Mac Hester is Of Counsel to Bachus & Schanker, LLC. Mr. Hester heads the Ft. Collins, Colorado office of Bachus & Schanker, LLC. Mr. Hester is an experienced trial lawyer and has litigated and tried personal injury and commercial law cases in South Carolina and Colorado. He has also handled appeals in the Supreme Court of South Carolina and the Colorado Court of Appeals.
Mr. Hester serves on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Colorado Bar, South Carolina Bar, United States District Court, District of Colorado Bar, Colorado Bar Association, American Bar Association and American Association for Justice. He was appointed by the Colorado Speaker of the House to the Commission on Judicial Performance for District 8.
Mr. Hester has diverse experience and expertise. He grew up on a farm so he knows the value of hard work and persistence. He played Division I intercollegiate football at Clemson University. He is an avid rock climber and has climbed El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Mr. Hester also has strong academic interests. He was an adjunct instructor in law at Colorado State University for several years and has published articles in academic and legal journals as well as the opening chapter in the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association Auto Litigation Handbook. He is the co-editor of the Auto Litigation section of Trial Talk magazine. Mr. Hester is an accomplished public speaker and he lectures at Colorado Trial Lawyer Association and Colorado Bar Association seminars.
Mr. Hester graduated from Clemson University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and he continues to apply economic principles and analysis to his cases in order to maximize gain for the client while minimizing cost. He was awarded the Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1986.
PUBLICATIONS
CTLA Auto Litigators Handbook, Chapter 1: Overview of Auto Litigation, 2006.
Trial Talk, “Model Disclosure of Expert Testimony: Great, Rather Than ‘Good Enough' Disclosure Drives Settlements and Verdicts”, October/November 2005.
Trial Talk, “Zen and the Art of Litigation”, October/November 2005.
Trial Talk, “There is No Such Thing as a Sudden Emergency Defense”.
Trial Talk, “Insurance Claim File Myths Busted (Again) by the Colorado Supreme Court”.
The Climbing Art, “Rebel Yell”, Volume 31, 1998.
Rock & Ice, “The Riddle of the Sphinx”, November/December 1997.
The Attorney/CPA, “Coopers & Lybrand Counterattacks Seeking Relief from Phar-Mor's Malpractice Lawsuit”, Vol. XXIX, #3, Summer 1993.
Business World, “Chapter 11 – Allow Time for Change”, October 1991.
Business World, “Bankruptcy Really Not Panacea”, June 1991.
SEMINARS
“Premises Liability”, Fall Torts Update 2005, Colorado Bar Association.
“Zen and the Art of Litigation”, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Blockbuster Seminar, 2005.
“Simple and Affordable Demonstrative Evidence”, Colorado
Trial Lawyers
Association Annual Convention, 2001.
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