Geoff Klingsporn is an associate in the firm’s Litigation and Appellate practice groups. His appellate experience covers a broad range of cases for insurance, real estate, medical, pharmaceutical and manufacturing clients. Among the recent appeals Geoff has assisted with are:

• A multimillion-dollar appellate victory on behalf of Core-Mark and its insurers in the Colorado Court of Appeals;
• A high-profile appeal of a Colorado trial court’s ruling in an adverse possession case;
• A railroad company’s appeal before the Colorado Supreme Court, challenging the Court of Appeals’ interpretation of Colorado’s premises liability statutes.

Geoff also practices commercial litigation in the trial group, focusing particularly on products liability, real estate, and construction matters. He has represented real estate developers, contractors, and manufacturers in a variety of commercial, tort, and contractual disputes. In addition, Geoff has represented clients pro bono in election-law cases and before the Tenth Circuit as appointed counsel under the Criminal Justice Act. He currently serves as Secretary of the Election Law Task Force of the Colorado Lawyers Committee.

Before joining DGS, Geoff was a professor of History. After receiving his BA from Columbia, he completed his graduate work in U.S. History at the University of Chicago, where his work on early American war films was awarded the Harper Prize for outstanding dissertation proposal.

Geoff relocated to Denver shortly after receiving his doctorate, and joined the Social Sciences faculty at the University of Denver. While teaching at DU, Geoff entered the evening program at the Sturm College of Law, eventually graduating in 2007 with the Faculty Award for the highest grade point average in his class.