About Michael

About Michael Mirabella

A career spent in Colorado courtrooms, now focused on helping parties settle their disputes.

Denver, Colorado 40+ years of litigation Mediator · Arbitrator · Special Master

Biography

Both sides of the table, for more than forty years.

For more than 40 years, Michael Mirabella has practiced insurance-related litigation in Colorado. His work has centered on insurance defense, complex and commercial litigation and insurance coverage, and he has also represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases. That dual experience is rare, and it is what makes his work as a mediator effective: he understands how each side builds a case, because he has built both.

He has tried bodily injury cases to juries. He has handled contract and financing disputes, defended automobile dealerships, and worked on professional malpractice claims involving accountants, engineers, pharmacists, and real estate professionals. His cases have also included fraud matters, car accidents, premises liability, product liability, asbestos and construction litigation, and accidents involving construction sites, trucking, and oil and gas wells.

Insurance coverage has been a constant thread throughout. Michael has handled uninsured motorist arbitration, no-fault coverage disputes, and coverage cases between insurers and their policyholders. When a mediation comes down to policy language, he already knows it well.

Today Michael serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and special master while continuing to practice law in Denver. He holds the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has completed 40 hours of intensive mediation training. He is a member of the Denver and Colorado bar associations.

His approach

How Michael approaches a mediation

Michael prepares relentlessly. He reviews every case the way trial counsel would, so the conversation starts with what actually matters. At the table, he levels with both sides about the risks they face. Michael doesn't steer people toward a number; he helps them understand what the numbers really mean.

His method, in one line

Education & credentials

Law, grounded in numbers

Michael's training blends the law with a command of the financial detail that drives complex disputes.

Education

  • JD
    Juris DoctorUniversity of Colorado
  • BS
    B.S. in AccountingUniversity of Denver

Credentials & awards

  • AV Preeminent RatingThe highest rating Martindale-Hubbell gives — a reflection of other lawyers' assessment of his legal ability and his ethics.
  • 40 Hours Intensive Mediation TrainingFormal training in mediation itself, on top of four decades of courtroom experience.

Memberships

  • Denver Bar Association
  • Colorado Bar Association

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Michael J. Mirabella

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