Derek’s practice focuses on construction defect litigation, insurance defense and personal injury cases. He also has expertise in corporate work including business formation, business transactions and commercial litigation.

Derek is a Commissioner on Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper’s Latino Advisory Commission, which analyzes constituent issues and makes recommendations directly to the Mayor. He is also an elected delegate to the City and County of Denver’s Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations Advisory Board. He is a member of the University of Colorado/University of Denver’s Diversity Pipeline Group which researches and develops recommendations to recruit and retain minority law students in Colorado. Derek mentors at-risk youth through the Colorado Up-Lift program in Denver’s public school system. He is a volunteer attorney for the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.

Derek received his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law and B.A. in English and Economics from Duke University.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Derek is a board member for the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

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