Maxwell Hamilton

Max Hamilton is an associate in the Trial Group at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, where he represents clients in complex civil litigation and appeals. He has extensive experience researching and drafting dispositive motions and appellate briefs, as well as taking and defending depositions of key fact witnesses. His expertise spans a broad range of substantive areas, including patent and copyright infringement, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and related business torts, defamation and anti-SLAPP, and quiet title claims. Mr. Hamilton also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on education and voting rights.

Mr. Hamilton was previously an associate in the Washington, DC, office of a multinational law firm and a law clerk to the Honorable Jerome Holmes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is admitted to practice in Colorado, the District of Columbia, before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Mr. Hamilton is the corporate secretary of the Tenth Circuit Historical Society and a member of the Faculty of Federal Advocates (FFA).

Mr. Hamilton received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and in the Order of the Coif. During law school, he was the Senior Notes Editor for the Georgetown Law Journal, interned for the Honorable James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and worked as a Student attorney for the Georgetown Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic.

Before law school, Mr. Hamilton worked in business development at several startups and taught high school social studies in Louisiana as a Teach for America corps member. Mr. Hamilton graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science and International and Area Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.

Mr. Hamilton is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Publications and Presentations

• Co-presenter with Ben Strawn, “DGS 2023 Ethics Update,” DGS Seminar (November 7, 2023) (co-presenter with Ben Strawn)
• Moderator, “Tenth Circuit Practice Panel,” 2023 Colorado Bar Association Appellate Practice Update (May 5, 2023)