Sean Baker is a business trial lawyer who has represented his clients in the courtrooms of Colorado and the West since 1995. Sean has handled a wide variety of disputes for national companies with household names, regional companies, and local and family-owned businesses. Sean has successfully represented his clients in breach of contract, unfair competition, consumer protection, fraud, negligence, professional negligence, product liability, securities, construction, receivership, trademark and patent infringement, misappropriation, and other business tort cases.
Recently, Sean has:
- Defeated class certification and obtained summary judgment for a number of insurance companies alleged to have violated Colorado law in selling auto insurance and handling auto insurance claims;
- Successfully represented property owner pursuing fraud and Colorado Consumer Protection Act claims against real estate developer and its agents;
- Successfully defended multiple employees alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets and to have violated non-competition agreements;
- Obtained substantial recovery from ex-employee on behalf of significant oil and gas client;
- Successfully defended a national wireless carrier in a nationwide class action where the plaintiffs claimed that the carrier's billing practices had caused customers almost $100 million in damages;
- Successfully defended a large Denver-based company from claims that it caused a competitor millions of dollars in damages by allegedly improperly interfering with the competitor's business;
- Successfully defended a large company from claims that it improperly terminated a contractor and owed a significant termination-for-convenience payment;
- Obtained a temporary restraining order permitting a local company engaged in a land-use dispute to remain open at its primary location until the dispute was resolved;
- Successfully defended a heater manufacturer from claims that its product was defective and caused a damaging fire;
- Successfully defended a regional securities firm against a customer's claim that it had caused the customer millions of dollars in damages;
- Successfully defended a large auto dealership in a consumer class action where the plaintiffs alleged violations of federal law and sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages; and
- Successfully defended a national accounting firm from claims that it caused a company millions of dollars in damages.
Sean enjoys working closely with his clients to achieve results that are consistent with and promote their business strategies and goals.