Carolyn J. Fairless

Carolyn has practiced extensively in the federal and state courts in Colorado, and has also been admitted pro hac vice in several other states.  Her practice areas include professional liability, product liability, intellectual property, and commercial litigation.

In recent years, Carolyn has:

• Obtained dismissal on behalf of a law firm at the Rule 12(b) stage in a multimillion dollar RICO action in the Western District of Missouri.
• Led the trial team retained in the last few months before trial to defend against a real estate company's claims that WTO's client caused the loss of a $2MM investment when it prevented the sale of a real estate before the real estate market crashed.  Despite rulings made before WTO's retention that the basis for interfering lacked merit as a matter of law, following trial the court ruled for WTO's client on all issues of liability, causation, and damages.
• Obtained complete summary judgment and an award of attorney's fees against the plaintiff and the plaintiff's attorneys in a legal malpractice case where the plaintiff sought $7 million in damages.
• Obtained complete summary judgment and an award of attorney's fees in a legal malpractice case where the plaintiff claimed $4 million in damages.
• Successfully obtained a Rule 12 dismissal on behalf of five attorneys sued for extreme and outrageous conduct, civil conspiracy, defamation, and abuse of process.
• Represented the Vancouver Canucks organization in a lawsuit brought by Colorado Avalanche player Steven Moore as a result of injuries sustained by Mr. Moore during a hockey game, successfully obtained a dismissal of the lawsuit on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens, and also obtained an award of attorney's fees and costs in favor of the Canucks organization and against Mr. Moore.
• Obtained partial summary judgment on behalf of a large national law firm that had been sued for malpractice, aiding and abetting, conspiracy and violations of RICO, reducing the damage claim from over $150 million to less than $2 million, and paving the way for a favorable settlement of the case.
• Won complete summary judgment in a $5 million legal malpractice case one week before a two-week trial was scheduled to begin.

Other Experience
IBM Corporation
    Computer Analyst

Community Memberships Activities, and Honors
President, Foothills Animal Foundation

Personal Interests
Her dogs