Steven C. Choquette

JAMS Denver

Steven C. Choquette, Esq., is a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS Denver. He is passionate about helping parties and counsel resolve disputes fairly, respectfully, and economically. He has mediated and arbitrated hundreds of cases in construction, insurance, HOA, real estate, landlord-tenant, franchise, professional malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, employment, civil rights, and business and professional-practice dissolution matters. His resolution skills are informed by two decades as a mediator and arbitrator, and more than three decades as a lawyer in trials, appeals, arbitrations, and mediations. Steve joined JAMS in 2019 to provide alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services full-time. Before JAMS, he practiced law and provided ADR services with Holland & Hart LLP (1986-2007), Choquette & Simons LLP (2007-11), and Choquette & Hart LLP (2011-19). Steve wrote “Colorado Law on Mediation: A Primer” for The Colorado Lawyer in 2006. Since then, he has spoken annually on that subject to hundreds of mediators, lawyers, judges, students, and members of the public. He was an adjunct professor of ADR at Denver University’s Sturm College of Law. He edited Colorado Civil Claims: Elements, Defenses, and Sample Pleadings (CLE in Colorado, 2019). Steve has been selected a Colorado Super Lawyer® since 2006 (ADR, 2015-present; civil/commercial litigation, 2006-14), and named to Best Lawyers® in Commercial Litigation since 2014. In 2024 and 2025, 5280 Magazine named him a Top Lawyer in ADR. He is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and a Professional member of the Mediation Association of Colorado.

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