10 Reasons To Choose Bachus & Schanker For Your Law Firm

Why Choose Bachus & Schanker Law Firm?

When looking for a law firm, you want attorneys with experience, recognition, and a proven commitment to supporting clients through complex legal matters. Bachus & Schanker offers a combination of expertise, integrity, and personalized guidance that sets us apart.

Here’s why clients across Colorado choose us:

1. Experience

Bachus & Schanker has decades of proven experience advocating for clients in personal injury and civil litigation. Our attorneys have handled thousands of cases, from complex catastrophic injury claims to high-stakes civil disputes, consistently achieving favorable outcomes. This depth of experience allows us to anticipate challenges, craft effective strategies, and guide clients confidently through every step of the legal process.

2. Reputation

Bachus & Schanker is widely recognized for legal excellence, ethical standards, and dedicated client support. Our attorneys have built a strong reputation across Colorado for providing knowledgeable, reliable counsel in personal injury, civil litigation, and other complex legal matters.

We are committed to guiding clients through difficult situations with professionalism, clarity, and care, and we support victims throughout the legal process.

Our achievements and recognitions include:

• Membership in the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States
• Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel
• Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys in Colorado by America’s Best Advocates
• Extraordinary Attorneys for Personal Injury – 2025 by Law Leaders
• Best of the Best: Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys in Colorado – 2025
•  Super Lawyers 2007 – 2025
•  Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
•  5280 Magazine Top Lawyers
• Martindale-Hubbell AV ratings, the oldest attorney rating service in America.
•  Lead Counsel verification
•  American Association for Justice leadership
•  A+ Better Business Bureau rating across Colorado

With more than $1.5 billion recovered for clients, Bachus & Schanker is known not just for results, but for reliably supporting clients and advocating for victims in a wide range of legal matters.

Our focus is on maintaining trust, providing guidance, and helping every client navigate their case with confidence.

3. Leadership

We offer experienced guidance you can trust. At Bachus & Schanker, our leadership is dedicated to providing expert guidance, oversight, and direction for every case. Our partners bring decades of experience leading the firm and the legal community in Colorado, ensuring our clients receive knowledgeable, strategic, and reliable representation.

Our firm’s leadership team has also played an active role in shaping Colorado law and advancing the practice of personal injury and plaintiff representation.

We have helped with the following:

• Served as President of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) and multiple roles on its Board of Directors.
• Active members and leaders of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), including Board of Governors and committee leadership.
• Leadership across multiple CTLA committees, including Auto Litigators, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Bad Faith, Public Relations, and Seminar Committees.
• Founding and ongoing direction of the firm’s Elite Litigation Group for catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, pairing experienced trial attorneys with dedicated victim advocates.

This leadership structure ensures that every client benefits from a firm guided by proven experience, collaborative decision-making, and thoughtful oversight.

Our firm’s leaders not only guide strategy in complex legal matters but also foster an environment where every attorney and advocate delivers exceptional service and personalized attention.

4.  Advocacy and Legal Reform

Bachus & Schanker is committed to advancing legal protections for injury victims across Colorado. Our partners actively collaborate with state and federal lawmakers to draft and pass legislation that safeguards families and ensures fair treatment under the law.

Notable contributions include:

• Drafting and helping pass the “Made Whole” statute (C.R.S. § 10-1-135), which protects families from insurers recouping settlement funds before victims are fully compensated.
• Shaping amendments to the Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist statute (C.R.S. § 10-4-609), closing loopholes that previously limited rightful coverage.
• Enforcing these protections in landmark cases, such as Fisher v. State Farm, securing vital rights for Colorado families.
• Securing the largest medical malpractice supreme court verdict in Colorado history.

Through these efforts, our firm ensures that injury victims not only have access to skilled legal representation but also stronger legal rights for all Colorado residents.

5.Community Involvement

Bachus & Schanker supports communities across Colorado through the Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation, contributing over $150,000 to local charities in the past four years.

Our firm has supported organizations, including The Brandon and Paul Foundation, Kenzi’s Causes, Judi’s House, Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Clinic, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 3Hopeful Hearts, Special Olympics Colorado, ChildSafe Colorado, Ralston House Child Advocacy Center, and the LGBT Community Center of Colorado, making a meaningful impact across youth programs, health initiatives, legal aid, and more.

6. Our Core Values

At Bachus and Schanker, our values guide how we treat every client and handle every case. We believe in doing what is right, fighting for the best possible outcome, and treating people with honesty and compassion.

When you are going through a difficult time after an injury, you deserve a team that not only knows the law but truly cares about what you are facing. That is the standard we hold ourselves to every day.

7. Client-Focused Support

We place clients in the center of everything we do. Beyond legal representation, Bachus & Schanker provides individualized attention, ensuring that every client feels heard, understood, and supported.

Our Victim’s Advocates Team works alongside clients to navigate the justice system, coordinate resources, and safeguard their rights, offering compassionate guidance throughout a difficult time.

8. Trial Experience

Many firms advertise that they handle cases like yours, but only a few take cases to trial when necessary. Bachus & Schanker’s proven trial experience shows insurance companies that our firm will do what is required to pursue full compensation for clients.

9. Legal Expertise

Our attorneys focus exclusively on representing injury victims and those facing financial loss. This specialization allows us to develop deep knowledge in personal injury law, civil litigation, insurance claims, and complex trial strategies.

Supported by advanced technologies, dedicated staff, and in-house trial preparation facilities, we are fully equipped to handle even the most challenging cases and pursue the best possible outcomes for our clients.

10. Client App and Communication

After an injury, not knowing what is happening with your case only adds to stress. At Bachus and Schanker, we make it easier to stay informed.

Our secure, web-based client app gives you updates as your case moves forward, along with a simple way to message your legal team, upload documents, and get answers when you need them.

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