 to present
- Volunteer Judge, DU/CU Transactional Negotiation Competition, University of Denver Strum College of Law, October 2014
Blog Posts About Stephanie
- Valerie Garcia, Stephanie Montague, and Theresa Vogel Presenting CLM Webinar on Coverage Issues in Colorado
- Stephanie Montague Elected to Board of Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
- Guidance and Emergency Regulations Issued by the Colorado Division of Insurance For Claims Arising From Colorado Wildfires
- New Colorado Law Requiring Strict Health-Care Provider Lien Disclosures Shields Lien Assignments From Discovery and as Evidence
- Colorado Legislature Passes Bill Seeking to Improve Public Access to State Agency Rulemaking
- Colorado Supreme Court Decides Insurers Defending Under Reservation May Not Intervene in Underlying Suit as a Matter of Right and Takes the Opportunity to Address the Practice of Assigning Coverage Claims
- Colorado Workers’ Compensation Exclusive Remedy Precludes Claim Against Immune Co-Worker’s Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
- Colorado Court of Appeals Clarifies When Insureds May Assign Claims Against Insurers
- Colorado Legislature Limits Insurers’ Failure to Cooperate Defense
- Emergency Regulation Issued for Colorado Automobile Insurers
- Guidance Issued for Compliance with New Disclosure Requirement for Insurers Writing Automobile Liability Insurance in Colorado
- New Disclosure Requirement for Insurers Writing Automobile Liability Insurance in Colorado
- Bodily Injury Claims to Become More Expensive if New Litigation Finance Bill Passes Colorado State Legislature
- Six Named Special Counsel
- 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Continues to Expand Insurer Liability Under Delay/Denial Statute
- Notice-Prejudice Rule Applied to Conditions Precedent
- 10th Cir. Ruling Extends Application of CO’s Unreasonable Delay/Denial Statute to Underwriting
- Colorado Seeks Another First – Universal Health Care