Credentials
Education
Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America
Ones to Watch - Commercial Litigation, 2023-2027
Ones to Watch - Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, 2023-2027
Government Service
Judicial Intern to The Honorable David Richman, Colorado Court of Appeals
Investigator, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
Legal Memberships
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Bar and Court Admissions
Colorado
U.S. District Court, D. Colorado
Other Experience
Messner Reeves, LLP
Daniel DeLay defends health care professionals and organizations in complex medical malpractice disputes in jurisdictions throughout the country. He is a valuable advocate for his clients and has experience handling a wide range of courtroom activities, including voir dire, direct examination of experts and fact witnesses, and cross-examinations. Daniel has served as second chair in multiple trials across jurisdictions.
Daniel previously handled healthcare professional liability matters, along with employment and commercial litigation, as an associate in a national law firm’s Denver office. He also brings to his client representation invaluable skills, experience, and perspectives gained from having been a founder and principal of a business providing legal-related and other consulting services, and an Investigator for the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender.
Daniel's personal interests include snowboarding, traveling, and rooting for the Denver Nuggets.
Cases
Won a defense jury verdict in Hawaii for a hospital in a multi-million dollar wrongful death case.
Won summary judgment in a medical malpractice case for a hospital and two physicians in New Mexico on plaintiffs' claims for "ordinary" negligence, negligence per se, breach of contract, and breach of express and implied warranty.
Won an arbitration defending a Fortune 500 client in a Fair Labor Standards Act claim in Kansas City, Kansas.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending an oral surgeon who performed an extraction resulting in infection in which $800,000 in damages were sought.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending a dentist in a $1 million failure to diagnose cancer case.
Won a defense jury verdict in Hawaii for a hospital in a multi-million dollar wrongful death case.
Won summary judgment in a medical malpractice case for a hospital and two physicians in New Mexico on plaintiffs' claims for "ordinary" negligence, negligence per se, breach of contract, and breach of express and implied warranty.
Won an arbitration defending a Fortune 500 client in a Fair Labor Standards Act claim in Kansas City, Kansas.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending an oral surgeon who performed an extraction resulting in infection in which $800,000 in damages were sought.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending a dentist in a $1 million failure to diagnose cancer case.
Daniel DeLay defends health care professionals and organizations in complex medical malpractice disputes in jurisdictions throughout the country. He is a valuable advocate for his clients and has experience handling a wide range of courtroom activities, including voir dire, direct examination of experts and fact witnesses, and cross-examinations. Daniel has served as second chair in multiple trials across jurisdictions.
Daniel previously handled healthcare professional liability matters, along with employment and commercial litigation, as an associate in a national law firm’s Denver office. He also brings to his client representation invaluable skills, experience, and perspectives gained from having been a founder and principal of a business providing legal-related and other consulting services, and an Investigator for the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender.
Daniel's personal interests include snowboarding, traveling, and rooting for the Denver Nuggets.
Credentials
Education
Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America
Ones to Watch - Commercial Litigation, 2023-2027
Ones to Watch - Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, 2023-2027
Government Service
Judicial Intern to The Honorable David Richman, Colorado Court of Appeals
Investigator, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
Legal Memberships
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Bar and Court Admissions
Colorado
U.S. District Court, D. Colorado
Other Experience
Messner Reeves, LLP
Cases
Won a defense jury verdict in Hawaii for a hospital in a multi-million dollar wrongful death case.
Won summary judgment in a medical malpractice case for a hospital and two physicians in New Mexico on plaintiffs' claims for "ordinary" negligence, negligence per se, breach of contract, and breach of express and implied warranty.
Won an arbitration defending a Fortune 500 client in a Fair Labor Standards Act claim in Kansas City, Kansas.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending an oral surgeon who performed an extraction resulting in infection in which $800,000 in damages were sought.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending a dentist in a $1 million failure to diagnose cancer case.
Won a defense jury verdict in Hawaii for a hospital in a multi-million dollar wrongful death case.
Won summary judgment in a medical malpractice case for a hospital and two physicians in New Mexico on plaintiffs' claims for "ordinary" negligence, negligence per se, breach of contract, and breach of express and implied warranty.
Won an arbitration defending a Fortune 500 client in a Fair Labor Standards Act claim in Kansas City, Kansas.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending an oral surgeon who performed an extraction resulting in infection in which $800,000 in damages were sought.
Won a defense jury verdict in El Paso County, Colorado, defending a dentist in a $1 million failure to diagnose cancer case.