Atty. Stephen B. Shapiro
Stephen Shapiro, senior counsel and co-founder, is based in Otteson Shapiro’s Denver office. He provides clients and the firm’s insurance recovery team with insights that help guide strategy, including litigation support, personal counsel representation and mediations.
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Stephen B. Shapiro is a insurance attorney based in Denver, Colorado, practicing at Otteson Shapiro LLP. Admitted to practice in Colorado, United States, Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuit, and Colorado, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Educated at Creighton University (J.D. cum laude, 1983) and University of Northern Colorado (BS, 1980). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Insurance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation (2026). Serands clients in Denver, CO and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Stephen Shapiro, senior counsel and co-founder, is based in Otteson Shapiro’s Denver office
- He provides clients and the firm’s insurance recovery team with insights that help guide strategy, including litigation support, personal counsel representation and mediations
- With more than 30 years of experience as an insurance coverage and bad faith lawyer, Steve is well respected among defense and coverage counsel, and his peers
- His reputation is justified by his focus on working toward a solution and his trial experience where he effectively influences judges and juries
- Steve’s practice focuses on representing policyholders, construction professionals, developers, financial institutions and business enterprises
- He has extensive experience securing insurance benefits for policyholders, including construction-defect, professional liability, builder’s risk, property and casualty, directors and officers, errors and omissions, employment liability, cyber coverage and title insurance
- Steve successfully expanded policyholder rights under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act
- He also handles construction and contract disputes, and has litigated cases at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
- Prior to entering private practice, he served as a law clerk on the Colorado Court of Appeals
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Insurance attorneys for coverage disputes, bad faith claims, denied claims, and policy disputes.
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Why local counsel matters in Colorado
Practicing law in Colorado. Legal matters in Colorado are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Denver are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Colorado state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Colorado brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Colorado courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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