Deana R. Dagner, Partner

Attorney Details

Ms. Dagner enjoys the courtroom. She loves the drama, the strategy and tactics, and the adversarial arts of investigation, teaching, persuasion, and cross-examination. She studied history and philosophy at Colorado College, graduating with honors. Following graduation from the University of Denver College of Law, she was licensed to practice in 1981. Since then, she has enjoyed the defense of construction defect, product, auto, and premises liability, professional liability, insurance coverage and bad-faith claims. Her pragmatic approach and skill in presenting complicated matters to juries in a variety of circumstances have resulted in successful verdicts across a range of cases and jurisdictions. Ms. Dagner lectures through continuing legal education programs and insurance claims associations on various subjects pertinent to the law in her areas of specialty in Colorado.

Before joining Grund • Dagner as a partner, Ms. Dagner worked as a civil litigator at the Colorado firms of Hall & Evans, L.L.C. (1981-1983), Burnet & Horan, P.C. (1983-1984), Quigley & Bruce, P.C. (1984-1985), Madden & Strate, P.C. (1985-1989), and was a founding partner of Walberg & Dagner, P.C. (later, Walberg, Dagner & Tucker, P.C.) (1989-2007).