Robert A. Zupkus

Bob has practiced litigation and business law for more than 30 years. He has extensive experience in insurance coverage and bad faith, employment and commercial litigation matters. He also has served as an expert witness in matters of insurance coverage, insurance industry standards and bad faith claims in a number of states. His employment law experience includes litigation of employment disputes and discrimination claims. 

Bob specializes in providing general corporate legal counsel geared toward high-tech industries, particularly telecommunications. He has been successful in negotiating and drafting contracts between facilities-based local and long distance providers and their agents. Other activities have included preparing non-compete and employment contracts, developing confidentiality and proprietary agreements, and building general benefit incentive packages to aid in the retention of technology workers. 

Previously a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and a partner at White & Steele in Denver, Bob is a widely sought out legal expert. He has taught insurance at the University of Northern Colorado and currently teaches trial practice at the University of Denver's School of Law. He regularly speaks before local, regional and national audiences, and has been published in theDefense Counsel Journal and For the Defense. As a testament to Bob's legal expertise and ongoing commitment to the legal profession, he currently serves as chairman of the GP Solo Small Firm Division in the American Bar Association. In August 2009, Bob will begin 2 years as chairman of the Section Officers Conference in the American Bar Association.