Daniel N. Deasy
Ammarell Deasy LLPDaniel N. Deasy, Esq., is a founding partner at the law firm of Ammarell Deasy, LLP. He handles a variety of courtroom matters, focusing on family law, personal injury claims and criminal defense matters. Mr. Deasy brings a wealth of courtroom experience and advocacy knowledge to the teaching arena, having prosecuted and defended hundreds of trials and contested hearings in criminal, civil and family law courtrooms across the State of Colorado. Mr. Deasy received both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder (Go Buffs!), graduating from the School of Law in 1993. He was presented with the William O. DeSouchet Award for outstanding trial advocacy while in law school. Following graduation, Mr. Deasy completed a judicial clerkship with the Jefferson County District Court and worked as a prosecutor in Colorado's First Judicial District (Jefferson and Gilpin Counties) until 1998. Mr. Deasy then served as Director of Contracting and Legal Affairs at a medical management group for approximately one year, but in 1999 returned to litigation as in-house counsel for Colorado's largest insurance carrier. In 2005, Mr. Deasy became the managing partner at Caplis & Deasy, LLC., where he specialized in personal injury litigation. In 2008, Mr. Deasy began to focus more of his practice on family law and in 2011, Ammarell Deasy, LLP opened its doors. Mr. Deasy's teaching experience includes advocacy skill instruction at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), the University of Colorado School of Law, the University of Denver College of Law, the Colorado District Attorneys Council Trial Techniques School, Colorado's Office of the Child Representative, the First Judicial District Bar Association, the Colorado Defense Lawyers' Association, the Colorado County Attorneys Association and the Denver City Attorney's Office. He has taught courses in Juvenile Law, Delinquent Behavior, Criminal Investigation and Judicial Function in the college setting. Mr. Deasy has lectured for the American Bar Association and instructed with the Colorado Bar Association for more than 20 years. Simply put, if the topic involves courtroom work, Mr. Deasy has been asked to discuss it! Mr. Deasy has received the prestigious NITA Faculty designation from Martindale-Hubbell, which identifies a faculty member who has consistently received superior evaluations. He is A-V rated, and has received Martindale Hubbell's Judicial Edition superior designation for the last decade. Finally, Mr. Deasy is a multi-year Super Lawyers honoree. Outside of his practice and teaching classrooms, Mr. Deasy is a Colorado Bar Fellow, past President of the Douglas Elbert Bar Association and past member of the Colorado Bar Association's Board of Governors. He presently serves on the 18th Judicial District Performance Commission.
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